Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts

Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts (Belarusian: Беларускі дзяржаўны універсітэт культуры і мастацтваў, Bielaruski dziaržaŭny univiersitet kuĺtury i mastactvaŭ; Russian: Белорусский государственный университет культуры и искусств) is a state-owned institution of higher education in Minsk, Belarus.Belarusian State University of Culture website A Minsk Metro station "Institute of Culture" is named after it.

History It was established in 1975 as the Belarusian Institute of Culture by order of the Council of Ministers of the BSSR number 139 dated 04.05.1975 and the order of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the BSSR № 234 from 14.05.1975. and reestablished as a university in 1993 and renamed into the "University of Culture and Arts" in 2004.History of the Belarusian University of Culture First, the institute had only two faculties: the library, created in 1944 on the basis of the Minsk Pedagogical Institute named after Maxim Gorky and the Faculty of social and cultural activities.

In 1999 and 2000, during a visit to the University of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, the university received its own art gallery, a second body, as well as Youth Theatre stage. At that time, were created Student Symphonic Orchestra and scientific creative laboratory of traditional crafts Belarusians. In 2003, the University hosted the second reorganization, new departments and faculties, some of them changed their names from the perspectives of the development of modern social and cultural practices in the country. On October 8, 2004 – Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts.

Rectors 1975–1976: Aleś Pietraškievič, Belarusian playwrightPetrashkevich bio 1976–1979: Ničypar Paškievič 1979–1987: Viktar Puzikaŭ 1988–1992: Mikałaj Zaranok 1992–2007: Jadviha Hryharovič 2007–2008: Mikałaj Kuźminič 2008–2012: Barys ŚviatłoŭContacts 2012–2017: Yuri Bondar 2017–2020: Alina Korbut 2020–present: Natalla Karčeŭskaja

Faculty and Curriculum Culturology and Socio-Cultural Work Traditional Belarusian Culture and Modern Art Music Information and Communication

Performing Arts Ensembles Rock bands Accent and Kvinta. 1986–1991.

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