Archival documents and materials relating to Maksim Bahdanovich

120th anniversary

Personal life

1891-1892, Minsk

Marya Apanasauna Bahdanovich – mother of Maksim Bahdanovich.
Minsk. [1889-1890].
Photograph in the family album.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 34, ark. 11, № 14)
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Adam Yahoravich Bahdanovich – father of Maksim Bahdanovich.
Minsk. [1891].
Photograph in the family album.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 34, ark. 4, № 4)
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Marya Apanasauna Bahdanovich with her son Vadzim.
Міnsk. 1891.
Photograph in the family album.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 34, ark. 12, № 18)
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House in Minsk where Maksim Bahdanovich was born.
Photograph. Copy.
Works by M. Bahdanovich. In 2 vols. Мensk, 1928. Vol. 2. P. 119.
(BDAMLM, library, № 2696)
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Maksim Bahdanovich.
Minsk. [1892].
Photograph in the family album.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 34, ark. 15, № 33)
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Description of rooms in a two-story house, district № 3, block № 45 on Alyaksandrauskaya Street in Minsk, where Maksim Bahdanovich was born, and a plan of land with this house under letter “B” (according to the 1910 data).
Handwritten on letterhead. Russian.
(NHAB, f. 1, vop. 1, spr. 4862, ark. 28)
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Mahdalena, Paulina and Marya Bahdanovich – Maksim Bahdanovich’s aunts on father’s side.
Мinsk. [The 1880s].
Photograph in the family album.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 34, ark. 24, № 48)
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1892-1896, Hrodna, Vyazze village

Marya Apanasauna Bahdanovich – Maksim Bahdanovich’s mother.
Hrodna. [1892-1893].
Photograph in the family album.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 34, ark. 10, № 12)
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Maksim Bahdanovich with his mother Marya Apanasauna Bahdanovich.
Hrodna. 1892.
Photograph in the family album.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 34, ark. 11, № 17)
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Maksim Bahdanovich with his elder brother Vadzim.
Hrodna. 1893.
Photograph in the family album.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 34, ark. 10, № 10)
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The Bahdanovich family: Maksim Bahdanovich’s mother and father with sons.
Hrodna. 1894.
Photograph. Copy.
Book “I would like to meet you…: literary publicistic articles about Maksim Bahdanovich”. Minsk, 2009.
(BDAMLM, fonds of scientific reference materials)
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House in Hrodna where Maksim Bahdanovich lived from 1892 to 1896.
Photograph. 2011.
(BDAMLM, fonds of scientific reference materials)
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House in the village of Vyazze, Asipovichy district, Mahileu region where Maksim Bahdanovich was resting with his mother and brothers at the Sekyarzhytskis (the family of Maksim Bahdanovich’s aunt Stefania) in April-August 1895.
Photograph. Copy.
Book “I would like to meet you…: literary publicistic articles about Maksim Bahdanovich”. Minsk, 2009.
(BDAMLM, fonds of scientific reference materials)
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1896-1908, Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod in the early 20th century.
Photograph. Copy.
Book “I would like to meet you…: literary publicistic articles about Maksim Bahdanovich”. Minsk, 2009.
(BDAMLM, fonds of scientific reference materials)
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Adam Yahoravich Bahdanovich – Maksim Bahdanovich’s father.
Nizhny Novgorod. [1896-1899].
Photograph in the family album.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 34, ark. 5, № 5)
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Mahdalena Yahorauna Bahdanovich (Hapanovich) – Maksim Bahdanovich’s aunt on father’s side, a guardian of Belarusian traditions in the Bahdanovich family.
Photograph. 1894.
(BGAKFFD, 0-68107)
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Marya Yahorauna Bahdanovich – Maksim Bahdanovich’s aunt, who looked after the children after the death of Maksim’s mother.
Photograph. Copy.
Book “I would like to meet you…: literary publicistic articles about Maksim Bahdanovich”. Minsk, 2009.
(BDAMLM, fonds of scientific reference materials)
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Maksim Bahdanovich (sitting left) with his aunt and brothers.
[1897].
Photograph. Copy.
Works by M. Bahdanovich. In 2 vols. Мensk, 1928. Vol. 2. P. XXI.
(BDAMLM, library, № 2696)
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Adam Yahoravich Bahdanovich – Maksim Bahdanovich’s father with his second wife Alyaksandra Paulauna Volzhyna.
Nizhny Novgorod. 1899.
Photograph in the family album.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 34, ark. 8, №8)
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Russian writer Maxim Gorky with his wife K.P. Peshkova (sister of the second wife of Maksim Bahdanovich’s father A.P. Volzhyna).
23 April 1897.
Photograph in the family album. Autograph by M. Gorky with dedicatory inscription to A.Ya. Bahdanovich.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 34, ark. 6, № 6-6 ab.)
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Adam Yahoravich Bahdanovich – Maksim Bahdanovich’s father with his relative Maksim Gorky and their friend S.V. Shcherbakov, director at Nizhny Novgorod male high school.
Nizhny Novgorod. [Early 1900s].
Photograph. Copy.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 41, ark. 1)
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Aliaksandra Apanasauna Myakota – the younger sister of Maksim Bahdanovich’s mother.
[After 1899].
Photograph in the family album.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 34, ark. 13, № 24)
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Vadzim Adamavich Bahdanovich – elder brother of Maksim Bahdanovich.
[1906-1907].
Photograph in the family album.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 34, ark. 11, № 16)
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Volha Epifanauna Syomava – Maksim Bahdanovich’s godmother, who assisted his acquaintance with Belarus, subscribed him to the Belarusian newspapers “Nasha Dolya” and “Nasha Niva”.
Photograph. Copy.
А. Bachyla. On the Paths of Maksim Bahdanovich. Мinsk, 1983.
(BDAMLM, fonds of scientific reference materials)
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Tatstsyana Vosipauna Myakota (Maksim Bahdanovich’s grandmother) and the Valasovichs (the family of Maksim Bahdanovich’s aunt Hanna).
Photograph. Copy.
Book “I would like to meet you…: literary publicistic articles about Maksim Bahdanovich”. Minsk, 2009.
(BDAMLM, fonds of scientific reference materials)
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Alyaksandr Feliksavich Sekyarzhytski – Maksim Bahdanovich’s cousin on mother’s side.
Nizhny Novgorod. [1909].
Photograph in the family album.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 34, ark. 17, № 38)
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Yauhen Feliksavich Sekyarzhytski – Maksim Bahdanovich’s cousin on mother’s side.
Photograph. Copy.
Book “I would like to meet you…: literary publicistic articles about Maksim Bahdanovich”. Minsk, 2009.
(BDAMLM, fonds of scientific reference materials)
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1908-1916, Yaroslavl, Vilna, Rakutseushchyna village
House where the Bahdanovichs lived in Yaroslavl.
Photograph. [1960].
(BDAMLM, f. 394, vop. 1, spr.-105, ark.2)
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Adam Yahoravich Bahdanovich.
[1908].
Photograph in the family album.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 34, ark. 1, № 1)
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Leu Adamavich Bahdanovich – Maksim Bahdanovich’s younger brother during his study at high school.
[1908-1910].
Photograph in the family album.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 34, ark. 17, № 41)
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Maksim Bahdanovich.
[1911].
Photograph in the family album.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 34, ark. 10, № 13)
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Hanna Ivanauna Hapanovich – Maksim Bahdanovich’s cousin on father’s side, whom he presented his handwritten book “Zelenya”.
[1913-1915].
Photograph in the family album.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 34, ark. 16, № 36)
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Alyaksandra Apanasauna Myakota – younger sister of Maksim Bahdanovich’s mother, third wife of his father.
[The 1900s].
Photograph in the family album.
Book “I would like to meet you…: literary publicistic articles about Maksim Bahdanovich”. Minsk, 2009.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 34, ark. 21, № 45)
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Pavel, Alyaksei, Vyachaslau and Mikalai Bahdanovich – Maksim Bahdanovich’s stepbrothers from father’s third marriage with Alyaksandra Apanasauna Myakota.
[The 1910s].
Photograph. Copy.
Book “I would like to meet you…: literary publicistic articles about Maksim Bahdanovich”. Minsk, 2009.
(BDAMLM, fonds of scientific reference materials)
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“Materials relating to the biography of Maksim Adamovich Bogdanovich”.
1923.
Reminiscences by A.Ya. Bahdanovich (Maksim Bahdanovich’s father) (extracts about his son’s personal traits and appearance).
Book “The path of the poet. Reminiscences and biographical materials relating to Maksim Bahdanovich”. Minsk, 1975. P. 45, 49-50. Russian.
(BDAMLM, library, № 11340)
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Dziyador Dzyabolski – Maksim Bahdanovich’s friend.
[The 1900s].
Photograph. Copy.
Book “I would like to meet you…: literary publicistic articles about Maksim Bahdanovich”. Minsk, 2009.
(BDAMLM, fonds of scientific reference materials)
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Veranika Zalatarova – niece of Dziyador Dzyabolski, Maksim Bahdanovich’s friend, after whose name the poem “Veranika” was called.
[The 1900s].
Photograph. Copy.
Book “I would like to meet you…: literary publicistic articles about Maksim Bahdanovich”. Minsk, 2009.
(BDAMLM, fonds of scientific reference materials)
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Hanna Rafailauna Kakueva – a close friend of Maksim Bahdanovich, to whom he dedicated his verse.
[1910-1912].
Photograph.
(BDAMLM, f. 37, vop. 1, spr. 484, ark. 114)
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Kakuev’s house in Yaroslavl, which Maksim Bahdanovich often visited.
[1910-1912].
Photograph.
(BDAMLM, f. 37, vop. 1, spr. 484, ark.113)
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Letter from Maksim Bahdanovich to his brother Leu informing of their father’s illness.
20 March 1914.
Autograph of Maksim Bahdanovich. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 26, ark. 35)
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Dedicatory inscription by Maksim Bahdanovich to his aunt Marya Yahorauna on the title page of the poetry collection “The Garland”.
Yaroslavl. 1914.
Photocopy. Autograph of Maksim Bahdanovich. Russian.
Book “The path of the poet. Reminiscences and biographical materials relating to Maksim Bahdanovich”. Minsk, 1975. Russian.
(BDAMLM, library, № 11340)
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Bahdanovich family belongings.
Photograph. Copy.
(BDAMLM, № 43-44, 54-55, 57)
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Letter from Adam Yahoravich Bahdanovich to Leu Bahdanovich with the description of his son Maksim.
25 January 1915.
Autograph of A.Ya. Bahdanovich. Russian.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 27, ark. 2-2 ab., 3-3 ab.)
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“On the paths of Maksim”.
Essay by A. Bachyla about Maksim Bahdanovich’s life with the description of his character by his stepbrother P.Ya. Bahdanovich (extract).
Print with author’s corrections. Clipping from the newspaper “Maladosts”. 1968. № 11. P. 151.
(BDAMLM, f. 323, vop. 1, spr. 109, ark. 2)
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Vilna, where Maksim Bahdanovich was in 1911.
Photograph. Copy.
Book “I would like to meet you…: literary publicistic articles about Maksim Bahdanovich”. Minsk, 2009.
(BDAMLM, fonds of scientific reference materials)
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The Belarusian landscape, which Maksim Bahdanovich could see during his stay on the estate of Rakutseushchyna near Maladzechna in 1911.
Photograph. 2011.
(BDAMLM, fonds of scientific reference materials)
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Rent house on the estate of Rakutseushchyna where Maksim Bahdanovich lived in summer 1911.
Photograph. 2011.
(BDAMLM, fonds of scientific reference materials)
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October 1916- February 1917, Minsk

House where Maksim Bahdanovich lived with the Plaunik family in late 1916-early 1917 (now Rabkorauskaya St. 19).
Photograph. 2011.
(BDAMLM, fonds of scientific reference materials)
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Zmitrok Byadulya (S.Ya. Plaunik) – Maksim Bahdanovich’s friend and colleague at the Minsk division of the Belarusian Society for Assistance to War Victims in 1916, Belarusian writer who positively assessed Maksim Bahdanovich’s work and wrote memoirs about him.
Photograph. Copy.
Book “I would like to meet you…: literary publicistic articles about Maksim Bahdanovich”. Minsk, 2009.
(BDAMLM, fonds of scientific reference materials)
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“My Reminiscences” (to the memorial party for Maksim Bahdanovich).
Article by Z. Byadulya.
Newspaper “Savetskaya Belarus”. 1923. 16 June.
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 2, ark. 2)
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L.A. Sivitskaya (in stage costume) – Maksim Bahdanovich’s friend and colleague at the Minsk division of the Belarusian Society for Assistance to War Victims in 1916, Belarusian public and cultural figure, writer Zoska Veras.
1913.
(BDAMLM, f. 318, vop. 1, spr. 199, ark. 1)
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A note written by Maksim Bahdanovich to Zoska Veras during the youth game at the party.
Minsk. 1917.
Autograph by Maksim Bahdanovich.
(BDAMLM, f. 394, vop. 1, spr. 5, ark. 1)
“On the paths of Maksim”.
Essay by A. Bachyla (extract about meetings between Maksim Bahdanovich and L.A. Sivitskaya (Zoska Veras).
Print with author’s corrections. Clipping from the newspaper “Maladosts”. 1968. № 11. P. 152.
(BDAMLM, f. 323, vop. 1, spr. 109, ark. 5 ab.)
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List of persons obliged to return their food ration books by the resolution of the Minsk province committee of the All-Russian Self-Government Union for Assistance to Sick and Wounded Soldiers (Maksim Bahdanovich at № 27).
1917.
Handwritten in Russian.
(NHAB, f. 700, vop. 1, spr. 126, ark. 2-2 ab.)
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List of persons who received ration books to get food at the store of the Minsk province committee of the All-Russian Self-Government Union for Assistance to Sick and Wounded Soldiers (Maksim Bahdanovich at № 139, the issue date reads 11 November 1916; position – died).
1917.
Handwritten on printed form. Russian.
(NHAB, f. 700, vop. 1, spr. 125, ark. 25)
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March- May 1917, Yalta

House in Yalta where Maksim Bahdanovich died.
Photograph 1924. Copy.
Works by M. Bahdanovich. In 2 vols. Мensk, 1928. Vol. 2. P. 325.
(BDAMLM, library, № 2696)
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Postcard from Adam Yahoravich Bahdanovich to Leu Bahdanovich informing of Maksim’s death.
Autograph of A.Ya. Bahdanovich. Russian.
21 May 1917 (Old Style).
(BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 27, ark. 41-41 ab.)
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Grave of Maksim Bahdanovich in Yalta in 1924 visited by the Belarusian writers A. Volny, U. Dubouka and A. Aleksandrovich.
Photograph. Copy.
Maksim Bahdanovich. Complete works. In 3 vols. Vol. 3. Мinsk. 1995.
(BDAMLM, fonds of scientific reference materials)
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