The hospitable Polytechnic is always glad to have the happy opportunity to open its doors to students from other higher education institutions of our country. The IX Open Interuniversity Creative Festival of Friendship, held at the Sukhoi State Technical University of Gomel on April 18, brought together many creative young people who came to the city on the Sozh River from different regions of Belarus to show their unique talents. Among them are students of the Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov, who always take part in the interethnic holiday with pleasure and shine on the stage, demonstrating a high level of skill and quality training, allowing the audience to immerse themselves in a fairy-tale atmosphere and feel the national flavor.

When the rehearsals, pre-performance excitement, the audience's stormy reaction to the creative numbers and the cherished award ceremony were left behind, the guys went for a walk around Gomel. As part of the festival, the specialist of the department of educational work with youth of the GSTU Elsherbini Salah Mohamed Elsayed conducted an interesting excursion for Chinese students, senior lecturer of the department of "Russian as a foreign language" Tatyana Sergeevna Denisenko and associate professor of the music department Olga Mikhailovna Zhukova.

Friday evening turned out to be eventful and interesting for the city guests: they leisurely strolled along the old Sovetskaya Street with interesting architectural monuments, admired the beauty of the park of the Gomel Palace and Park Ensemble, got vivid emotions from riding on the carousel and visited the Rumyantsev and Paskevich Palace, included in the State List of Historical and Cultural Values.

The time spent interestingly and usefully allowed the children who came to the southern region from Vitebsk to escape from the daily hustle and bustle, relax, learn interesting facts about Belarus and take many bright photos that will serve as a good reminder of the festival that took place at the Polytechnic for a long time.