Piotra Krecheuski ( be, Пётра Крэчэўскі, Łacinka: Piotra Krečeŭski, russian: Пётр Антонович Кречевский; August 7, 1879 – March 8, 1928, Prague) was a Belarusian statesman and president of the

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of the Belarusian Democratic Republic in exile. Before the First World War he worked as a teacher in Jałówka near Białystok. He was delegate at the

First All-Belarusian Congress The First All-Belarusian Congress ( be, Першы Ўсебеларускі кангрэс or Першая Ўсебеларуская канферэнцыя) was a congress of Belarusian political organisations and groups held in Minsk in Decembe ...

in 1917 and member of the Council of the Belarusian Democratic Republic. In December 1919 Krecheuski was elected President of the Council of the Belarusian Republic and served on this post till his death. In exile in

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since 1919, he organized active information campaigns for Western governments about the current states of Belarusian SSR and

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. He organized a conference of Belarusian emigrant organizations in September 1921 that criticized the Polish-Bolshevist

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that divided Belarus in two parts. Krecheuski convinced the Czechoslovak government to give grants for Belarusian students. He created the Belarusian archive in Prague and published the politological almanac ''Zamiežnaja Biełaruś''.

Works

* Беларусь у мінулам і сучаснам (нарыс географічнага, гістарычнага і эканамічнага доследу) // Замежная Беларусь: зборнік гісторыі, культуры і эканомікі / Пад рэд. П. А. Крэчэўскага. Кн. 1. Прага: Выд-ва імяні Ф. Скарыны, 1926. C. 31–77. 'Belarus in the Past and Present (Project of a Historical and Economic Study)'' * Гісторыя беларускай кнігі // Замежная Беларусь: зборнік гісторыі, культуры і эканомікі. С. 99–116. 'History of the Belarusian Book'' *Мандаты Б Н. Р. // Замежная Беларусь: зборнік гісторыі, культуры і эканомікі. C. 121–139. 'Mandates of the Belarusian Democratic Republic'' *Скарына і незалежнасьць // Замежная Беларусь: зборнік гісторыі, культуры і эканомікі. С. 7–16. Skaryna_and_Independence''.html" ;"title="Francysk_Skaryna.html" ;"title="'Francysk Skaryna">Skaryna and Independence''">Francysk_Skaryna.html" ;"title="'Francysk Skaryna">Skaryna and Independence'' *Рагнеда: Гіст. драма Х ст. у 4 актах з пралогам // Спадчына. 1993. №3. С.16–30 [''Rahnieda'', a drama in four parts].

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PIOTRA KRECHEUSKI
on Belarus-misc.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Krecheuski, Pyotra 1879 births 1928 deaths People from Masty District People from Grodnensky Uyezd Belarusian Socialist Assembly politicians Members of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic Belarusian expatriates in the Czech Republic Burials at Olšany Cemetery