Over more than 30 years in power, Alyaksandr Lukashenka has cultivated a fairly stable circle of women around him. Some have pursued careers in the government apparatus, while others have found themselves close to Lukashenka and received various benefits through their personal connections with the politician. In the Year of the Belarusian Woman declared by Lukashenka, Belsat remembers those who help him defend his dictatorship, harvest watermelons, and have fun.