Kupala Dictation was held at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno
Mother Tongue Day is celebrated all over the world on February 21. Today, on February 23, the university hosted the traditional Kupala Dictation, which is dedicated not only to the International Mother Tongue Day, but also to the 86th anniversary of our Alma mater.
Iryna Kiturka, Rector of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, spoke at the beginning of the event.
- This Kupala Dictation is dedicated to various holidays: International Mother Tongue Day, which we all celebrated on February 21. February 22 is the birthday of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, we celebrated the 86th anniversary of our Alma mater. And today, February 23, is the Day of Defenders of the Fatherland and the Armed Forces Republic of Belarus. And therefore, dear men and young people who will still defend our Fatherland, I wish you good health and prosperity. I wish that all your dreams come true and that the Lord would always be with you, that he would send you a guardian angel and give you his blessing", Iryna Kiturka noted.
This year, the participants of the Kupala Dictation were invited to feel the lines of Vladimir Korotkevich with their hearts: His poetic work "God Lives in Belarus" was chosen for dictation, which was read with special expressiveness and emotion by Iryna Kiturka, rector of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno.
The foreign friends and colleagues-partners of the University joined the writing of the Kupala Dictation: the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Republic of Austria, in the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, in Hungary, in the State of Israel, in the People's Republic of China, in the Kyrgyz Republic, in the Republic of Kazakhstan, in the Republic of Tajikistan, in the Russian Federation, in the Socialist Republic Vietnam, in the Republic of Turkey, in Turkmenistan; Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Shanghai; Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Istanbul; representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Voronezh State University (Russian Federation); Center for Belarusian Language and Culture of the Azerbaijan University of Languages (Republic of Azerbaijan); NGO Regional National and Cultural Autonomy "Belarusians of Moscow"; Volgograd City Public Organization "Community Belarusians"; NGO "Cultural Center Belarus " in Pavlodar; "Territory of childhood" in Paks, Hungary; The Society of Belarusian-Hungarian Membership; the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus; the Center for Belarusian Language and Culture of the Azerbaijan University of Languages; the Chinese-Belarusian Industrial Park "Great Stone", representatives of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee, the Grodno District Executive Committee, the Main Directorate of Education of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee, the Economic Court of the Grodno region, the Prosecutor's Office of the Grodno region, the Grodno Regional Customs, Grodno Transport Prosecutor's Office, Leninsky District Court Grodno, Lida district Prosecutor's Office, Lida District Department of Internal Affairs.
Such events contribute to the preservation and development of the native language, unite staff, teachers, students and partners of the university and motivate them to further study and popularize Belarusian culture in educational and public life.
