Valentin Yelizaryev donated a collection of almost 1,500 rare publications and documents to the National Library

People's Artist of the USSR Valentin Elizarev today made the best gift to the main library of the country: almost 1.5 thousand - from the end of the XIX century to our era from the personal fund. Personal seal attached. The genius of the Belarusian ballet was ahead in this field. In fact, he opened a new chapter in the National Assembly.

The event was marked by a large-scale exhibition. "Pages of great destiny" can be touched, flipped, read. The special value of the collection is the title pages with autographs of the great contemporaries of the current classic.

Valentin Elizarev, People’s Artist of the USSR: “The most valuable, the closest in my heart is the exlibris, which was made by Nikolai Seleschuk, as a saint in our family.” I try to use the best books in this book. It's not just a collection, it's knowledge first and foremost. There are several professional sections. The first, of course, is classical ballet. The second, of course, is folk art, folk-stage dance, folklore dance. Many books on pedagogy”.

Vadim Gigin, General Director of the National Library of Belarus: We hope that the very fact of donating, transferring this collection, which will certainly be preserved as a single collection of Valentin Yelizaryev, will mark the beginning of a whole series of such donations. She's unique in that regard. Of course, we form the foundations of our famous figures, writers, cultural figures, scientific past. It's mostly about the past. This is also very important.”.