A giant from Belshina and a high-tech elevator. What surprises you about the Days of the Mogilev Region at VDNKh in Moscow

Photo by JSC "Belshina" Topic news The days of the regions of Belarus, held since the beginning of the year at VDNKh in Moscow, have approached their equator. The Brest, Vitebsk and Grodno regions have already held presentations here. And from March 29 to April 22, the Mogilev region became the host of the Republic of Belarus pavilion, where these large-scale events are taking place. A BELTA correspondent looked at the exhibition of Mogilev residents and found out what they decided to surprise Muscovites and guests of the Russian capital with.

Joint projects

RUSSIA is the most significant foreign partner for the Mogilev region. As DIRECTOR of the Mogilev Regional Development Agency Evgeny Yakimov said, the share of supplies to the Russian Federation is 78% of the region’s total exports. In 2023, trade turnover between the Mogilev region and the Russian Federation amounted to $2.9 billion, while Belarusian exports reached almost $1.8 billion. Trade and economic cooperation is carried out with 78 Russian regions. The main EXPORT items are tires, elevators, particle boards, cheeses and dairy products , poultry , freight cars, synthetic fibers.
Investment cooperation between the Mogilev region and Russia is also actively underway. According to Evgeny Yakimov, in 2020-2023, the subjects of the Mogilev region sent 47 billion Russian rubles of investments to the regions of the Russian Federation - this is about 90% of all investments of the region abroad during this period. Since 2020, with the participation of Russian capital, the implementation of 8 projects in the fields of mechanical engineering, chemical industry, agriculture and processing of agricultural products, and education has been completed in the Mogilev region.
“The largest of the implemented projects is the creation of an enterprise for the production of carbon black “Omsk Carbon Mogilev,” noted Evgeny Yakimov. “As part of its implementation, in 2023, a plant was created for the production of various grades of carbon black with a production capacity of 80 thousand tons of products per year. 9.2 billion Russian rubles of investment have been disbursed, more than 570 jobs have been created. At the Omsk Carbon Mogilev enterprise, work continues on the construction of the 3rd and 4th technological production streams, the commissioning of which will ensure reaching the design capacity of up to 200 thousand. tons of carbon black per year."

Among the projects already completed jointly with the Russian side are the expansion of an industrial complex for the production of broiler chicken MEAT in the Mogilev region, the development of the MILK processing industry, including the creation of an enterprise for the production of dairy products in Shklov, the modernization of the production of dosing pumps and hydraulic motors in Mogilev, the organization of the production of protein and minerals -vitamin supplements in Gorki.
Evgeny Yakimov reported that three investment projects are currently being implemented in the Mogilev region with the participation of Russians with a declared investment volume of more than 1.5 billion Russian rubles. One of them is the organization of production of freight railway rolling stock at the Mogilev Carriage Plant. Two more projects to modernize production facilities, including for the purpose of creating high-tech production of traction engines for electric vehicles and special-purpose engines, are being implemented at Mogilevliftmash OJSC.
 
Look, take a photo and try

it is noteworthy that the Mogilev elevator has become one of the most popular exhibits of the Days of the Mogilev Region: visitors to the Belarusian pavilion are happy to take pictures against the backdrop of this technological innovation. But few people realize that thanks to Mogilevliftmash, dozens of enterprises in Russia operate, because the share of Russian raw materials and components in Mogilev elevators is almost half. In addition, Mogilevliftmash has created two joint ventures in Russia, and an extensive dealer network has also been formed.
Another popular location for photographs was the giant tire produced at the Bobruisk Belshina: it was placed at the entrance to the Republic of Belarus pavilion. 95% of the production of this enterprise goes directly to the Russian Federation: Belshina OJSC is the main supplier of tires for the production of the largest Russian automakers, such as KAMAZ PJSC, KZ Rostselmash LLC, Petersburg Tractor Plant JSC and others.
Here products of the Bobruisk Tractor Parts and Assemblies Plant , popular among Russians, are presented in the open area - the BELARUS-320.4M tractor with a K-2 double-furrow plow; the BELARUS-422.1 tractor with a KTS-1.6 mower; ST-1500 snow blower, PR-320 sand spreader, brush tractor ShchT-15, equipped with an irrigation system. The market of the Russian Federation has always been traditional for the plant. Supplies of tractor equipment to the Russian market are carried out both through an accredited distribution network and directly to end consumers. For example, not long ago there was a record shipment to Housing Committee of St. Petersburg: 238 harvesting machines with a blade and a brush and 145 loading and harvesting machines with a bucket and a brush.
A section of the wooden frame of the house, which is produced at the Shklov newsprint plant, also arouses interest among visitors. These products are already known to Russians: the company actively cooperates with the Moscow, Leningrad and Voronezh regions.

And in the stationary stores of the pavilion "Republic of Belarus" consumer products of OJSC "Mogotex", OJSC "Lenta", OJSC "Slavyanka", LLC "Triada", OJSC "Bobruisktrikotazh",OJSC "Obuv", OJSC "Krasny Metalist", OJSC "Mogilev Meat Processing Plant", OJSC "Babushkina Krynka", IOO "Goretsky Food Plant", OJSC "Krasny Pishevik", OJSC "BKK "Domochai", OJSC "Company "MogNat", OJSC "Mogilev Ice Cream Factory" and many others. During the Days of the Mogilev Region they organize numerous presentations and tastings.

Cultural brands

At the Days of the Mogilev Region, a significant place is devoted not only to the economy, but also to its cultural brands. One of the most famous is the holiday "Kupalye" ("Alexandria gathers friends"). “We present creative projects that the Mogilev Regional Center for Folk Art and Cultural and Educational Work implemented as part of the holiday,” said Natalya Anikovich, HEAD of the traditional artistic culture department of the center. ethno-style, and embroidery of Kupala towels. And, of course, our most ambitious project is the Kupala belt, the length of which is 76 meters. It was woven by craftswomen from every district of the Mogilev region and guests of the holiday."
The BELTA photo exhibition "Alexandria - a place of power" is also located here. “It is dedicated to the head of our state, Alexander Grigorievich Lukashenko. At the exhibition we can see both the house of Alexander Grigorievich’s mother and Trofimov’s spring, which his grandfather Trofim found and ennobled,” explained Natalya Anikovich.
Also, the Mogilev Regional Center for Folk Art and Cultural and Educational Work presented traditional crafts characteristic of the Mogilev region. The program includes master classes on weaving, making traditional dishes on a pottery wheel, straw weaving, embroidery, and belt weaving. “We brought our straw spiders, which are an intangible historical and cultural value, and also introduce felt felt boots and weaving bast shoes. And in general, we show the interior of a peasant hut, traditional for the Mogilev region of the late 19th - early 20th centuries,” added Natalya Anikovich.

Spiritual origins of the Mogilev region

The organizers formulated the concept of the Days of the Mogilev Region as follows: “Mogilev region - a heroic past and a glorious future.” Therefore, the history of the Mogilev region is given special attention in the exhibition. Thus, on the central podium, visitors are immediately greeted by a model of the entrance arch to the Buinichi Field memorial complex.
A stand dedicated to the defense of Mogilev tells about the heroic history of the Mogilev region during the Great Patriotic War. “Here are two names whose fates are connected - Colonel Kutepov and the writer Konstantin Simonov,” notes senior researcher at the Mogilev Regional Museum of Local Lore Tatyana Kalacheva. “We also brought things found at the excavations: a wheel from a 45-mm anti-tank gun, a bowler hat and a box of cartridges for the Maxim machine gun. And the most touching thing on this stand is a note found in the case of a mortar mine. It is clearly readable, these are the last words of those who participated in the defense of Mogilev: “We do not surrender, we die , there are only three of us left."
The second stand tells about Mogilev as the military capital of the Russian Empire. Here are photographs of Emperor Nicholas II and his family taken at the time when the headquarters of the Russian Emperor was located in Mogilev.
The "Spiritual Origins" stand completes the historical part of the exhibition Mogilev region." "We are showing Mogilev icons here, which are the protectors of the city of Mogilev. Two models are also presented: the multi-tiered bell tower of the Pustynsky Monastery and Joseph’s Cathedral,” added Tatyana Kalacheva.

Eduard PIVOVAR,
photo by the author,
BELTA.