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Eyes, hello, dear tv viewers, belarus 24 tv channel is on the air, watch us every day, because we are making belarus closer, hey my name is diana rudnitskaya, i came to raobich in 2018 at the age of 10, it was a sports camp, belarus, i went to vkontakte photos to see how it used to be here in raobic, well, its cool, by the way, these are completely different memories , but now its cool here, yeah, cooler, probably, somewhere with the entrance to raobic new spaces opened up for me in the world of biathlon, driving up here to raobic, of course , i was overwhelmed with feelings, my energy was seething, at that moment, of course, i understood that i was ready to move mountains, i was ready to give my all here already on the raubic slopes in order to grow, grow and become an adult, serious athlete. Raubichi near minsk has a magical effect, even in the example of three generations of our sports, from diana rudnitskaya, who is only 15 years old and a tenyearold girl who came here for the first time in 2018. It was that year that dinaara olimbekova and now smolskaya, in the same quartet with daria domrocheva, became an olympic champion, but after big victories everyone always returned home, and home called raubich. Raubich, in its essence, is a very unusual place, a unique place, a huge Sports Complex, which is located near a city of two million, and in general, you probably wont find anything like it anywhere else in the world, it helps somewhere, especially when you go to the finishing lap, its good that the support is very strong. Daria domracheva came here for the first time in the mid 2000s, it was at that moment that a noticeable generational change began in belarusian biathlon. The legendary Elena Zubrilova, olga nazarova, vadim. Brotherinlaw Oleg Ryzhenkov would end their brilliant careers a year later, each of them, having got here, had already become part of the raobichi and gave their hearts to this complex. I first came to raobicha in 1984, if you remember, there were wooden houses on the right side, where the waxing booth is now, where for me, of course, it was all this, those who came, say, from the magilev region from the village, everything is wow, traubchi is such, probably, a mega complex like this does not exist in the world. How a worldclass complex began with an ordinary ski track. Anatoly pastukhov, who now works in our freestyle, himself paved the road in the vicinity of the village of raobicha, then he could not imagine what would be built here. Shifts, as they say, my coaches knew me, they recommended me for work at such a high level of the state sports committee, you are in we went skiing as a child, yes, just like in norway, we were born with skis, two pairs of skis pressed gently against the house, silent, almost lifeless, but in this house you and i are alive, im not sleeping, youre sleeping, our only sentries, two pairs skis he was in only a few points in the republic of belarus. Biathlon appeared. In 1954 it became a sport in the International Olympic committee. Two years later , its official rules were developed. The first World Championship took place in 1958. That is , biathlon as a sport was gaining rapid development, and soviet athletes quickly began to win. In 1972, a historic decision was made at the abu congress. For the first time, the right to host a world biathlon forum is given to the soviet union. But where to hold such competitions . Largely thanks to the persistence of the belarusians, the head of the republic Pyotr Masherov and the head of sports of the bssr viktor liventsev, the World Championship is given to us. Sport then emerged as an important connecting social element, such a conductor of relations between people, alternatives, museums, cinema, theaters, but sport sometimes it outweighed, there was passion, character and struggle. You are a child of war, yes, how did it affect your childhood, you worked. From morning to evening, as they say, this generally left an imprint for life. You know, after the war everything had to be restored. I dont know what to call it differently, because its true, before all these competitions were held in an open field, there was no such structure, so that all the elements were combined in one place. Valman nikolaevich alladov is a unique person for belarus, from outstanding famous intelligent family, it was alladob who was offered to work on the architectural appearance of the raobichi, he came up with everything that we see. And this year, by decree of the presidium of the supreme soviet of the ussr, minsk was awarded the honorary title of hero city. The breakthrough memorial complex was inaugurated. The minsk tractor plant has begun serial production of the wellknown image. Tractors belarus, and vitebsk celebrated its millennium. And here is another big event, and at the start of the year, near minsk, the very eve of the world cup biathlon, a Sports Complex appears. The location of the european part of the ussr played a role here, and sami rauovichi was near the new airport of the big capital. Yes, open support for the skiers of the planet. To the World Championships biathlon. Anatoly polikov is a collective image. As a boy, who was 16 years old, he was in the makeshift stands. Raobichiy immediately after the world cup ended, he was one of the first to move into the complex. We have one photo in the archive, like spectators, they were right here during the championship peace. I was surprised to learn that you were also in one of these ranks. Here in this place, it was march 1, 1900, our, well, relay race. Run with the live collidors, such an audience biathlon yashche is not collected by anyone, it is difficult to find a better complex with such a profile of tracks, it is difficult to find a better complex, i am glad that the record for the number of spectators of 74 has not been surpassed to this day, the World Championships of 74 really had 100,000 in the stands , as they say, it means that here in the stands , of course, there werent such stands that there were 100,000, here its all around, if so to look there, thats where we have everything from the starting town all along the route, it means there were spectators, it was continuous, especially the last day when the relay races took place, it was incredible, just how many spectators there were. In the atmosphere of novelty, the details of the races 50 years later remained in the background, but the real star of the World Championship was finn johannis ootarin, he won both the classic individual and the sprint, which was held for the first time. Soviet athletes carried out the relay race like true masters, one of them student of the Minsk Institute of physical education yura kolmakov, another fourtime olympic champion alexander tikhonov, when in minsk, i just flew across the urals to sakhalin and the murmansk region, now in 10 minutes i get into the car, go to the airport, fly to the president ial spartakiad in vladivostok, but im in raubichi all the time; when im in minsk, i ll definitely stop by and park the car. I take a walk and remember, it was a real holiday. It was tikhonov who received the symbolic key to raubichi. And the opening date of the complex for many years was next february 24. However, an excerpt from the publication soviet sports made adjustments. From now on, it is february 22nd that celebrates the birthday. The then head of the International Biathlon union, sven tofelt, was impressed by the organization, because the weather caused trouble not only in the 20th century, but then. Biathlon thus became the basis, World Championships in this sport would be held twice more, in 1982 and 1990; at the dawn of its creation, ski jumping was gaining popularity; in the early nineties, the world cup in skiing would take place. Racing, but with the collapse of the soviet union , sports facilities were not given proper attention, in the second half of the nineties everything would change dramatically, painful efforts had to be taken. The country will begin to restore sports facilities and build new ones. President of belarus Alexander Lukashenko gave a similar impetus. And raobic, as a brand of the republic, could not stand aside. The head of state himself has repeatedly tested the strength of the uraubichi highway. The minsk ski track then has now become one of the favorite mass sports holidays belarus. From 2013 to 2015, raobichi underwent a fullscale reconstruction, just in time for the start of the junior World Championships , the stars of anna sola and denara olimbekova will enter there, and the year before that, daria domrycheva will become a legend of the sport, having won three olympic golds in sochi, and it will be formed by 2015 the appearance of the raubichs, which we still see today. At that time , reconstruction began, the fact that our results became like this. A point towards the renovation of the entire complex, its nice to realize this and of course its great to be here today in the renewed raubichs, that today s conditions will last for several more decades, because raubichs today have everything, there is no one, probably the only thing this is the highlands, you cant bring mountains here, you cant put rabobich on them, everyone still praises the pizza, theyve tried it too , yes, of course, she is really special. Raubskaya pizza is very tasty, and there is a real oven here that makes very tasty pizza, i recommend it. In addition to winter sports, raovichi can provide excellent conditions for training and other sports, we ourselves saw how volleyball teams and basketball teams always come, that is, here it was possible to train as an athlete, and now athletes of different sports can train, this is very cool, this is probably also, well, somehow. Unites in general, creates such an atmosphere around the complex, open, ski slopes, we also see when we watch competitions, it is clear that roller circles also pass through the same. Places, in the depths of the forest there are also a huge number of paths intended for running , for simulation training, many of these circles also have their own names, one of the running circles, which is called a chamomile, that is, with its interlacing, well, from above, if you look, it forms Something Like a flower, the climbs also have their own names, there are climbs, which are called camels, these are. The ascent, here is one of them we see, it is heading here on the descent, behind it there is also Something Like a camels hump, that is, two two humps, and there is a stove, remember everything, yes, there is a stove , the stove is in distant circles, well, such a magical forest, i managed to stay in all the hotels that are located in raovichi, and this is one of them, before the floors here were painted in the colors of the olympic rings, ruzhenkov , finishing his career there, is already , well, a grandfather, in fact, well, in a good way, there are fences, there are stands, yes , you remember all this very well, this is essentially the first work that you came here, yes, bridges, there was a bridge here, too, which you could also climb on and watch the athletes pass below, if we talk about big names in general, about big names, here its probably worth remembering the race of legends, which united a huge number of biathlon stars here and still. The guys with such positive memories speak about raobich, sven fischer, livegright, shell, that is, they were really impressed by the complex and the hospitality of the complex, such a place, you know, now many people use it from a romantic point of view, to take good pictures, to take photographs, as i understand it in your time there was no Observation Deck there, yes, but still the view from there was probably great very beautiful, but now where we are going up, im looking forward to it. Moments, here we are at the top, no, that didnt happen, but it was all for a good mood, just for some kind of relaxation, and of course the view from there is gorgeous, firstly, youve been in the workers since the eighties, yes, and you are now the deputy director, you work in the office in which you first settled here in the eighties, when it was still a hotel, thats right, yes, an amazing fact that shows. It was organized here, we had a passionate very much a coach, it was an encouragement to come to training in rabochek. Lets first remember your fan story, as spectators, can you accurately reproduce the first time you came to rabychi, what was it like . I remember exactly that i was here at the european championships in 2004, the biathlon was declared open, i was at the biathlon for the first time then, so i remember it very much, a little later, im probably here too. I participated as a supporter of my son, when an ice skating rink appeared, championship matches were held republic and my wife and i came, cheered for our son and never thought that i could get here and be responsible for this facility, no, well, i remember that there was a very such atmosphere, it was the people who were very sick, rooting for our participants, our a fan loves to cheer and knows how to cheer, as i remember now Elena Zubrilova was running then. Because sport is truly dynamic in terms of both the rules of competition and , of course, the structures, look, there on the head there is such a beautiful view from above, you ve probably seen it from there many times, its amazing, you see, its like in the palm of your hand and the feeling of flying, a very beautiful view in the evening when the illuminated highway turns on, gorgeous, incomparable to anything, were going to work , yes, you come all the time, im interested in your car enthusiasts in general, well, of course, yes, car lovers. I love driving very much, traveling, and how do you love it, when workers arrive, you think about how to not only walk here , but also how logistically it will all be comfortable and built, well, in principle , the object is very compact , for today day, we have a complex that is, in general , sandwiched by certain hills on all sides, yes, so even adding some objects today is very problematic. The beauty that we must preserve is the most important thing, probably, today we are visiting our host yard, we have a working environment here, this is not a small bus station, i want to say, we have three large buses, small buses, medium capacity , that is, equipment such as loaders, tractors, excavators, a map in general is not needed, we so we know, yes, what we have , where it is, what problems we have today, today, by the way, we have a very. Convenient position on the observation tower, which we have completed the renovation of, everything is clearly visible there, especially this one the part that is located here is administrative, that is, all objects are visible, it is very convenient, and there was even a proposal from Sergei Mikhailovich of our minister, we should hold the meeting from here, our newest hotel, it was put into operation in 15, there are 32 places here, and we she was assigned to our national team, and can you give figures for the total Housing Stock of ravbich . A freestyle complex with everyone and their wishes, there today, well, i think its probably the best complex, probably in the world, because, you know, freestyles are carried out to a greater extent, even in some special places, that is, there are no such stationary small objects, so we have it all, we have all the conditions for them, they themselves admit it, well, you know, the places here are very beautiful, of course, i try to find them once every few months stay here, walk around, look, look at the situation, what is happening , in the evening, what is happening there, early in the morning , at night, what is the situation, how do people relax, because in the summer its one thing, in the winter its a different situation, literally this weekend i i stopped by, you know, it was full of beaumont , that is, there were so many people here, it was like an anthill on the slopes, and what struck me at the ski rental was a line, people were standing on the street for skis, that is, the whole complex was housing and catering worked, that is, such a movement is very. Yes, its located here so that everyone can come and see, you know, we came up with this idea in 1818, in 1919 we implemented it on our own, here once was a fortymeter springboard, in this place, there was a very cool platform, and we we decided to do it this way for people so that they could get up and safely see all our delights, all our objects at a glance, well, here you know its so beautiful and i would like to wish you and the workers the next 50 years that everything will be here too. Thank you very much and evolved so that everything will be fine, thank you. I would never say that the ubiches are 50 years old , they look much younger, for you raubich is generally what it is, its a lifestyle, for me its home, for you raubich means that, first of all, some new people are born thoughts, ideas constantly, when my employees well, the most raubic atmosphere, this is the whole place, where the main thing, probably, is the atmosphere, its just there, you come here as if youre in a completely different place, for you, first of all, ravbich whats this, in a few words, you can, yes, of course, breath and dream. Lets preserve civilization and increase wealth. Results of the Supreme State council of the union state. In general, our situation is developing very vigorously. Trade turnover is constantly growing. Russia is the largest investor. Our investors invested 4 billion in the economy of belarus. The whole process begins with the procurement of our own raw materials; trees are cut down on leased plots allocated by the state. 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