On May 30, 2026, students of the Overseas Students Training Faculty at VSMU traveled to the city of Polotsk, one of the oldest cultural and spiritual centers of Belarus.

The excursion day program included a walk along Nizhne-Pokrovskaya Street and Franziska Skaryna Boulevard, as well as visits to several key attractions.:

St. Sophia Cathedral is a unique architectural monument of the XVIII century, built on the preserved fragments of the cathedral of the XI century, a UNESCO cultural heritage site;

The Museum of Belarusian Book Printing and the Library of Simeon Polotsky is an exhibition dedicated to the work of Francis Skarina and the history of the first printed book in the Belarusian lands. The museum's collection contains written monuments from handwritten scrolls to a modern book;

The Museum of the History of the Polotsk Collegium on the basis of Polotsk State University, where students learned the traditions associated with the sculpture of a student of the Polotsk Collegium, saw a musical clock with an academic procession of figures.

The students were particularly interested in the interactive exhibit "mechanical head", which the participants of the tour were able to ask questions and get answers to.

It turned out to be an eventful and informative day. All participants expressed positive impressions of the tour.

Trips to historical cities contribute to the in-depth acquaintance of international students with the national heritage, traditions and history of our country.