About the Event

The ecological and health bike marathon “Planet’s Purity — Soul’s Purity” is a two-day inclusive event taking place on July 12–13, 2025 in Brest and Brest District. Organizer — BOOOPI “Invalid i Sreda” with the support of the basic school in Yatskovichi village and the Brest branch of the Republican Association of Wheelchair Users.

The goal of the marathon is to promote a healthy lifestyle, environmental culture, mercy and mutual assistance between generations, as well as the integration of people with disabilities into public life.

  • Starting point: Brest, Moshenkogo St., 66 — Inclusive Center for Healthy Lifestyle Promotion (or Orekhovaya St., 32)
  • Transfer from Brest: bus (BUS) and car with bike trailer
  • Organizer contact: Ivan Shmyga, Chairman of BOOOPI “Invalid i Sreda”

Day 1 — Saturday, July 12, 2025

Brest → Yatskovichi village

Time Event Responsible
15:00 Organizational gathering at the “Inclusive Center for Healthy Lifestyle Promotion”, Brest, Moshenkogo St., 66 (or Orekhovaya St., 32).
Safety briefing. Distribution of duties. 		Ivan Shmyga, Chairman of BOOOPI “Invalid i Sreda”, initiative coordinator
15:10 “Experience of Mercy and Intergenerational Mutual Assistance” — meeting with grandmother Tanya Ponurko in the form of an interview and youth dialogue (or with sister Irina, Prostornaya St., No. 10, tel. +375 29 222 79 84). Liza Smirnova, Natalia Shtyk
16:00 Start of the ecological and health bike marathon “Planet’s Purity — Soul’s Purity”.
Route №1: everyone leaves Brest along Kamenetskoe highway → at the northern ring onto highway R-16 → Vysokoe → Tyukhinichi → B.Motykaly → Malye Shchitniki → Yatskovichi → basic school.
Transfer from Brest by BUS and car with trailer. 		Ivan Shmyga, Vlad Rybachuk, Denis Levchuk
18:00 Arrival in Yatskovichi village, Brest district. Ivan Shmyga, Alexander Kirikovich, school director
18:30 Program for school children:
Game “Good Samaritan” on bicycles with elements of an educational biblical quiz (Arseny Klimchuk). 		Ivan Shmyga, Arseny Klimchuk, Vlad Rybachuk, Sergey Khilkovich, Sergey Pashkovich, Artem Tishchenko
19:30 “Experience of Mercy and Intergenerational Mutual Assistance” — history of Yatskovichi village and the school. Meeting with honored people or first graduates of the school. Ivan Shmyga, Alexander Kirikovich
20:00 DINNER.
Alexander Kirikovich — ukha (fish soup). 		Katerina Andreikovets, Natasha Davidovich
21:00 Volleyball and tennis. Friendly match between young people with disabilities, volunteers, school students and teachers. Ivan Shmyga, Sergey Khilkovich, Vlad Rybachuk, Alexander Kirikovich
21:30 Mobile virtual session using 3D glasses for children — virtual ski descent on the track and alpine mountain climb. Martin Semenchuk, Artem Lysukha
22:00 Distribution and training of volunteers at the Rural House of Culture in the agro-town B.Motykaly.
Puppet theater “Breathe Freely” (Sergey Pashkovich — prompter).
Sound accompaniment — Artem Lysukha. 		Ivan Shmyga and all volunteers
23:00 Day summary. Ivan Shmyga
23:10 LIGHTS OUT. Nikolay Sidorchuk

Day 2 — Sunday, July 13, 2025

Yatskovichi → Bolshie Motykaly → Brest

Time Event Responsible
6:00 Morning inspiration (optional). Ivan Shmyga, Arseny Klimchuk
8:00 Wake up. Nikolay Sidorchuk, volunteer
8:40–9:00 Discussion of the day’s goals and objectives. Ivan Shmyga
9:00–9:30 BREAKFAST. Katerina Andreikovets, Natasha Davidovich
9:30–10:00 Intergenerational integration in the form of a dialogue between volunteers from Brest and schoolchildren from Yatskovichi village.
Conversation in a circle of friends: “Positive Thinking about Being”. 		Sergey Kurelyak, Arseny Klimchuk
10:30 Start of marathon participants to the agro-town B.Motykaly, to the Rural House of Culture.
Route №2: depart from Yatskovichi (basic school) → Bolshie Shchitniki → Malye Shchitniki → highway R-16 → B.Motykaly → Rural House of Culture. 		Sergey Kurelyak, Vlad Rybachuk, Denis Levchuk
11:30 Arrival at the Rural House of Culture. Preparation of venues:
— Marking the bicycle competition track (Vlad Rybachuk, Denis Levchuk, Sergey Khilkovich);
— Setting up puppet equipment (Sergey Pashkovich, Masha Rybachuk, Andrey Rybachuk);
— Sound setup (Artem Lysukha);
— 3D glasses (Martin Semenchuk);
— Sports bow (Ivan Shmyga, Mikhail Yurganov);
— “TriDem” riding (Sergey Martsevich and Nastya);
— Lunch preparation (Katerina Andreikovets, Natasha Davidovich). 		Ivan Shmyga and the whole team
12:00 Meeting with people with disabilities in wheelchairs from the Brest branch of the “Republican Association of Wheelchair Users”, with disabled residents of the agro-town B.Motykaly and children from the rural school.
Volunteer and children briefing on the “Equal to Equal” principle. 		Ivan Shmyga, Angela Mironyuk
12:20–13:30 Quiz with elements of healthy lifestyle. Eight thematic stations:
1. Nutrition
2. Air
3. Sunlight
4. Exercise
5. Rest
6. Abstinence
7. Water
8. Trust (Ivan Shmyga) 		Sergey Kurelyak and all volunteers, station leaders
13:30–14:00 Puppet performance “Breathe Freely”.
Sound accompaniment — Artem Lysukha. 		Sergey Pashkovich, Elizaveta Smirnova
14:00 Program for people with disabilities in wheelchairs from the Brest branch of the “Republican Association of Wheelchair Users” and disabled residents of B.Motykaly:

1. Mobile virtual sessions using 3D glasses

Virtual ski descent on the track for wheelchair users:
— to control skis, tilt your head left or right;
— to start and stop — imitate pushing off the ground with ski poles using your hands.

Alpine mountain climb:
— to control ascent and descent, press keys worn on the hands.

2. Riding on the “TriDem”
A tandem bicycle with a rigidly attached wheelchair — three people ride at the same time: VOLUNTEER — BLIND PERSON — WHEELCHAIR USER.

3. Shooting from a sports bow
Sitting in a wheelchair or on a chair.

 Overall coordination: Ivan Shmyga

VR 3D glasses: Martin Semenchuk, Artem Lysukha

TriDem: Vlad Rybachuk, Sergey Khilkovich

Sports bow: Ivan Shmyga (Champion of the Republic of Belarus in archery among disabled people), Alexander Kirikovich, Mikhail Yurganov
14:00 (parallel) Program for children of the agro-town B.Motykaly (parallel to the program for people with disabilities):
Game “Good Samaritan” on bicycles with elements of an educational biblical quiz. 		Arseny Klimchuk, Vlad Rybachuk, Sergey Khilkovich, Sergey Pashkovich, Artem Tishchenko
15:00–15:30 LUNCH near or inside the Rural House of Culture (location chosen considering accessibility for wheelchair users and weather conditions). Katerina Andreikovets
15:30 Start of the marathon in two groups on two routes.

Group A “With a Twist” — Route №3:
B.Motykaly (Rural House of Culture) → Vostochnaya St. → Pески village (Brest-kayak, Zelenaya St., 2a) → Lesnaya River → Pegasus Equestrian Club (Centralnaya St., tel. +375 33 644-38-00) — visit to the equestrian club with wheelchair users, opportunity to ride a carriage → MOTORCYKLE SERVICE KLEYNIKI (Agarkova lane, 12/1, tel. +375 29 726 22 53, Andrey) → Kozlovichi highway → Brest (Moshenkogo St., 66 or Brest-Vostochny station).

Group B “Without Twists, with Adrenaline” — Route №4:
B.Motykaly (Rural House of Culture) → Polevaya St. → N-345 highway → Tereben village → Shumaki (spring on the Lesnaya River) → Kostychi → Skoki — visit to the Nemcevichi estate, conversation on the history “Mercy from Ancient Times” (Sergey Khilkovich) → Pegasus Equestrian Club (Centralnaya St.) → MOTORCYKLE SERVICE KLEYNIKI (Agarkova lane, 12/1) → Kozlovichi highway → Brest (Moshenkogo St., 66 or Brest-Vostochny station).

 Overall coordination: Ivan Shmyga

Group A: Ivan Shmyga, Sergey Martsevich

Group B: Sergey Kurelyak, Vlad Rybachuk, Denis Levchuk
18:00 Summary of the bike marathon.
On the bank of the Lesnaya River, near the Pegasus Equestrian Club (Centralnaya St.) — meeting of both groups and the ceremonial closing of the two-day marathon. 		Ivan Shmyga, Sergey Kurelyak, Vlad Rybachuk, Denis Levchuk

Marathon Routes

Route №1 — Brest → Yatskovichi (Day 1, 16:00)

Brest (Kamenetskoe highway) → northern ring → R-16 highway → Vysokoe → Tyukhinichi → B.Motykaly → Malye Shchitniki → Yatskovichi → basic school.

Route №2 — Yatskovichi → agro-town B.Motykaly (Day 2, 10:30)

Yatskovichi (basic school) → Bolshie Shchitniki → Malye Shchitniki → R-16 highway → B.Motykaly → Rural House of Culture.

Route №3 — Group A “With a Twist” (Day 2, 15:30)

B.Motykaly (Rural House of Culture) → Vostochnaya St. → Peski village (Brest-kayak, Zelenaya St., 2a) → Lesnaya River → Pegasus Equestrian Club (Centralnaya St., +375 33 644-38-00) → MOTORCYKLE SERVICE KLEYNIKI (Agarkova lane, 12/1, +375 29 726 22 53) → Kozlovichi highway → Brest (Moshenkogo St., 66 or Brest-Vostochny station).

Route №4 — Group B “With Adrenaline” (Day 2, 15:30)

B.Motykaly (Rural House of Culture) → Polevaya St. → N-345 highway → Tereben village → Shumaki (spring on Lesnaya River) → Kostychi → Skoki (Nemcevichi estate) → Pegasus Equestrian Club (Centralnaya St.) → MOTORCYKLE SERVICE KLEYNIKI (Agarkova lane, 12/1) → Kozlovichi highway → Brest (Moshenkogo St., 66 or Brest-Vostochny station).

Organizers

  • Ivan Shmyga — Chairman of BOOOPI “Invalid i Sreda”, marathon coordinator, Champion of the Republic of Belarus in archery among people with disabilities.
  • Alexander Kirikovich — Director of the basic school in Yatskovichi village.
  • Angela Mironyuk — Brest branch of the “Republican Association of Wheelchair Users”.
  • Sergey Kurelyak — volunteer, host of dialogues and quizzes.
  • Arseny Klimchuk — host of the “Good Samaritan” game and morning inspiration.
  • Martin Semenchuk — VR equipment operator (3D glasses).
  • Artem Lysukha — sound accompaniment for all events.
  • Sergey Pashkovich, Elizaveta Smirnova — puppet theater “Breathe Freely”.
  • Sergey Martsevich and Nastya — TriDem riding.
  • Katerina Andreikovets, Natasha Davidovich — meals for participants.

Starting point of the event: Brest, Moshenkogo St., 66 — Inclusive Center for Healthy Lifestyle Promotion.