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DATES. EVENTS. PEOPLE On February 3rd, 1927, in Western Belarus, the Polish authorities shot a demonstration of workers in the town of Kossovo, who spoke out in defence of the representatives of the Belarusian Peasant-Working Community, who were threatened with a trial. On February 3rd, 1966, the Soviet Luna-9 station made the world’s first soft landing on the Moon. After landing, the Luna-9 station worked for 75 hours and performed seven communication sessions. Luna-9 transmitted to Earth a ...

03.02.2022
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DATES. EVENTS. PEOPLE. On January 15th, 1622, Moliere (the real name Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) (1622-1673), a French comedian, creator of the genre of the so-called high comedy, was born. January 15th, 2001 is the birthday of Wikipedia, a universal encyclopedia freely distributed on the Internet. Articles of the encyclopedia are created in many languages of the world by the collective of volunteer authors. One of the main advantages of Wikipedia is the possibility to present information in the ...

14.01.2022
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DATES. EVENTS. PEOPLE. December 17th is the Day of Belarusian Cinema in the Republic of Belarus. It was established by Presidential Decree in 1994. On December 17th, 1924, the State Administration for Cinematography and Photography — Belgoskino — was founded. In 1926, Belarusian viewers saw the first domestic ‘action movie’: Forest Truth by Yuri Tarich, based on Mikhas Charot’s Swineherd. More than 500 feature films, as well as several thousand documentaries and about 100 cartoons have been ...

17.12.2021
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DATES. EVENTS. PEOPLE. On December 9th, 1891, Maksim Bogdanovich was born — a Belarusian poet, translator, critic and literary historian. He is one of the founders of Belarusian literature and the Belarusian literary language of modern times. Together with Yanka Kupala, he became the founder of landscape and intimate lyrics; he was the first in Belarusian literature to turn to urban motives. He is the author of the collection of poems Wreath, folklore-romantic poems Maksim and Magdalena, ...

09.12.2021
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DATES. EVENTS. PEOPLE. On December 2nd, 1946, Gianni Versace (1946-1997) was born — Italian couturier and founder of the international fashion house Versace, which produces perfumes, cosmetics, accessories, clothing and household goods. He began his career in his hometown, in the Francesca Versace fashion studio, owned by his mother. Versace created costumes for films, theatre and opera performances. Gianni Versace reached the peak of his fame in the early 1990s, among his famous clients — ...

02.12.2021
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DATES. EVENTS. PEOPLE. November 26th is World Information Day. It is held on the initiative of the participants of the World Information Science Forum and the International Informatisation Academy (IIA). Information is almost the main value in the modern world. Everyone knows the famous phrase: ‘Whoever owns the information, owns the world’. Moreover, its number is growing every day. On November 27th, 1701, Anders Celsius (1701-1744) was born — a Swedish astronomer and physicist, as well as ...

26.11.2021
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DATES. EVENTS. PEOPLE. November 18th is World No Tobacco Day. It is carried out to inform and draw attention to the health hazards and health effects of smoking. The World Health Organisation calls on governments to build effective policies to reduce tobacco use. November 18th is Guinness World Record Day — a collection of world records, published annually. The Guinness Book of Records was first published in 1955. The idea began during a dispute in a pub, as hunting lovers could not decide which ...

18.11.2021
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DATES. EVENTS. PEOPLE. On November 11th, 1821, Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was born — a Russian writer, a classic of world literature, one of the most widely read writers in the world. Dostoevsky’s parents are of Belarusian origin. Dostoevsky’s works influenced world literature, including the works of Belarusian writers. The novel Poor Folk, the story White Nights and the story Polzunkov have been translated into Belarusian. Performances have been staged in Belarusian theatres based on ...

11.11.2021
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15.10.2021
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DATES. EVENTS. PEOPLE. On October 8th, 1831, Mikhail Yelsky was born — a Belarusian violinist, composer and music writer. From the early 1860s, he gave concerts abroad, collecting Belarusian folk melodies and using them in his works. He wrote approximately 100 pieces of music, including 2 concerts, Sonata-Phantasy, violin and piano polonaises, mazurkas, miniatures, etc. He is also the author of articles and essays on composers and performers. He died in 1904. On October 8th, 1596, the Brest ...

08.10.2021
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DATES. EVENTS. PEOPLE. On September 30th, 1931, Nil Gilevich was born — Belarusian poet, playwright, literary critic, translator, scientist, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Professor, Honoured Scientist of Belarus and People’s Poet of Belarus. He is the author of the novel in verse Native Children, the first collection of sonnets in Belarusian poetry Naroch, satirical collections, as well as collections of poems and poems for children. Many lyric poems of Nil Gilevich are set to music by ...

30.09.2021
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DATES. EVENTS. PEOPLE. September 17th is the Day of People’s Unity in the Republic of Belarus — a public holiday, which was established by Decree No. 206 of the President of Belarus on June 7th, 2021.This day became an act of historical justice for the Belarusian people, divided against their will in 1921 under the terms of the Riga Peace Treaty, and forever fixed in the national historical tradition.The unity restored in 1939 enabled Belarus to withstand the years of the Great Patriotic War ...

17.09.2021
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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 ...

26.08.2021
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