Archival documents on Yanka Kupala’s life and work

Public activities

Case file of the Saint-Petersburg Committee for Printing on commencement of legal prosecution against individuals guilty of publishing Kupala’s book “The Flute” in Belarusian. Detail. Saint-Petersburg, 14 October – 18 November 1908 Copy. (BGAMLI, fond 8, inv. 2, file 18, folio 1-8)
Kupala’s photoportrait with an inscription of patriotic character for the book “On Paths of Life”. 1913. Autograph of Kupala. (BGAMLI, fond 8, inv. 2, file 21, folio 1)
Kupala’s certificate of delegation to the 7th All-Belarusian Congress of Soviets. Minsk. 25 April 1925. Russian. (NARB, fond 6, inv. 1, file 477, folio 205)
Questionnaire of Kupala, candidate member of the Central Executive Committee of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic of 8th Convocation. 1927. Autograph of Kupala. (NARB, fond 6, inv. 1, file 2258, folio 119-120)
Resolution by the General Assembly of Students of the Belarusian State University on electing Ya. Kupala, Ya. Kolas, professor U. Picheta, etc. as delegates to the Minsk City Council. Excerpt from the minutes. 8 March 1929. Typescript. (The State Archives of Minsk Region, fond 6, inv. 2, file 1426, folio 177-177rev)
Personal card of the city council member I. D. Lutsevich (Kupala). 1929. Autograph of Kupala. (The State Archives of Minsk Region, fond 6, inv. 1, file 190, folio 102-102rev)
Detail from the list of members of the Central Executive Committee of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic of 8th convocation, with I. D. Lutsevich (Kupala), member of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences, at No.136. 8-15 May 1929. Typescript. (NARB, fond 6, inv. 1, file 2256, vol. 1, folio 63)
Letter from Kupala to the newspaper Savetskaia Belarus regarding the publication of materials marking the 50 years of his work in the media of Western Belarus (then part of Poland). Minsk. 9 September 1932. Typescript. (NARB, fond 4, inv. 1, file 5441, folio 112-114)
Record of discussion regarding the letter to Joseph Stalin, with remarks by Kupala and Kolas. Excerpt. Before 9 July 1936. Typescript with handwritten notes. Russian. (NARB, fond 4п, inv. 1, file 9163, folio 169)
Kupala’s speech at the meeting with Bialystok teachers on the occasion of elections to the People’s Assembly of Western Belarus. October 1939. (BGAKFFD, 1-4881)
Kupala’s speech at the meeting marking the 85th death anniversary of the poet Adam Mitskevich. Detail. Moscow. 1940. Sound record (voice of Kupala). Rerecorded in 1972. Magnetic tape. Duration 2:56 mins. Speed 38. Reel 1. (BGAKFFD, 0579)
Kupala’s speech “Rise up, my people, for great revenge!” at the radio meeting of the Belarusians. Kazan. 18 January 1942. Translation by Ya. Mazalkov. Autograph of the translator. Russian. (BGAMLI, fond 259, inv. 1, file 108, folio 1–1rev)

Abbreviations:

NARB National Archives of the Republic of Belarus
BGAKFFD Belarusian State Archives of Films, Photographs and Sound Recordings
BGAMLI Belarusian State Archives-Museum of Literature and Art