CALENDAR

DATES. EVENTS. PEOPLE.

On August 27th, 1906,  Sergei Novik-Pyayun was born — a Belarusian writer, organiser and leader of the Belarusian folk choir, theatre, circle of the Association of the Belarusian School, and library in the village of Leonovichi. He is the author of poetry collections, entitled Always with a Song, Clear Stars, memories of Yanka Kupala, Iosif Stabrovsky, Yevfimy Karsky. He wrote over 100 songs. He is also the author of the Esperanto international anthem. He starred in the film My Pain — Khatyn. He died in 1994.

On August 27th, 1951, Nina Lomanovich was born — a choral conductor, Honoured Art Worker of Belarus, People’s Artiste of Belarus. From 1993, she worked as the chief choirmaster of the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of Belarus while now she is an Associate Professor of the Conducting Department at the Belarusian Academy of Music. Her productions include The New Land by Yuri Semenyako, The Wild Hunt of King Stakh by Vladimir Soltan, The Master and Margarita by Yevgeny Glebov and others. She is one of the organisers of the Children’s Musical Theatre-Studio at the Bolshoi Theatre. Moreover, she is also a laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Belarus.

On August 28th, 1916, Yevsey Moiseenko was born — People’s Artist of the USSR, full member of the USSR Academy of Arts. He worked mainly in battle, landscape and portrait genres. His most significant works are devoted to the civil war and the Great Patriotic War. His paintings From Childhood, Belarusian Landscape, Woman in Black and others are dedicated to Belarus. He is the winner of the State Prize of Russia named after Repin, the Lenin Prize, and the State Prize of the USSR. He died in 1988.

On August 28th, 1936, Gennady Buravkin was born — a Belarusian poet, statesman, author of the books Breathing, Harvest, Flap of the Wing, as well as Three Pages from the Legend documentary story and scripts for documentaries. Many of the poet’s works have been set to music by Belarusian composers. In 1990-1994, he served as the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the UN, in 1994-1995 — the Deputy Minister of Culture and Press of Belarus. In 1995-2001, he worked at the Vozhyk (hedgehog) magazine. Moreover, he is also a laureate of the State Prize of Belarus and the Lenin Komsomol Prize of Belarus. He died in 2014.

August 29 is Miner’s Day in the Republic of Belarus. Industrial production of oil, gas and potash salt began in the Republic in the 1960s. Today, the country extracts oil, brown coal, peat, agrochemical raw materials, potash and rock salts, sapropels, dolomite for the production of limestone fertilisers, raw materials for the production of cement and lime, sand and clay, fresh and mineral underground waters. 

August 29th is International Day against Nuclear Tests, approved by the resolution of the UN General Assembly on December 2nd, 2009. The date is intended to intensify the efforts of the UN, states of the world, intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations in ending nuclear tests. This is a prerequisite for creating a secure world.

On August 30, 1996,  

the Khotimsk Museum of History and Local Lore was founded. The archives of the museum comprise collections of archaeological findings, paintings, graphics, numismatics, ethnography, weaving and clothing, documents, military paraphernalia, taxidermy figures. The most interesting exhibits include the collection of icons of the Belarusian icon-painting school of the late 19th century and modern items made of straw by folk craftsman T.P. Zhurun.

On August 31st, 1916,  Zinaida Brovarskaya was born — actress, director, teacher, and People’s Artiste of Belarus. She began her stage activity at the Theatre of the Young Spectator in Belarus. From 1938, she worked at the Yanka Kupala National Academic Theatre. She performed lyric-dramatic and character roles. The latter include: Mother (The Intimidated Apostle by Andrei Makayenok), Yulenka (A Profitable Position by Aleksandr Ostrovsky), Nora (Nora by Henrik Ibsen), etc. She starred in the movies The Clock Stopped at Midnight, Who Laughs Last, Our Neighbours and Collapse television play. She died in 2005.

   September 1st is Knowledge Day. It is a holiday of the beginning of a new academic year, primarily for pupils, schoolchildren, students, teachers and lecturers.