Documentary exhibition on 120th anniversary of the birth of Branislau Tarashkevich

On 2 March 2011, an exhibition of books and documents was opened at the Belarusian State Archives-Museum of Literature and Art to mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of the renowned scholar, public figure, politician, member of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences Branislau Adamavich Tarashkevich.

An exhibition entitled “AWriter, Scholar, Fighter” demonstrates books and periodical publications containing Tarashkevich’s translations and articles and the critical-biographical essays about him. These include three editions of his famous “Belarusian Grammar for Schools” (1919, 1921, 1929), a book of documents “Interpellations by Belarusian Ambassadors to the Polish Diet 1922–1926” (1927) with preface by Tarashkevich, “Selected works. Criticism, publicism, translations” (1991), monographs about the scholar by A.S. Lis and A.R. Bergman etc.

The exhibition includes personal records of Tarashkevich about his study at the high school in Vilnius and at the University of Petrograd, the autographs of his article “Litva and Belarus” (in Polish), a letter from Tarashkevich to Zoska Veras, letters from the academician A.A. Shakhmatau, Yanka Kupala, Ryhor Shyrma, photographs etc. A variety of documents describe the political and public activity of Tarashkevich: statutes (of the Belarusian Ambassadors Club etc), draft party programs (of the Hramada Belarusian Socialist Party etc.) prepared by Tarashkevich, mandates etc.