A pottery artist at work at the Belkhudozhkeramika pottery factory in Radoshkovichi (Radashkovichy), Minsk Region, Belarus on November 21, 2019. The factory manufactures ceramic pottery and souvenirs. (Photo by Natalia Fedosenko/TASS)





A communal worker, right, cleans the sidewalk next to Soviet era tanks at an open-air WWII museum, with the Mound of Glory war memorial, in the background, on the outskirts of the capital Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, October 22, 2019. The majestic hill, topped with four rising bayonets, was built in honour of the Soviet liberation of Belarus from Nazi occupation in 1944, and soil for it was brought from nine hero cities of the USSR and from the fields of the most fierce battles of the war. (Photo by Sergei Grits/AP Photo)





Belarusian ornithologist Vladimir Ivanovski, 72, stands on a tree as he builds an artificial nest for birds of prey from tree branches, in a marsh near the village of Kazyany, Belarus on October 20, 2019. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)





People dressed in the historic uniforms of the Imperial Russian and French armies take part in a re-enactment of the 1812 Battle of Berezina, to mark the 207th anniversary of the battle, near the village of Bryli, Belarus on November 24, 2019. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)





Belarusian ballet dancers perform a scene of the ballet “Orr and Ora. People and Birds” at the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus, in Minsk, Belarus, late 01 December 2019. The ballet performance was dedicated to World AIDS Day. (Photo by Tatyana Zenkovich/EPA/EFE)





Autumn colours are seen on foliage on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus on October 22, 2019. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)





Villagers roll over as they take part in a Chyrachka rite during the Maslenitsa celebration in the village of Tonezh, some 280km from Minsk, on February 26, 2017.
Maslenitsa is an ancient farewell ceremony to winter, traditional in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP Photo)





Belarus soldiers of airborne forces perform as they celebrate the Paratroopers' Day in Minsk on August 1, 2015. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP Photo)





In this photo taken on Thursday, November 14, 2019, a Belarus' Army serviceman walks to cast his ballot during an early election at a polling station in Minsk, Belarus, ahead of the parliamentary election to be held on Sunday. (Photo by Sergei Grits/AP Photo)





A Belarusian farmer tastes honey made by wild bees in the trunk of a tree in a forest near the village of Sakaloyka, Belarus on November 14, 2019. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)





A participant of the Mrs Universe 2015 contest takes a selfie picture as she stands close to a huge 360 ton payload BelAZ mining dump truck at the BelAZ plant in Zhodino, outside Minsk, on August 26, 2015. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP Photo)





A Belarussian woman in traditional clothing cut and binds first sheaves during “Zazhinki” rite reconstruction in the village Zhoravka, some 170 km from Minsk, Belarus, 10 July 2016. Zazhinki rite is a start of harvesting in Slavic culture. Women cut and bind first sheaves in a field, asking God to help them, complaining about hard work and asking to give them good harvest next year. After rituals, they creep under their crescents and roll in a field, asking for a pain relief in their backs. People believed, that thanks to the rite grain field becomes fertile and ears grow ripe and become heavier. (Photo by Tatyana Zenkovich/EPA)





Rowers make their way on Komsomolskoye lake in Minsk, Belarus, at sunrise, Monday, October 21, 2019. Belarus is experiencing an Indian summer with a warm weather. (Photo by Sergei Grits/AP Photo)





A man looks at himself in a mirror, hidden between mannequins, as he chooses a cap at the clothing market in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, October 30, 2019. (Photo by Sergei Grits/AP Photo)





A man rides in a horse-drawn carriage on a foggy autumn day near the village of Krutilavichy, Belarus on November 8, 2019. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)





Harvesting cranberries at the Polesskiye Zhuraviny farm near the village of Selishche in Brest Region, Belarus on October 7, 2019. (Photo by Natalia Fedosenko/TASS)





A Belarus senior school pupil wears a gas mask during a fire safety drill at a school in the village of Krevo, some 100 kilometers northwest from Minsk, on December 2, 2014. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP Photo)





Miss Belarus 2018 Winner Maria Vasilevich (L) and Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko dance at the republican Christmas youth ball held in the Palace of Independence in Minsk, Belarus on December 28, 2018. Almost 300 distinguished students and school-leavers invited including presidential grant-holders, participants in republican creative and scientific contests, winners of numerous international and republican festivals. (Photo by Nikolai Petrov/TASS)