220013 Minsk, st. B. Khmelnitsky, 9, bild. 11B
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The Department of Physical Culture traces its history back to 1948, when the order for its creation at the Belarusian Polytechnic Institute was signed. Over 75 years within the walls of BPI-BGPA-BNTU, it has traversed a difficult but glorious path of formation and development. Over the years of its existence, teachers and students have made a huge contribution to the development of physical culture and sports both in their native educational institution and in the country. The first heads of the department were E.S. Volynets (1948–1952) and I.F. Pekhotny (1952-1977). Subsequently, until 2010, the Department of Physical Education and Sports was headed by: N.G. Govorov (1977–1982), Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor I.P. Volkov (1982–1993), Associate Professor L.G. Lavrova (1993–1997), Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor I.V. Belsky (1997–2010). In 2010, due to the formation of the Sports and Technical Faculty on the basis of the Department of Physical Education and Sports, it was reorganized, and the heads of the now Department of Physical Culture became: Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor P.G. Symanovich (2010–2012), Associate Professor V.A. Ivansky (2012–2013), Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor R.E. Zimnitskaya (2013–2023).
From September 1, 2023 to the present, the Department of Physical Culture has been headed by Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor Mikhail Alexandrovich Kholod.
Today, the staff of the department are qualified specialists carrying out pedagogical activities at a high professional level. The department comprises 61 employees: 1 Head of the Department, 2 Professors, 3 Associate Professors, 40 Senior Lecturers, 10 Lecturers, 1 Lecturer-Trainee, as well as 3 Engineers, and 1 Leading Specialist.
The activity of the Department of Physical Culture as part of the Sports and Technical Faculty is focused on the physical education of university students. The priority areas in the work of the department are: improving the quality of the educational process in the discipline "Physical Culture", organizing optional courses in sports, improving the professional level and scientific qualifications of the teaching staff, conducting scientific research within the framework of the state budget topic "Programming of complex fitness training in the physical education of BNTU students".
In the 2023/2024 academic year, the department launched training under the educational program of advanced higher education (Master's degree) in full-time mode in English, specialty 7-06-1012-01 "Physical Culture and Sports", specialization "Technologies of Physical Culture".
To organize coordinated work, the department has appointed teachers responsible for various areas of activity:
for academic work – Lecturer E.G. Demid;
for educational and methodological work – Senior Lecturer T.V. Miskevich;
for research work – Associate Professor O.K. Budryunas;
for ideological and educational work – Senior Lecturer E.V. Goralchuk;
for the quality management system (QMS) – Senior Lecturer K.A. Dubovik;
for career guidance work – Senior Lecturer A.V. Sedneva;
for advanced training and retraining of personnel – Senior Lecturer G.V. Khallo;
for labor protection, safety and fire safety – Senior Lecturer A.A. Pilnevich.
The primary trade union organization of the department is headed by Senior Lecturer E.V. Goralchuk.
From 2010 to 2024, the department's staff developed and approved nine curricula: for the discipline "Physical Culture" for students of all specialities of BNTU (2013, 2018, 2023), "Physical Culture. Section Swimming (optional)" (2021), "Physical Culture. Section. Volleyball (women) (optional)" (2021), "Physical Culture. Section. CrossFit. (optional)" (2021), "Physical Culture. Section. Athletic gymnastics (optional)" (2022), "Physical Culture. Section. Volleyball (men) (optional)" (2022), "Physical Culture. Section. Health-improving aerobics (optional)" (2022).
The teaching staff of the Department of Physical Culture has developed: the curriculum for specialty 7-06-1012-01 "Physical Culture and Sports" and 17 curricula of the higher education institution for academic disciplines of advanced higher education (Master's degree) for specialty 7-06-1012-01 "Physical Culture and Sports", specialization "Technologies of Physical Culture".
Annually, the educational process in physical culture covers more than 8 thousand full-time 1st–3rd year students from 15 faculties of the university. A feature of the organization of the educational process in the main educational department is the creation of a permanent teaching team of the department at each faculty, whose study groups are assigned to them for the entire period of study.
The Head of the Department of Physical Culture, in agreement with the Dean's office, appoints for each faculty a person responsible for sports and mass work from among the most experienced highly qualified teachers, who also provide communication between the department and the university's Dean's offices. Currently, the persons responsible for SMW are:
at the Automotive and Tractor Faculty – Senior Lecturer N.P. Mishenskaya;
at the Faculty of Mining and Engineering Ecology – Senior Lecturer O.A. Usachenok;
at the Mechanical Engineering Faculty – Senior Lecturer S.A. Krishtal;
at the Mechanical and Technological Faculty – Senior Lecturer E.V. Goralchuk;
at the Faculty of Marketing, Management, Entrepreneurship – Senior Lecturer S.O. Burkov;
at the Energy Faculty – Lecturer A.A. Dichkovskaya;
at the Faculty of Information Technologies and Robotics – Senior Lecturer A.G. Chernyavskaya;
at the Faculty of Management Technologies and Humanitarization – Lecturer V.V. Klunduk;
at the Engineering and Pedagogical Faculty – Senior Lecturer E.Y. Mikloshevich;
at the Faculty of Power Construction – Lecturer K.V. Sysonova;
at the Faculty of Architecture – Senior Lecturer E.V. Timoshenkova;
at the Faculty of Civil Engineering – Senior Lecturer Z.I. Asmakovich;
at the Faculty of Instrumentation Engineering – Lecturer-Trainee V.R. Valovich;
at the Faculty of Transport Communications – Senior Lecturer M.S. Gerasimchik;
at the Sports and Technical Faculty – Senior Lecturer A.V. Zolotova;
at the Faculty of International Cooperation – Senior Lecturer A.V. Lashuk;
Special Medical Group – Senior Lecturer L.V. Kazakova.
The generation of young teachers actively introduces new fitness trends (fitball-aerobics, zumba, pilates, crossfit) into physical education classes, thereby meeting the high demands of modern students, forming in them a stable motivation for regular physical activity. During the period of distance learning, the discipline "Physical Culture" was taught on the Teams learning platform.
From 2014 to 2020, the Department of Physical Culture ran training courses in fitness (bodybuilding, aerobics, pilates, yoga, billiards) as part of additional adult education. Since 2020, the department has for the first time begun conducting classes with foreign students in English.
Teachers of the Department of Physical Culture improve their qualifications by studying in Master's programs (Demid E.G., Klunduk V.V., Sysonova K.V.) and postgraduate studies, as well as in the form of doctoral candidacy (Sinyavskaya T.N., Tarasov P.R., Kazakova L.V., Miskevich T.V.) at BNTU and the Educational Institution "BGUFK". Under the guidance of the department's professor, R.E. Zimnitskaya, five department teachers successfully defended their dissertations for the degree of Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences: O.K. Budryunas (2010, in 2014 she was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor), N.G. Kuznetsova (2010, in 2014 she was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor), D.V. Tropnikova (2014), A.V. Solonets (2020, in 2021 he was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor), M.A. Kholod (2022, in 2024 he was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor). Every year, the department's staff actively participates in various university, republican, and international conferences and seminars on issues of physical culture and sports.
Together with the sports club and the Department of Sports, teachers of the Department of Physical Culture take the most active part in organizing and conducting numerous physical culture, health, and sports events: faculty championships in sports, Spartakiads among university students and employees, the "Battle of Faculties" competition, Health Days, tourist rallies, the Minsk Half Marathon, the legendary athletics race "Minsk – Izhevsk". An important place in the activities of physical culture teachers is the organization of independent studies for students during extracurricular time. This work is carried out both at the faculty's sports base and in student dormitories.
Currently, the Department of Physical Culture represents a creative union of creativity and innovation (M.A. Kholod, A.A. Dichkovskaya, A.V. Lashuk, M.V. Loyko, E.Y. Miklashevich, K.V. Sysonova), experience and mastery (N.P. Antsiporovich, O.K. Budryunas, L.N. Butskevich, K.A. Dubovik, V.V. Ermilov, A.V. Zolotova, N.S. Ignatenko, L.V. Kazakova, N.A. Krivchik, T.V. Miskevich, N.P. Mishenskaya, E.V. Panova, A.A. Pilnevich, E.N. Slobodnyak, G.V. Khallo, etc.).