Archival documents on Uladzimir Karatkevich’s life and work

Origins and process of work

Letter from U. Karatkevich to the Belarusian poet Maksim Tank (detail). 20 June 1956. Autograph of U. Karatkevich. (BGAMLI, f. 25, op. 2, d. 66, l. 10-11 ob.)
Letter from U. Karatkevich to the Belarusian poet Maksim Tank. 5 July 1956. Autograph of U. Karatkevich. (BGAMLI, f. 25, op. 2, d. 66, l. 15-15 ob.)
Letter from U. Karatkevich to the Belarusian woman poet E. Los. 17 September 1957. Autograph of U. Karatkevich. (BGAMLI, f. 141, op. 3, d. 127, l. 4-5 ob.)
U. Karatkevich at the site where K. Kalinouski’s rebells stayed. Village of Smolnia. 1957. Photograph. (BGAMLI, f. 56, op. 1, d. 36, l. 1)
Artistic postcard with the views of Belarusian architecture made by I. Miadzvedzeu. On the reverse side are Karatkevich’s comments to his friend Yu. Galperin. 1957. Autograph of U. Karatkevich. Belarusian and Russian. (BGAMLI, f. 56, op. 2, d. 35, l. 1)
U. Karatkevich (1st row, 1st left) among the Belarusian writers at the Yanka Kupala House Museum in the village of Viazynka. Molodechno district, Minsk region. 1961. Photograph. (BGAKFFD, 0-100141)
U. Karatkevich and the Belarusian writer Yanka Bryl in Karalishchavichi. Minsk. April 1962. Photograph. (BGAMLI, f. 56, op. 1, d. 38, l. 4)
Minutes of the meeting of the Yanka Kupala Theatre’s artistic council concerning U. Karatkevich’s play “Kastus Kalinouski” (excerpt). 22 May 1963. Typescript. Russian. (BGAMLI, f. 126, op. 1, d. 277, l. 25)
Letter from U. Karatkevich to the director of the BSSR State Publishing House, Z. Matuzau, with the postscript by the Belarusian writer A. Bazhko. 12 July 1963. Autograph of U. Karatkevich. (BGAMLI, f. 61, op. 1, d. 5, l. 1)
U. Karatkevich. “The road I have traveled”. Autobiography (fragment). 1 December 1964. Autograph of U. Karatkevich. (BGAMLI, f. 189, op. 1, d. 36, l. 4-5)
Authorization for documentary chronicle “Svideteli vechnosti” (screenplay by U. Karatkevich). 26 January 1965. Typescript on printed form. Russian. (BGAMLI, f. 163, op. 1, d. 76, l. 1)
U. Karatkevich at the railroad station in Stoubtsy. Minsk region. 3 May 1967. Photograph. (BGAMLI, f. 56, op. 1, d. 34, l. 4)
U. Karatkevich at the river Shchara. May 1967. Photograph. (BGAMLI, f. 56, op. 1, d. 34, l. 3)
U. Karatkevich during the shooting of “Christ has Landed in Garodnia”. 1968. Photograph. (BGAMLI, f. 56, op. 1, d. 42, l. 2)
G. Ishchanka. “Shukau, chago tut iashche ne zataptali“. Article about U. Karatkevich’s journey in Palesse in 1969 (fragment). Clip from the newspaper “Zaria” (Brest). 16 November 1990. (BGAMLI, f. 56, op. 2, d. 29, l. 3)
U. Karatkevich (left) at the tomb of the Belarusian writer M. Bagdanovich. Yalta. Ukraine. 1969. Photograph. (BGAKFFD, Е019195)
U. Karatkevich at the St. Euphrosyne Church in Polotsk. 1972. Photograph. (BGAMLI, f. 56, op. 1, d. 34, l. 12)
U. Karatkevich in Trakai. Lithuania. [Early 1970s]. Photograph. (BGAKFFD, Е019196)
U. Karatkevich with his friends at the time of photographing the architectural sites in Braslav. [1972-1973]. Photograph. (BGAMLI, f. 56, op. 1, d. 38, l. 10)
U. Karatkevich in the town of Druia. Braslav district, Vitebsk region. 1973. Photograph. (BGAKFFD, 0-100145)
Decision by the editorial board of the Belarusfilm cinema studio about U. Karatkevich’s screenplay “Rasskazy iz katalazhki“. 27 July 1973. Typescript. Russian. (BGAMLI, f. 112, op. 4, d. 62, l. 2-3)
U. Karatkevich at the unveiling of the monument to the Belarusian theatrical figure I. Buinitski in the village of Prazaroki. Vitsebsk region. 1975. Photograph. (BGAMLI, f. 56, op. 1, d. 41, l. 1)
U. Karatkevich with the film director V. Rubinchyk at the editing of “The Wild Hunt of King Stakh” at the Belarusfilm cinema studio. 1979. Photograph. (BGAMLI, f. 56, op. 2, d. 33, l. 1)
U. Karatkevich. [End 1970s]. Photograph. (BGAMLI, f. 56, op. 2, d. 19, l. 1)
A. Gubich. “Nelga ne byts gistorikam“. Interview with U. Karatkevich. Newspaper “Chyrvonaia Zmena”. 12 January 1980. (NARB)
Reference on U. Karatkevich on his recommendation for the ‘Friendship of Nations Order’. 6 August 1980. Typescript. Russian. (NARB, f. 4, op. 134, d. 98, l.136)
U. Karatkevich’s recollections about the creation of D. Smolski’s opera “A Grey Legend” based on Karatkevich’s work of the same name (fragment). Sound recording, magnetic tape. Recorded in 1979. Duration 1:35 mins. (BGAKFFD, 1370)
Fragment from the documentary “Be Happy, the River” based on screenplay by U. Karatkevich. Minsk Studio of Popular Scientific and Documentary Films. 1967. Directed by А. Yastrabau. Film document. Duration 2 mins. (BGAKFFD)
Belarusian folk song performed by U. Karatkevich. Fragment from the documentary “I was, I am, I will be” (director Yu. Tsviatkou, Belarusfilm cinema studio, 1988) Sound recording. Duration 1:18 mins. (BGAKFFD, 2885)