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Military Cemetery (Minsk)
Military Cemetery is a cemetery in Minsk, Belarus. History The Military Cemetery was opened and consecrated in 1895 when a nearby older cemetery for military personnel was closed for further interments. In 1898, an Orthodox church was built in the cemetery - conceived as a monument to the soldiers who gave their lives in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878. Inside the church there are plaques with the names of 118 Belarusians who perished recapturing the Bulgarian city of Pleven from the Turks. in the interwar period the cemetery became the burial place of prominent statesmen, soldiers, scientists and people of creative professions. Soviet authorities closed the church before World War II but during the German occupation services were resumed. After World War II the city authorities considered converting the church into a coffin workshop but the plans did not materialise and the church remained one of the few functioning places of worship in Soviet Minsk. Controversies I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazep Jucho
Jazep Jucho (19 March 1921 - 29 July 2004; also known as Iosif Jucho, ) was a prominent Belarus, Belarusian lawyer, historian and writer and a leading Belarusian authority on the laws of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Early years and career Jucho was born in Minsk into a large working-class family on 19 March 1921. He finished a local school in 1938 and enrolled in a polytechnic.Памяць і слава: Іосіф Аляксандравіч Юхо. Да 90-годдзя з дня нараджэння [Memory and Glory: Josif Aliaksandravič Jucho] / Рэдкал.: С.А. Балашэнка і інш. Мінск: БДУ, 2011 However in 1939 he was conscripted into the Red Army and finished World War II as a decorated Soviet major hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cemeteries In Belarus
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term ''graveyard'' is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard. The intact or cremated remains of people may be interred in a grave, commonly referred to as burial, or in a tomb, an "above-ground grave" (resembling a sarcophagus), a mausoleum, columbarium, niche, or other edifice. In Western cultures, funeral ceremonies are often observed in cemeteries. These ceremonies or rites of passage differ according to cultural practices and religious beliefs. Modern cemeteries often include crematoria, and some grounds previously used for both, continue as crematoria as a principal use long after the interment areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niescier Sakałoŭski
Nieścier Sakałoŭski ( be, Несьцер Сакалоўскі; russian: Нестор Соколовский; 9 November 1902 – 13 November 1950) was a Soviet composer. Career Sakałoŭski composed the music for the Byelorussian SSR's regional anthem, which is used today in the national anthem of Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R .... {{DEFAULTSORT:Sakalouski, Niescier 1902 births 1950 deaths People from Dokshytsy District People from Borisovsky Uyezd National anthem writers Soviet composers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanka Kupala
Yanka Kupala, also spelled Janka Kupała ( be, Янка Купала; – 28 June 1942), was the pen name of Ivan Daminikavič Lutsevič (), a Belarusian poet and writer. Biography Early life Kupala was born on July 7, 1882, in Viazynka, a folwark settlement near Maladzyechna. His family had been well-known since the early 17th century, coming from the szlachta, although grown poor so both of his parents had to work as tenant farmers at the folwark. Yanka’s grandfather leased the land from the Radziwiłł family who eventually expelled him from his home. The story later formed the basis of Kupala’s drama ‘’. Young Ivan had to help his father support the family. When his father died in 1902 he became the only provider. He worked a variety of short-term jobs, including as a tutor, a shop assistant, and a record keeper. Later he was hired as a labourer at the local distillery. Despite the hard work he managed to find time for self-education. He wrote almost all books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakub Kolas
Yakub Kolas (also Jakub Kołas, be, Яку́б Ко́лас, – August 13, 1956), real name Kanstantsin Mikhailovich Mitskievich (Канстанці́н Міха́йлавіч Міцке́віч, ) was a Belarusian writer, dramatist, poet and translator. People's Poet of the Byelorussian SSR (1926), member (1928) and vice-president (from 1929) of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences. In his works, Yakub Kolas was known for his sympathy towards the ordinary Belarusian peasantry. This was evident in his pen name 'Kolas', meaning 'ear of grain' in Belarusian. He wrote collections of poems ''Songs of Captivity'' (russian: Песни неволи, 1908) and ''Songs of Grief'' ( be, Песьні-жальбы, 1910), poems ''A New Land'' ( be, Новая зямля, 1923) and ''Simon the Musician'' ( be, Сымон-музыка, 1925), stories, and plays. His poem ''The Fisherman's Hut'' ( be, Рыбакова хата, 1947) is about the fight after unification of Belarus with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhas Klimkovich
Michaś Klimkovič ( be, Міхась Клімковіч; russian: Михаил Николаевич Климкович; 20 November 1899 – 5 November 1954) was a Belarusian poet, librettist, and author. He wrote the lyrics to the Anthem of the Byelorussian SSR, and co-wrote the lyrics to the Anthem of the Republic of Belarus. Biography Klimkovich was born into the family of a stoker in the village of Salitranka on November 20, 1899. Finishing a four-year pedagogical institute, he was involved in teaching, subsequently joined the revolutionary communist forces during the collapse of the Russian Empire, fighting in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War , date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th .... He became a member of the Russian Communist Party (b) in 1920. Between 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statutes Of Lithuania
The Statutes of Lithuania, originally known as the Statutes of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, were a 16th-century codification of all the legislation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and its successor, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Statutes consist of three legal codes (1529, 1566 and 1588), all written in Ruthenian language, translated into Latin and later Polish. They formed the basis of the legal system of the Grand Duchy and were "the first full code of laws written in Europe since Roman Law". The main sources of the statutes were Old Russian Law, in particular Old Slavic customary law, as well as international treaties and royal charters and proclamations of the 12th – 14th centuries. First and Second Statutes Lithuanian Statute I.jpg, The First Statute, 1529 Statut Vialikaha Kniastva Litoŭskaha, Pahonia. Статут Вялікага Княства Літоўскага, Пагоня (1531).jpg, First page of the Latin copy of Laurentius (1531) of the First Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Academy Of Sciences Of Belarus
The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) ( be, Нацыянальная акадэмія навук Беларусі, russian: Национальная академия наук Беларуси, НАН Беларуси, НАНБ) is the national academy of Belarus. History Inbelkult - predecessor to the Academy The Academy has its origins in the Institute of Belarusian Culture (Inbelkult), a Belarusian academic and research institution founded on 30 January 1922. In the early 1920s, a key policy of newly established Soviet Belarus was the advancement of science, aimed at accelerating the technological, economic and social development of the republic and resolving a broad range of regional issues. The idea of creating a Belarusian academic and research institution was discussed during 1920 - 1921 and by November 1921, a commission consisting of academicians Yefim Karsky, Jazep Dyla and Ściapan Niekraševič prepared a founding charter of Inbelkult. Pursuant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term ''graveyard'' is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard. The intact or cremated remains of people may be interred in a grave, commonly referred to as burial, or in a tomb, an "above-ground grave" (resembling a sarcophagus), a mausoleum, columbarium, niche, or other edifice. In Western cultures, funeral ceremonies are often observed in cemeteries. These ceremonies or rites of passage differ according to cultural practices and religious beliefs. Modern cemeteries often include crematoria, and some grounds previously used for both, continue as crematoria as a principal use long after the interment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usievalad Ihnatoŭski
Usievalad Ihnatoŭski (, russian: Все́волод Мака́рович Игнато́вский; 19 April 1881 — 4 February 1931) was a Belarusian politician, scholar and the first president of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Early years Ihnatoŭski, the son of a teacher, was born in the village of Takary, Hrodna governorate of the Russian Empire (now Kamianiec district of Brest region in Belarus).Маракоў, Леанід.Рэпрэсаваныя лiтаратары, навукоўцы, работнiкi асветы, грамадскiя i культурныя дзеячы Беларусi. 1794-1991: Усевалад Ігнатоўскі Leanid Marakou">epressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991: Usievalad Ihatoŭski, by Leanid Marakou ''www.marakou.by'' (in Belarusian). Retrieved 2021-07-30. After finishing local schools, he studied history and philology at St. Petersburg University, but was expelled for r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuźma Čorny
Mikałaj Karłavič Ramanoŭski ( Belarusian:Мікалай Карлавіч Раманоўскі, russian: Николай Карлович Романо́вский), also known by the pseudonym Kuźma Čorny ( Belarusian:Кузьма Чорны, 24 June 1900 in Borki, Białystok County, north-eastern Poland – 22 November 1944 in Minsk, Belarus) was a Belarusian poet, writer, dramatist, and opinion journalist. He studied at the pedagogue school in Niaśviž from 1916 until 1919. During the 1920s, he worked as a teacher in Słuck. In 1923, he was working in the faculty of literature and linguistics (pedagogue department) in the Belarusian State University in Minsk. From 1924 to 1928, he worked as a journalist in a magazine ''Biełaruskaja vioska''. In 1923, he was a member of a literary organisation ''Maładniak'', and editor of ''Uzvyšša'' for five years from 1926 until 1931. During the Second World War, he lived in Moscow, working in a journal ''Razdavim fashistkuyu gadin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
