Archival documents and materials relating to Maksim Bahdanovich

Evaluation of Maksim Bahdanovich’s work by writers and scholars

"A singer of pure beauty". Article by A. Lutskevich (under cryptonym H. B.). Newspaper "Nasha Niva". 1914. № 8. 21 February. (BDAMLM, library)
"On the first anniversary". Article by Z. Byadulya on the first anniversary of the death of Maksim Bahdanovich (extract). Newspaper "Volnaya Belarus". 1918. № 19. 26 May. P. 146. (BDAMLM, library)
"Maksim Bahdanovich as a historian of Belarusian Renaissance". Article by U. Picheta (extracts). Magazine "Vesnik narodnaha kamisaryyata asvety S.R.R.B.”. 1922. Nos. 7-8. P. 8-12.   (BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 88, ark. 26-27, 28-28 ab.)
"The main motive in Maksim Bahdanovich’s work". Article by Ya. Lesik (with the resolution "Forbidden"). Extracts. 1923. Autograph by Ya. Lesik. (BDAMLM, f. 66, vop. 1, spr. 1409, ark. 1a-1 ab., 2-2 ab., 21-21 ab.)
"The memory party for M. Bahdanovich". Article by Adam Babareka (extract with an assessment of Maksim Bahdanovich’s work by professors at the Belarusian State University M. Pyatukhovich and U. Pichetа). Newspaper "Savetskaya Belarus". 1923. 20 June.  № 137. P. 4. (NARB, library)
"Materials relating to the biography of Maksim Adamavich Bahdanovich". Reminiscences by A.Ya. Bahdanovich (extract with an assessment of Maksim Bahdanovich’s work). 1923. Book "The path of the poet. Reminiscences and biographical materials relating to Maksim Bahdanovich". Мinsk, 1975. P. 43-44. Russian. (BDAMLM, library, № 11340)
"The hot heart" (From the life of M. Bahdanovich). Article by Ya. Dyla on the new details in Maksim Bahdanovich’s biography and reminiscences of him in the Yaroslavl newspaper "Golos". Newspaper "Savetskaya Belarus". 1923. 16 June. (BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 1, spr. 2, ark. 2)
"The heyday of Belarusian belles-lettres". Report by F. Hryshkevich containing a short description of Maksim Bahdanovich’s work (extract). Prague. 1927. Autograph by F. Hryshkevich. (BDAMLM, f. 3. vop. 1, spr. 179, ark. 6-7)
"The singer of beauty and rebirth". Article by M. Krautsou on the 10th anniversary of the death of Maksim Bahdanovich (without the beginning). Clipping from the newspaper "Belaruski Dzen". 1927. № 13. (BDAMLM, f. 3, vop. 1, spr. 46, ark. 46)
"М. Bahdanovich. A critical biographical essay". Monograph by I. Zamotsin (extract). Works by M. Bahdanovich. In 2 vols. Мensk, 1928. Vol. 2. P. XXV. (BDAMLM, library, № 2696)
"The ancient motives in the poetry of М. Bahdanovich". Article by Yu. Dreizin (extracts). Clipping from the magazine "Uzvyshsha". 1928. № 2. P. 184-194. (BDAMLM, f. 401, vop. 1, spr. 3, ark. 49 ab.-50, 54-54 ab.)
"In the Ukrainian language". Article by V. Machulski about the publication of M. Bahdanovich’s poetry collection "The Garland" at the State Printing House of Ukraine (1929). Clipping from the newspaper "Savetskaya Belarus". 1929. 14 December. (BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 88, ark. 1)
"Poetry of М.А. Bahdanovich". The thesis by R. Zheleznyak (extracts). 1941. Authorized typescript. Russian. (BDAMLM, f. 66, vop. 1, spr. 1389, ark. 48; spr. 1390, ark. 91)
"The poet and the patriot". Article by V. Barysenka (extract). Newspaper "Za Svobodnuyu Belarus". 1942. 16 May. P. 2. (NARB, library)
"Take your bloody hands off from Maksim Bahdanovich". Speech by K. Krapiva on the radio station "Savetskaya Belarus" (extract). 3 April 1942. Authorized typescript. (NARB, f. 871, vop. 1, spr. 6, ark. 105-106)
"The poet of the people". Article by Kuzma Chorny. Newspaper "Savetskaya Belarus". 1942. 30 May. № 50. (NARB, library)
"The unknown works by Maksim Bahdanovich". Article by N. Vatatsy and N. Lapidus (extract). Magazine "Polymya". 1957. № 5. P. 155-156. (BDAMLM, library )
"From the manuscript legacy of Maksim Bahdanovich". Article by M. Smolkin (extract). Magazine "Polymya". 1958, № 3. P. 176. (BDAMLM, library)
Letter from N.B. Vatatsy to P.A. Bahdanovich (extract about the preparation of Maksim Bahdanovich’s works in Ukrainian translation for publication in Kiev and the publication of a book by A.Ya. Bahdanovich at the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR). 13 June 1965. Autograph by N.B. Vatatsy. Russian. (BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 66, ark. 26 ab., 27- 27 ab.)
Letter from N.G. Kuntsevich to P.A. Bahdanovich (extracts about the translation of Maksim Bahdanovich’s poems into Russian, etc.). 30 April 1966. Autograph by N.G. Kuntsevich. Russian. (BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 2, spr. 64, ark. 2, 3 ab.)
"From the printing shop of Martsin Kukhta". Article by N. Hilevich to the 75th anniversary of the birth of Maksim Bahdanovich (extract). Clipping from the magazine "Polymya". 1966. № 12. P. 123-125. (BDAMLM, library)
"The chronicler". Essay by U. Karatkevich (extracts). 1967г. Autograph by U. Karatkevich. (BDAMLM, f. 42, vop. 2, spr. 539а, ark. 1-2, 6)
"The origins from Maksim Knizhnik". Essay by M. Straltsou (extract). Clipping from the magazine "Polymya". 1968. № 9. P. 128. (BDAMLM, f. 323, vop. 1, spr. 223, ark. 41)
Report on the life and work of the outstanding Belarusian poet Maksim Bahdanovich submitted to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus by the Union of Writers of the BSSR. 26 March 1968. Typescript. (NARB, f. 4p, vop. 97, spr. 251, ark. 3, 4-7)
"There is a spring in the native land". Essay by Ya. Sipakou. 1971. Autograph by Ya. Sipakou. (BDAMLM, f. 12, vop. 1, spr. 1496, ark. 1-3)
"On the path to the Russian reader". Review by V. Ragoisha on the book of translations of Maksim Bahdanovich’s poems, Stikhotvoreniya (Verses). Extract. 1971. Autograph by V. Rahoisha with author’s corrections. (BDAMLM, f. 12, vop. 1, spr. 1501, ark. 8-9, 20)
Letter from A. Bachyla to the secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus А.Т. Kuzmin on the importance of Maksim Bahdanovich’s works and on measures to honour his memory. 30 August 1971. Authorized typescript. (NARB, f. 4p, vop. 81, spr. 2368, ark. 53-54)
"This is an invention of my mind". Essay by N. Vatatsy (extracts). 1973. Autograph by N. Vatatsy with editor’s corrections. (BDAMLM, f. 37, vop. 1, spr. 484, ark. 17-18, 70-71)
"Towards the spring". Monograph by R. Beryozkin on the life and work of Maksim Bahdanovich (extracts). 1986. Typescript. Translated from the Russian by Yu. Kane. (BDAMLM, f. 24, vop. 1, spr. 95, ark. 2; spr. 96, ark. 1-2, 72)
"100 days of solitude". Article by R. Baradulin (extracts). Clipping from the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda". 1991. 12 December. Russian. (BDAMLM, f. 153, vop. 3, spr. 17, ark. 12)
"A word about Maksim Bahdanovich". Text by H. Buraukin in the theatre programme for the pop-opera "Maksim" based on M. Bahdanovich’s works (composer I. Palivoda). Print. 1992. (BDAMLM, fonds of scientific reference materials)
"A word about Maksim Bahdanovich". Text by N. Hilevich in the theatre programme for the pop-opera "Maksim" based on M. Bahdanovich’s works (composer I. Palivoda). Print. 1992. (BDAMLM, fonds of scientific reference materials)