Archival documents on Yanka Kupala’s life and work

Family history

List of gentry families at the farmstead of Lutsevichi, Niasvizh district, Minsk province (landlord Prince Radziwill), with the family of Ivan Egorov Lutsevich at No.1. Detail. 1795 [1818 copy]. Russian. (NIAB, fond 319, inv. 2, file 1869, folio 365)
Ruling of the Minsk Noble Deputies Assembly on recognising the noble status of the Lutsevich family, the coat of arms Navina, and inscribing it in the book of family histories of the nobility of Minsk province. 6 August 1802. Polish. (NIAB, fond 319, inv. 1, file 32а, folio 335-337rev)
Application of A.D. Lutsevich, nobleman of Igumen district, to the Noble Marshal of Minsk Province for certifying the noble origin of the Lutsevich family. 29 October 1864. Russian. (NIAB, fond 319, inv. 2, file 1869, folio 277)
Certificate of the Minsk Noble Deputies Assembly recognising the nobility of the Lutsevich family, including Anufry Daminikavich Lutsevich. 29 October 1864. Russian. (NIAB, fond 319, inv. 2, folio 280-280rev)
List of individuals registered as Minsk citizens, with the Lutsevich family at No.6. Detail. 1865. Russian. (NIAB, fond 330, inv. 1, folio 390rev)
Ruling of the Minsk Noble Deputies Assembly on recognising the nobility of the Lutsevich family. 31 October 1868. Copy. Russian. (NIAB, fond 319, inv. 2, file 1862, folio 43-50rev)
Family tree of the Lutsevich family. 1868. Russian. (NIAB, fond 319, inv. 2, file 1862, folio 170rev-171)
Notification by the Minsk State Chamber informing the Minsk Town Council about the addition of the Lutsevich family to Minsk town-dwellers. 1 April 1869. Russian. (NIAB, fond 330, inv. 1, file 67, folio 204-204rev)
Instruction by the Minsk Noble Deputies Assembly directing the Igumen District Police Office to inform A. D. Lutsevich about the Ruling Senate Edict No.4177 refusing to confirm the nobility of the Lutsevich family. 5 October 1871. Russian. (NIAB, fond 319, inv. 2, file 1862, folio 174-175rev)
Family list of A. D. Lutsevich, the town-dweller of Minsk, including his son Daminik. 1874. Russian. (NIAB, fond 330, inv. 1, file 110, folio 1059rev-1061)
Parish record of birth (25 June 1882) and baptism (12 July 1882) for Ivan Daminikavich Lutsevich. Catholich church of Radashkovichi, Vileika deanery, Vileika district, Vilna province. Russian. (NIAB in Grodna, fond 915, inv. 2, file 26, folio 16rev-17)
Family list of A. D. Lutsevich, the town-dweller of Minsk, including his son Daminik and grandson Ivan. 1884. Russian. (NIAB, fond 330, inv. 1, file 279, folio 1132rev-1133)
Family list of A. D. Lutsevich, the town-dweller of Minsk, including his son Daminik and grandson Ivan. 1894. Russian. (NIAB, fond 330, inv. 1, file 566, folio 298rev-299)

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NIAB National Historical Archives of Belarus in Minsk