«I am a Pyakuchka-Krapiva» – dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the birth of Kondrat Krapiva, poet, playwright, people’s writer of the BSSR, academician of the BSSR Academy of Sciences, and public figure
Photographic documents from the collections of the Belarusian State Archives of Films, Photographs and Sound Recordings Dedicated to Kondrat Krapiva, poet, playwright, people’s writer of the BSSR, academician of the BSSR Academy of Sciences, and public figure
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March 5, 2026, marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of Kondrat Kondratovich Krapiva (real name Atrakhovich), poet, playwright, People’s Writer of the BSSR, academician of the BSSR Academy of Sciences, and public figure.
Fables became the main genre in Kondrat Krapiva’s work. His creative biography began in 1922 with the publication of feuilletons and satirical poems. His plays, such as «Who is the Last Day», «The Pyatun of the Zhanyans», «The Gate of Unknown», and many others, later gained wide recognition.
Furthermore, K.K.Krapiva made a fundamental contribution to the development of Belarusian linguistics, laying the foundations of modern Belarusian lexicography. A promotional video for the exhibition «I Am a Pyakuchka-Krapiva» has been posted on the BGAKFFD YouTube channel to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Kondrat Kondratovich Krapiva’s birth.
Currently, the Belarusian State Archive of Film, Photo, and Sound Documents holds over 190 photographic documents from 1915 to 1982, over 60 film documents from 1939 to 2013, and approximately 20 sound recordings from 1954 to 1972, all related to the life and work of Kondrat Krapiva.
These photographs include portraits and family photos of the writer, as well as photographs taken during writers’ and party congresses, meetings of the BSSR Academy of Sciences, and meetings with readers.
The archive’s collection contains the film footage «Decade of Belarusian Literature in Moscow» (1939) and «Presentation of Awards to Artists of the BSSR by M.I. Kalinin» (1940). These are the earliest film footage depicting playwright Kondrat Krapiva. Kondrat Krapiva’s work was later reflected in the newsreels «Savetskaya Belarus», «Naviny Dnya», «Mastatstva Belarusi», «Navuka i Tekhnika», as well as in the documentaries «Novy Minsk» (1953), «Staronki Gistoryi Minsk» (1957), and «Belarus Today» (1975). During the writer’s lifetime, two documentaries were made about his work: the first in 1961 by director S.Braude, the second in 1983 by director M.Kupeeva.
After the writer’s death in 2010, director S.Gaiduk again turned to his work. One episode of the video program «Video Encyclopedia of Belarus. Kandrat Krapiva» (2013) was also dedicated to Kondrat Krapiva.
The audio library contains recordings of Kondrat Krapiva’s speeches at writers’ congresses and ceremonial gatherings, as well as radio broadcasts dedicated to his work.
Kondrat Kondratovich Krapiva died on January 7, 1991, and was buried in Minsk at the Eastern Cemetery.
Today, the Institute of Art History, Ethnography, and Folklore of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus bears his name.
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| 1. 0-025426 K.K. Atrakhovich (Kondrat Krapiva), soldier in the Tsarist army, participant in World War I /portrait/ 1915, Collector K.Krapiva |
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| 2. 0-052710 Members of the Belarusian literary and artistic association «Uzvyshsha» /seated/: Todor Klyashtorny, Maxim Luzhanin, Petro Glebka, Vasil Shashalevich, Kondrat Krapiva, Yazep Puscha, Adam Boboreko, Kuzma Chorny; /standing/: Anton Adamovich, Vladimir Dubovka, Vladimir Zhilka, Sergei Dorozhny May 26, 1928, Minsk, Collector N.Kaminsky |
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| 3. 0-134509 Belarusian writers Kondrat Krapiva and Maxim Tank during the Decade of Belarusian Art and Literature in Moscow June 1940, Moscow, BGAKFFD |
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| 4. 0-132720 Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR M.I. Kalinin presents the Order of Lenin to Belarusian playwright Kondrat Krapiva June 1940, Moscow, BGAKFFD |
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| 5. 0-025417 Belarusian writer and playwright Kondrat Krapiva with his son Boris during the Great Patriotic War 1942, Collector K.Krapiva |
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| 6. 2-4153 Cast members of the play «Dear Man» with the play’s author, Kondrat Krapiva /front row, center/ at the Yanka Kupala Belarusian State Theater. 1945, Minsk, Photo Library of the Belarusian Union of Theater Workers |
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| 7. 0-129725 Belarusian Soviet playwright Kondrat Krapiva cuts the ribbon and removes the veil from a memorial plaque on the house in the village of Vyazynka, Radoshkovchi District, where the BSSR People’s Poet Yanka Kupala was born, during a rally dedicated to this event 1946, Molodechno Region, TsGAKFFD BSSR |
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| 8. 0-112204 Belarusian writer, head of the linguistics sector of the Institute Kondrat Krapiva, Professor of Language and Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR, recipient of the Order of Lenin, Stalin Prize laureate, and deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the BSSR. /portrait/ 1949, Collector E.Ryapasov |
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| 9. 0-025424 Kondrat Krapiva, Belarusian writer and playwright, Doctor of Philosophy, and Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR, and Petro Glebka, poet, translator, and employee of the Institute of Literature, Language, and Art of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR, working on a Russian-Belarusian dictionary. 1950, Minsk, Collector K.Krapiva |
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| 10. 0-003879 Kondrat Krapiva, Belarusian writer and Stalin Prize laureate, signs for a government loan for the development of the national economy of the USSR. March 3, 1951, Minsk Region, BelTA Photo Chronicle, S.Kapelko |
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| 11. 0-042412 Belarusian writer, laureate of two Stalin prizes Kondrat Krapiva in his office March 19, 1952, Minsk, BelTA Photo Chronicle, M.Ozersky |
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| 12. 1-006045 Writers – delegates of the II All-Union Congress of Soviet Writers (from left to right): Rasul Gamzatov (Dagestan), Petrus Brovka (BSSR), Kondrat Krapiva (BSSR), Irakli Abashidze (Georgia) during a break between sessions December 1954, Moscow, Collector E.Ryapasov |
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| 13. 0-025423 Belarusian writer and playwright Kondrat Krapiva with members of the spelling commission of the Institute of Linguistics of the Academy of Sciences BSSR 1956, Minsk, Collector K.Krapiva |
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| 14. 0-038379 Vice-President of the BSSR Academy of Sciences K.I.Lukashev, President of the BSSR Academy of Sciences V.F. Kuprevich and Vice-President of the BSSR Academy of Sciences, People’s Writer of the BSSR Kondrat Krapiva in the President’s office August 3, 1957, Minsk, BelTA Photo Chronicle, P.Novatorov |
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| 15. 0-110073 People’s Writer of the BSSR Kondrat Krapiva at the ceremonial opening of the new building of the Yanka Kupala State Literary Museum in Minsk November 9, 1959, Minsk, Photo Library of the Belarusian Republican Library and Cultural Center |
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| 16. 1-006829 People’s Writer of the BSSR Kondrat Krapiva among his family 1960, Minsk, Collector L.Papkovich |
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| 17. 0-067088 Exhibition of works by People’s Writer of the BSSR Kondrat Krapiva on the eve of his 70th birthday January 26, 1966, Minsk, Phototheque BelOKS, V.Kozlov |
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| 18. 1-010525 Belarusian writer and playwright, vice-president of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR, People’s Writer of the BSSR, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR, laureate of two Stalin Prizes Kondrat Krapiva with his grandchildren 1968, Minsk, Collector I.Berlin |
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| 19. 1-012833 Speech by People’s Writer of the BSSR Kondrat Krapiva at a gala evening dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Belarusian State Academic Theater named after Yanka Kupala January 10 1971, Minsk, Photo Library of the Belarusian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Service, V.Kozlov |
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| 20. 0-120231 People’s Writer of the BSSR Kondrat Krapiva 1980, Minsk, Photo Library of the Administrative Directorate of the Belarusian Television and Radio Broadcasting Service |