Presentation of the exhibition «Life. With such cunning reasons…» for the 90th anniversary of Ryhor Borodulin in BGAMLI
On February 24, 2025, on the day of the 90th anniversary of the people’s poet of Belarus Ryhor Borodulin, the Belarusian State Archive-Museum of Literature and Art (hereinafter referred to as BGAMLI) presented the literary and documentary exhibition «Life. With such cunning reasons…».
The event was attended by fans of Borodulin’s work, students, researchers, literary scholars and his friends. The director of BGAMLI Elena Aleksandrovna Makarenko addressed the audience with a welcoming speech.
The exhibition curator, leading archivist Natalia Mizon, emphasized the exhibition concept – the selected documents show the personality of the famous poet both in the cultural context of the society of the time and through the philosophy of his relationships with family and friends.
The invited speakers shared personal stories that connect them with Ryhor Ivanovich. Researcher of the Borodulin family archive Natalia Davydenko spoke about the many years of work on the publication of the poet’s «Journals and Notes» and donated to the BGAML funds the recently published book «Piastachki», as well as preparatory materials for it. Journalist, photojournalist, literature researcher Sergei Shapran shared his memories of meetings with the people’s poet. The editor-in-chief of the magazine «Rodnae Slova» Natalia Shapran presented to the public new research on the life and work of R.I.Borodulin, which was prepared for the February issue of the magazine for the poet’s 90th anniversary.
The event was decorated with songs based on the poems of Rygor Borodulin performed by the bard Ales Kamotsky, a friend of the poet, and the director of the Student Creativity Center, the head of the people’s literary theater «Zhyvoye Slova» Alesya Sivokhina. The participants of the event tried to restore the elusive world of feelings and moods that the famous poet lived by.
Photos from the event were provided by photographer, Honored Journalist of Belarus Yuri Ivanov.
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| 1. Curator of the exhibition, leading archivist Natalia Mizon |
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| 2. During the presentation of the exhibition «Zhytstsyo. With such cunning reasons…» |
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| 3. Researcher of the Borodulin family archive Natalia Davydenko |
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| 4. Journalist, literary researcher Sergei Shapran |
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| 5. Editor-in-chief of the magazine «Rodnae Slova» Natalia Shapran |
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| 6. Head of the people’s literary theater «Zhyvoe Slova» Alesya Sivokhina |
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| 7. Bard Ales Kamotsky |