Every city, like every person, has its own destiny, its own biography, its own history. The history of our city does not go back centuries. Our city is young. A relatively short period of the city's life is full of important events and bright dates. Turning over the pages of the biography of the city, Baranovichi stands before us as a small settlement, as the center of the village in the Novogrudok Voivodeship, as a regional center, as one of the most beautiful cities of regional subordination, the center of the Brest region… The emergence of the Baranovichi is associated with the construction of the Moscow-Brest railway. The beginning of the city was laid by a small station of this road, commissioned in November 1871 - Baranovichi station, which got its name from one of the nearby villages. With its development and, especially, with the appearance of prospects for the Baranovichi to turn into a railway junction, the pier settlement began to develop rapidly on land owned by Countess E.A. Rozvadovskaya. On May 27, 1884, the Minsk provincial government decided to establish a town here, called Rozvadovo. At the same time, in 1884, the railway was put into operation, connecting Vilna with Rivne and crossing Moskovsko-Brestskaya near the Baranovichi station. The new station - Baranovichi (already Polessky railways) - becomes the second center of the formation of the future city. A settlement called Novye Baranovichi is emerging and growing rapidly in its area. New Baranovichi in their development gravitated to the town of Rozvadovo (Old Baranovichi). At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, both settlements merged, creating an administratively peculiar whole: the town, which since 1888 had a petty-bourgeois administration, was part of the Novomyshsky volost, and the New Baranovichi, which were mainly on peasant lands, were part of the Novomyshsky, Stolovchsky, Yastrembelsky and Darevsky volosts of the Novogrudok district. This situation hindered the development of Baranovichi. However, despite this, the settlement grew rapidly. If in 1897 there were 5,135 people living here (here, as in the future, without taking into account the troops), then at the beginning of 1902 there were 8,950 residents, and on the eve of the 1st World War - more than 30,000 people. In addition, a significant number (about 3,000 people) of troops were stationed in Baranovichi - a railway brigade and several battalions of an infantry regiment. Baranovichi had 3 railway stations, 2 railway stations, a locomotive depot; barns, a mill and a biscuit factory of the Vilna quartermaster; dozens of enterprises (industrial and commercial) founded by residents. The largest of them were: three brick factories, an oil mill, a wheel ointment, two sawmills, an iron foundry and a biscuit factory, two mills, three millstone factories. The turnover of trading enterprises reached 5-6 million rubles a year. On the eve of the 1st World War, seven different types of schools operated in Baranovichi, there were four churches, a Roman Catholic chapel, and ten prayer houses. Since 1909, a cinema (electric theater "Eden") has been operating, since 1911 - a public telephone network. In 1911-1912, the newspaper "Baranovichi Bulletin" was published. During the first year of the war, the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander was located in Baranovichi. Nicholas II repeatedly visited Baranovichi at that time. In September 1915, the town was captured by German troops. On January 5, 1919, the Red Army liberated Baranovichi. Since February 1919, Baranovichi has been a city, the center of the Baranovichi district of the Minsk province of the BSSR. During the Soviet-Polish War of 1919-1920, the city changed hands several times, which contributed to its further ruin. After the separation of its western regions from the BSSR (according to the Riga Peace Treaty of 1921), Baranovichi became part of Poland. The center of the municipality of Novogrudok Voivodeship. After the reunification of Western Belarus with the BSSR, Baranovichi became the regional center of Soviet Belarus (since December 4, 1939). The city had about 27 thousand inhabitants (autumn 1939). In 1939-1941, new industrial enterprises were opened in the city and old ones were reconstructed, public education and healthcare were improved, the State Teachers' Institute, the Museum of Fine Arts, the regional drama theater, and other cultural institutions began to operate. In the first days of the Great Patriotic War, the city was occupied by Nazi invaders (since June 27, 1941). They destroyed and ruined Baranovichi. A power plant, a radio station, a locomotive depot, 16 industrial artels, all enterprises of the mining plant, 130 shops, 12 canteens, 15 stalls, a cinema, a museum, a drama theater, 6 schools, the Palace of Pioneers, 2500 residential and outbuildings were destroyed. Tens of thousands of people died here. The inhabitants of the region waged a decisive struggle against the enemy. The Baranovichi partisan unit operated on the territory of the region, the patriotic underground operated in the cities (there were about ten underground groups in Baranovichi alone). The city was liberated on July 8, 1944 during the Baranovichi-Slonim offensive operation. For the difference in the battles during the liberation of the regional center, 28 military formations and units were awarded the honorary title of "Baranovichi", 18 were awarded the Orders of the Motherland. Destroyed houses, blown up businesses, fires, depopulated streets – these were the Baranovichi on the day of their liberation. The city suffered huge human losses, 80% of all buildings were destroyed, almost all industrial enterprises could not be restored, 2,500 residential buildings, a drama theater, six schools, one of the largest radio stations in the republic, a power plant, a locomotive depot were destroyed, the city museum was looted. The locomotive and wagon depots were put out of operation, railway stations, railway tracks and water supply points of steam locomotives were destroyed. The first post–war years are really years of selfless work, which allowed incredible efforts to restore and establish production at forty enterprises represented by artels and workshops. During the period from 1944-1945, the work of all medical institutions of the city was restored, six schools and a teacher's institute were opened. In 1944, the first matoremontny factory in Baranovichi was opened, where seventy people worked. Today it is one of the largest enterprises in the country – the Baranovichi Automobile Assembly Plant. In 1946, the House of Pioneers and Schoolchildren was opened (Pirogova St.), in 1947 the Kommunarka artel began its work, in 1955 the first buildings of the machine tool accessories factory appeared. The 1960s – 1970s were the years of rapid development of the city's industry. In 1960, the first tons of concrete were laid on its northeastern outskirts, which marked the beginning of the construction of the largest cotton mill in the republic. Together with the plant, the village of textile workers has been growing for six years – one of the largest microdistricts of the city at that time with numerous shops, kindergartens, schools, a vocational school, a medical unit, a sports complex, a palace of culture, a cinema. At the same time as the cotton mill, the construction of a plant of reinforced concrete structures, sanitary–electric procurement, and later a plant of haylage towers and automatic lines is underway. On the basis of procurement production, an independent enterprise was created in 1985 - the Baranovichi Machine Tool Plant. Today this company is Atlant. During this period and to this day, Baranovichi is still an important transport center of the republic, and the Baranovichi branch of the Belarusian Railway is one of the largest. Dozens of trains from near and far abroad meet two city stations every day: Baranovichi – Polessky and Baranovichi – Central – the main gate of our city. Hundreds of routes in the city, district, republic and beyond are carried out by the Baranovichi bus Fleet. All this eloquently testifies to the growth of the city, its rapid development. To a large extent, the outflow of villagers and relocation from other cities contributed to the growth of the city. There is a need for intensive construction of housing and social and cultural facilities. The city center and its outskirts are being transformed beyond recognition, where new modern multi-storey buildings are growing, cult buildings and many residential buildings of private development bring a unique flavor to the appearance of the city. The main construction organization, Stroytrest No. 25, formed in 1960, left its glorious mark on the Baranovichi land with the construction of residential buildings and microdistricts, factories, factories, factories, schools, medical institutions, shops. From year to year, there are more and more kindergartens, schools, colleges, technical schools in Baranovichi, where experienced and wise teachers work. Obeying the requirements of the time, the structure of schools and the terms of study in them changed. Gymnasiums have been opened on the basis of schools, a lyceum and a Palace of Children's Creativity have been built, the status of many educational and upbringing institutions has changed. After several reorganizations, the pedagogical college became part of the youngest university in the country – Baranovichi State University. Today, Baranovichi is one of the promising, rapidly developing cities of Belarus, where the most modern achievements of human activity are concentrated: powerful industry, economic complexes, high culture, a developed education system, active innovation and the latest technologies. Our city is a city of active realization of achievements of science and technology, without which progress is impossible. The basic values of the city's development are based on: health. security, welfare. The main potential of the city lies in concrete people pursuing a creative policy, creating benefits, ensuring the continuity of generations, preserving traditions and laying a solid foundation for the future.