Archival documents on Yakub Kolas’s life and work

Family history

Parish record of birth and baptism for Mikalai Mitskevich (Kolas’ greatgrandfather). Roman Catholic Church in Mikalaeushchyna. 2 May 1790. Latin. (NIAB, fond 937, inv. 4, file 99, folio 20rev)
Parish record of birth and baptism for Kazimir Mitskevich (Kolas’ grandfather). Roman Catholic Church in Mikalaeushchyna. 15 February 1820. Latin. (NIAB, fond 937, inv. 4, file 100, folio 208)
Revision list for the village of Mikalaeushchyna, Minsk district, Minsk province, with mention of the family of Mikalai Mitskevich (Kolas’ greatgrandfather). 20 January 1834. Russian. (NIAB, fond 333, inv. 9, file 283, folio 435rev, 436)
Revision list for the village of Mikalaeushchyna, the estate of Pazdzerzhytsy, Minsk district, Minsk province, with the family of Kazimir Mitskevich (Kolas’ grandfather) at No.25, including Mikhal Mitskevich (Kolas’ father). 25 May 1858. Russian. (NIAB, fond 333, inv. 9, file 966, folio 333rev-334)
Revision list for the village of Mikalaeushchyna, the forest homestead of Artsiukhouskae, Minsk district, Minsk province, with the family of Matevush Losik (Kolas’ grandfather) at No.10, including Ganna Losik (Kolas’ mother). 25 May 1858. Russian. (NIAB, fond 333, inv. 9, file 966, folio 249rev-250)
Account book of receipts and expenditure on forest plots of land, with data on economic activities conducted by Kazimir Mitskevich (Kolas’ grandfather). 1874-1875. Polish. (NIAB, fond 694, inv. 2, file 6258, folio 51rev-52)
List of forest wardens in the Akinchitsy forestry of Prince Radziwill, with Mikhal Mitskevich (Kolas’ father) at No.12. 1884-1885. Polish. (NIAB, fond 694, inv. 3, file 1991, folio 1-1rev)

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NIAB National Historical Archives of Belarus in Minsk