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Nikodemas Silvanavičius
Nikodim Yurevich Silivanovich, or Nikodemas Silvanavičius (Belarusian: Нікадзім Юр'евіч Сілівановіч, 18341919) was a Russian painter and mosaicist, and a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts. Biography He was born into a family of serfs, in a village attached to the estate of a Franciscan, Bernardine monastery, and was able to receive his basic education at a school for the nobility in Maladzyechna.Жизнь и творческий путь незаслуженно забытого академика "Life and Career of an Unjustly Forgotten Academician" compiled by Vitaly Kurdeko @ LiveInternet. After graduating, he became a tutor to the children of a local landowner. Finding the job rather boring, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vileyka District
Vileyka District is the second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Belarus in the north-west of Minsk Region. The capital of the town is Vileyka. Notable residents * Janka Filistovič (1926, Paniacičy village - 1953), active participant in the Belarusian independence movement and a member of the underground anti-Soviet resistance in Belarus in the 1950s. * Piotra Sych(1912, Baturyna village - 1963) - Belarusian writer and journalist, a Gulag The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= was the government agency in ... prisoner (in Belarusian) References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |