Belarus - to Paris: BSSR Exposition at the International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts, 1925
The article is dedicate to the little-known fact of the first in the Soviet period, foreign representations of Belorussian culture and art at the International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts in Paris in 1925.It's based on archival materials which are kept in the National Archive of the Republic of Belarus and photo exhibits from the collections of the Lithuanian National Museum and the National History Museum of Belarus. European audiences were presented with such unique works of folk art, as the iconostasis the royal doors from the village. Ivančice in Polesie, which are completely woven from straw, wood sculpture from the Belarusian Uniate and Catholic churches, which were kept in the Belarusian State Museum. The exhibits have been lost during the Second World War, so the photos and archival information, which revealed for the first time introduced into scientific circulation, are extremely valuable source of information about the richness and diversity of the artistic heritage of the Belarusian art.