Vladimir Gusakov
The success of science and the demand for its results.
Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Gusakov answers the most pressing questions about the current state and future of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences.

Dzyanis Filipchyk
Belarusian museums in the preservation of intangible cultural heritage
The author considers the problem of intangible cultural heritage preservation by museum means, and gives the examples of Belarusian museums effective work on its documentation, study and interpretation.

Tatsiana Kuharonak
Traditional family customs and ceremonies of Belarusians
On the basis of published and field expedition materials, the author describes the folk knowledge, regulations of woman’s behavior during
pregnancy and childbirth, obstetric and ritual-magical actions of midwives, customs of naming a child, visiting the lying-in woman, choosing
godparents, rites of celebrating baptisms, signs and beliefs related to the baby’s first bath, his first steps, speech, haircut.

Alexandra Gurko (Verashchahina)
Christian holiday traditions of Belarus in the past and present
The article tells about the Belarusian Christian holiday traditions, which being different in the canonical interpretation of each denomination, have become part of the history and culture during its thousand-year period on the Belarusian land.

Anatol Trafimchyk
The life of a folk tale in the format of drama
The author considers plays-tales for children based on folklore materials. The appropriate differentiation of the works was made, and their main features were considered. It was emphasized that the level of this part in the modern literary process looks acceptable both in quantity and quality.

Valeria Kazakova
Intangible cultural heritage of Belarus: the regional aspect in tourism
The article considers the regional aspect of the intangible cultural heritage of Belarus used in tourism, and gives the prospects for further tourist representation of the country’s ethno-cultural resources.

Vladimir Turko, Fedor Arzhaev
System modernization of the Union state industrial base
There is shown the need for high-quality tools for the Union state multiindustry complex balanced development. The authors presented a working model of economic planning based on current developments.

Vitaly Kalinkovich
«Behavioral» policy in business management
The author presented the theoretical concept of behavioral economics, which explains the nature and mechanisms for the state regulation of entrepreneurship implementation in modern conditions.

Eleonora Lutokhina
Motivational management in the context of digital transformation
The author presented her subsystem model of motivational management, and gave a definition of a hybrid model of such management.

Shamsia Mamedova, Saida Hasanova, Saltanat Agaeva
Comparative study of productivity indicators of a new lentils collection based on structural analysis
The authors presented the methods and results of studying some new lentil collections productivity parameters, as a result of which genetic differences were recorded and the most promising samples of valuable food, fodder and industrial crops for cultivation were identified.

Oleg Kuznetsov, Vladimir Tsyrkunov
Involvement of the intestinal microbiome in the tumor process of the gastrointestinal tract
The authors assessed the level of the microbiome involvement in the preand tumor growth process of the gastrointestinal tract. They showed the need to study the pathology of the gastrointestinal tract at the genetic level in conjunction with the microorganisms persistence, whose proteins and metabolites interact with the genome, modifying it.

Iryna Lazouskaya, Raisa Andreeva
Oil products for the production of sulfur concrete
In this article, authors analyze the world experience in the production of sulfur concrete, as well as the results of experimental studies of the properties of sulfur concrete obtained by the authors on the basis of local raw materials of the Vitebsk region of Belarus.