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Pyotr Ustinovich Brovka ( be, Пётр Усці́навіч Бро́ўка, russian: Пётр Усти́нович Бро́вка; , Putilkovichi24 March 1980,
Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...
) was a
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
Belarusian poet, more commonly recognized by his
literary pseudonym Petrus Brovka (also transliterated from Belarusian as Piatrus Brovka or Pjatrus Broǔka).
Biography
Brovka was born into a large and poor peasant family in Putilkovichi, a settlement in present-day
Ushachy Raion
Ushachy District is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Belarus in the Vitebsk Region.
Notable residents
* Ryhor Baradulin (1935, Verasoǔka village – 2014), Belarusian poet, essayist and translator
* Vasíl Býkaŭ (1924, By ...
,
Vitebsk Region
Vitebsk Region or Vitebsk Oblast or Viciebsk Voblasts ( be, Ві́цебская во́бласць, ''Viciebskaja voblasć'', ; rus, Ви́тебская о́бласть, Vitebskaya oblast, ˈvʲitʲɪpskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a region (oblast ...
, on June 25, 1905. His first published works were printed in 1926, and the young poet briefly served as executive secretary of a local newspaper in 1927.
["25 чэрвеня - 100 год з дня нараджэння П.У. Броўкі (1905-1980), народнага паэта Беларусі, грамадскага дзеяча"](_blank)
("June 25 - 100 Years Since the Birth of P.U. Brovka (1905-1980), People's Poet of Belarus, Public Figure"). National Library of Belarus
The National Library of Belarus ( be, Нацыянальная бібліятэка Беларусі, Natsyyanal'naya bibliyateka Byelarusi, russian: Национальная библиотека Беларуси, Natsional'naya biblioteka Belar ...
. 2005. Retrieved 9 July 2009. In 1928 he enrolled in the Literature-Linguistics Department of
Belarusian State University
Belarusian State University (BSU) ( be, links=no, Белару́скі дзяржа́ўны ўніверсітэ́т, ; russian: links=no, Белору́сский госуда́рственный университе́т) is a university in Mins ...
, graduating in 1931.
Brovka joined the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
"Hymn of the Bolshevik Party"
, headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow
, general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last)
, founded =
, banned =
, founder = Vladimir Lenin
, newspaper ...
in 1940.
During the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, Brovka's mother was among the Belarusian people sent to
Auschwitz
Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It con ...
by the occupying Nazi forces. Brovka himself wrote for the
partisan press and published in the army newspapers, lauding the fighting effort of the Soviet people.
He was recognized by the Soviet government with the
Stalin Prize Stalin Prize may refer to:
* The State Stalin Prize in science and engineering and in arts, awarded 1941 to 1954, later known as the USSR State Prize
The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, ...
in 1947, the same year that Brovka was elected chairman of the Writers' Union of the
Byelorussian SSR
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор ...
(a position that he would hold until 1967).
Brovka reputation as a Soviet and Belarusian poet continued to grow during Brovka's subsequent decades in Minsk after the war. The fullest apex of his literary talents is considered to be his final decades in the 1960s and 1970s.
Brovka was awarded the prestigious
Lenin Prize after his completion of the poetry volume ''And Time Goes On'' in 1962.
["Petrus Brovka". ''Fifty Soviet Poets''. Ed. Ognev, Vladimir & Dorian Rottenberg. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1969. . P. 86.] In 1966, Brovka edited the first volume of the ''
Byelorussian Soviet Encyclopedia'', the year he was given the title of People's Poet of the
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор ...
. He was elected a full member of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences in 1966.
Apart from literary work, he served several terms as a representative of the
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, but maintained his literary career even as a political delegate. Some of his later verses made their way into Soviet pop music when they were adapted by the Belarusian Soviet folk rock band
Pesniary
Pesniary (also spelled Pesnyary, be, Песняры, ) was a popular Soviet Belarusian folk rock VIA. It was founded in 1969 by guitarist Vladimir Mulyavin. Before 1970, the band was known under the name Liavony (Лявоны).
Style
Pesniary ...
.
Brovka was awarded the title
Hero of Socialist Labor
The Hero of Socialist Labour (russian: links=no, Герой Социалистического Труда, Geroy Sotsialisticheskogo Truda) was an honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It repre ...
in 1972.
Minsk's Literary Museum of Petrus Brovka was established in his honor in 1980, when Brovka died at age 74.
In 2005,
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 ...
issued a postage stamp celebrating the hundredth anniversary of Pyotr Brovka's birth.
"100 лет со дня рождения Петруся Бровки"
("100 Years Since the Birth of Petrus Brovka"). Information pamphlet no. 17 (2007). BelPost. 17 June 2005. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
Honours and awards
* Hero of Socialist Labour
The Hero of Socialist Labour (russian: links=no, Герой Социалистического Труда, Geroy Sotsialisticheskogo Truda) was an honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It repre ...
(1972)
* Order of Lenin
The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...
(1949, 1965, 1972)
* Order of the October Revolution
The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...
(1971)
* Order of the Red Star
The Order of the Red Star (russian: Орден Красной Звезды, Orden Krasnoy Zvezdy) was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 193 ...
(1943)
* Order of Friendship of Peoples
The Order of Friendship of Peoples (russian: oрден Дружбы народов, translit=orden Druzhby narodov) was an order of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to persons (including non-citizens), organizations, enterprises, military unit ...
(1975)
* Order of the Badge of Honour
The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union.
It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...
(1939)
* Lenin Prize (1962) - a collection of poems "And the days go by ..." (1961)
* Stalin Prize Stalin Prize may refer to:
* The State Stalin Prize in science and engineering and in arts, awarded 1941 to 1954, later known as the USSR State Prize
The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, ...
s;
**2nd class (1947) - for the poem "Bread" and "Thoughts about Moscow", the poem "The People's thanks", "Brother and Sister", "If I be", "Meeting"
**3rd class (1951) - a collection of poems "The Road of Life"
* BSSR State Prizes;
**1970 - a collection of poems, "Among the red mountain ashes"
**1976 - for participation in the creation of the Belarusian Soviet Encyclopedia
* Yakub Kolas Literary prize (1957) - for the novel "When the merge of the river" (1957)
* People's Poet of the Byelorussian SSR (1966)
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