Archival documents and materials relating to Yefim Karsky

Evaluation of Yefim Karsky’s work

Article by N. Tupikov “Karsky Yevfimy Fyodorovich”. Printed. Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. Saint Petersburg, 1895. Vol. 14а (28). P. 592. (NIAB, scientific reference library, № 179)
Message of greetings from the employees of the newspaper “Nasha Niva” to Ye.F. Karsky. Vilna. 10 November 1909. Photocopy. Manuscript. L. Rublevskaya, V. Skalaban. Vremya i bremya arkhivov i imyon: ocherki, esse, piyesa. Minsk, 2009. P. 43 (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on Ye.F. Karsky)
Postcard from N. Yaroshevich, student of Moscow Agricultural College, to the newspaper “Nasha Niva” about the Belarusian society in the college, with a mention of Ye.F. Karsky. 11 January 1913. Manuscript, autograph of N. Yaroshevich. (BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 91, l. 28)
Article “Karsky Yevfimy Fyodorovich”. Printed. New Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron. Petrograd, [1914]. Vol. 21. P. 122. (NIAB, scientific reference library, № 389)
Article by A. Lutskevich “Memorandum on the situation in Eastern Belarus” with a mention of Ye.F. Karsky. 3 April 1918. Typescript with corrections. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 134, l. 31-42)
Letter from Ya. Kupala to B. Epimakh-Shipillo asking him to send the books of Ye.F. Karsky. Minsk. 13 April 1919. Typescript copy. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 8, op. 2, d. 12, l. 9-10)
Memorandum of the delegation of the Belarusian National Republic at the Paris Peace Conference dated 4 August 1919 about the invalidity of Lithuania’s claims for a part of the Belarusian ethnographic territory including Vilna (now Vilnius). Excerpts mentioning the scholarly works of Ye.F. Karsky. Printed. Archives of the Belarusian National Republic. Fonds 582 of the State Archives of Lithuania. Vol. І. Book 1. Vilnius, New York, Minsk, Prague. 1998. P. 392, 393-394, 395. Belarusian and French. (BGAMLI, library, № 25187)
Letter from the BSSR People’s Commissariat of Education to the BSSR Central Executive Committee asking for assistance in promoting the publication of Karsky’s book “Belarusians”. 25 August 1921. Photocopy. Typescript. (NARB, f. 6, op. 1, d. 5, t. 2, l. 94)
Letter from A. Chervyakov, Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belorussia, to the Petrograd State Publishing House asking to speed up the publication of Karsky’s monograph “Belarusians”. 4 September 1921. Copy. Typescript. (NARB, f. 6, op. 1, d. 5, t. 2, l. 92-92 ob.)
Letter from A. Chervyakov, Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belorussia, to the Moscow State Publishing House asking to speed up the publication of Karsky’s monograph “Belarusians”. 4 September 1921. Copy. Typescript. (NARB, f. 6, op. 1, d. 5, t. 2, l. 93-93 ob.)
Postcard from K. Yezovitov, Belarusian public figure, politician, journalist and translator to V. Lastovsky, Belarusian public figure, politician, editor of magazine “Kryvich” (Kaunas) mentioning the place of Korsovka indicated on Karsky’s ethnographic map. Latvia, Korsovka. 18 March 1922. Printed. Archives of the Belarusian National Republic. Fonds 582 of the State Archives of Lithuania. Vol. І. Book 2. Vilnius, New York, Minsk, Prague. 1998. P. 1301-1302. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 25188)
Minutes of the board meeting of the Belarusian State University concerning the allocation of money to purchase the library of Ye.F. Karsky. 25 May 1922. Typescript. (NARB, f. 205, op. 1, d. 38, l. 24-25)
Report on the inspection of research institutions under the BSSR People’s Commissariat of Education for September 1922 with information about work with the library collection of Ye.F. Karsky at the Belarusian State Library. 4 October 1922. Copy. Typescript. (NARB, f. 42, op. 1, d. 130, l. 17)
Letter from writer E. Lyatsky to Belarusian public figure, politician, editor of magazine “Kryvich” (Kaunas) V. Lastovsky asking him to send the books of Ye.F. Karsky. Prague. 23 January 1923. Printed. Archives of the Belarusian National Republic. Fonds 582 of the State Archives of Lithuania. Vol. І. Book 2. Vilnius, New York, Minsk, Prague. 1998. P.1387-1388. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 25188)
Letter from ethnographer V. Anderson to Belarusian public figure, politician, editor of magazine “Kryvich” (Kaunas) V. Lastovsky (excerpt about the use of information from Karsky’s papers). Estonia, Derpt. 12 April 1924. Printed. Archives of the Belarusian National Republic. Fonds 582 of the State Archives of Lithuania. Vol. І. Book 2. Vilnius, New York, Minsk, Prague. 1998. P. 1510-1511. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 25188)
Letter from Belarusian linguist, historian Ya. Stankevich to Belarusian public figure, politician, editor of magazine “Kryvich” (Kaunas) V. Lastovsky (excerpt about the negative assessment of Karsky’s book). Prague. 17 April 1924. Printed. Archives of the Belarusian National Republic. Fonds 582 of the State Archives of Lithuania. Vol. І. Book 2. Vilnius, New York, Minsk, Prague. 1998. P. 1511-1512. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 25188)
Letter from Belarusian linguist, historian Ya. Stankevich to Belarusian public figure, politician, editor of magazine “Kryvich” (Kaunas) V. Lastovsky  (excerpt about the use of Karsky’s papers in investigating the phonetic features of the Belarusian language). Prague. 23 April 1924. Printed. Archives of the Belarusian National Republic. Fonds 582 of the State Archives of Lithuania. Vol. І. Book 2. Vilnius, New York, Minsk, Prague. 1998. P. 1513. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 25188)
Letter from Belarusian linguist, historian Ya. Stankevich to Belarusian public figure, politician, editor of magazine “Kryvich” (Kaunas) V. Lastovsky with a mention of Ye.F. Karsky. 11 June 1924. Manuscript, autograph of Ya. Stankevich. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 256, l. 105)
Letter from Belarusian linguist, historian Ya. Stankevich to Belarusian public figure, politician, editor of magazine “Kryvich” (Kaunas) V. Lastovsky  (excerpt about the use of Karsky’s works in the studies of Belarusian language). Prague. 15 January 1925. Printed. Archives of the Belarusian National Republic. Fonds 582 of the State Archives of Lithuania. Vol. І. Book 2. Vilnius, New York, Minsk, Prague. 1998. P. 1550. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 25188)
S. Wolfson’s review of М. Derzhavin’s article about Ye.F. Karsky. Clipping from the newspaper “Zvyazda”. 2 August 1931. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 66, op. 1, d. 1040, l. 6)
Article by N. Loban “The great Belarusian scholar” (description of Karsky’s research work). Magazine “Belarus”. 1945. № 10. P. 48-50. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library)
Article by V. Volsky “The academician Ye.F. Karsky as a historian of Belarusian literature”. 1951. Clipping from the magazine “Vesti Akademii Belaruskai SSR”. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 100, op. 3, d. 81, l. 22-32)
V.I. Borkovsky “Karsky’s research in the Belarusian language”. Printed. Ye.F. Karsky. Belorussy. Yazyk belorusskogo naroda. Vyp. 1. Moscow, 1955. P. 453-471. (BGAMLI, library, № 29947)
Article by G. Bartashevich “The outstanding Belarusian scholar”. 21 November 1960. Authorized typescript with editor’s corrections. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 37, op. 1, d. 165, l. 1-5)
Article by N. Loban “A great contribution to the culture of the Belarusian people”. 28 November 1960. Authorized typescript with editor’s corrections. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 42, op. 1, d. 243, l. 64-71)
Article by Yu. Pshirkov “The great deed of the scholar”. 1961. Authorized typescript with editor’s corrections. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 12, op. 1, d. 632, l. 14-25)
V. Borkovsky “The works of academician Ye.F. Karsky on the Slavonic languages”. Printed. Ye.F. Karsky. Trudy po belorusskomu i drugim slavyanskim yazykam. Moscow, 1962. P. 691-707. (BGAMLI, library, № 21075)
B. Lapov’s review of Karsky’s book “The works on the Belarusian and other Slavonic languages”. 1962. Manuscript, autograph of B. Lapov. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 12, op. 1, d. 757, l. 1-8)
Letter from linguist, professor V. Borkovsky to Belarusian literary critic G. Semashkevich mentioning Ye.F. Karsky and B. Epimakh-Shipillo. 19 November 1965. Manuscript, autograph of V. Borkovsky. (BGAMLI, f. 482, op. 1, d. 43, l. 1)
Article by F. Yankovsky “Ye.F. Karsky – a distinguished domestic scholar”. [1966]. Autograph, typescript with author’s corrections. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 462, op. 1, d. 79, l. 2-8)
Article by A. Adamovich “The Belarusian literature on the rise” (excerpt). Moscow. 1979. Typescript with author’s corrections. (BGAMLI, f. 116, op. 3, d. 43, l. 1-6)
Comparison of Karsky’s map of the Belarusian people (1903) with Dovnar-Zapolsky’s map of Belarusian settlement (1919). Drawing with comments. Photocopy. Printed. A. Mikulich. Belorusy v geneticheskom prostranstve. Antropologiya etnosa. Minsk, 2005. Belarusian. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on Ye.F. Karsky)
Monograph by M. Bulakhov “Yevfimy Fyodorovich Karsky: Life, Research and Public Activities”. Minsk, 1981 (cover, title page, contents). Photocopy. Printed. (BGAMLI, library, № 22014)
М. Vasilevsky’s review of  M. Bulakhov’s book “Yevfimy Fyodorovich Karsky”. Clipping from the newspaper “Vyacherni Minsk”. 10 September 1981. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 71, op. 3, d. 431, l. 48)
V. Rudakovsky’s review of  M. Bulakhov’s book “Yevfimy Fyodorovich Karsky”. Clipping from the newspaper  “Zvyazda”. 15 October 1981. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 71, op. 3, d. 431, l. 50)
Article by M. Gerasimova, V. Gerasimov “Memory of the land of Belarus” dedicated to the book exhibition at the Government Library of the BSSR, with a mention of Ye.F. Karsky. Newspaper clipping. 1988. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 440, op. 1, d. 90, l. 24 ob.)
Biographical account by A. Tsikhun “The academician from the village of Lasha Ye.F. Karsky”. Grodno, 1992 (cover, title page). Printed. Belarusian. (State Archives of Grodno Region, f. 239, op. 7, d. 8а; BGAMLI, library, № 30232)
Article by G. Kisilev “Karsky Yevfimy”. Printed. Belorusskie pisateli. Ed. А. Maldis: Bibliograficheski slovar: v 6 t. Т. 3. Minsk, 1994. P. 191-199. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library)
Article “Karsky Yevfimy Fyodorovich”. Printed. Entsiklopediya istorii Belarusi: V 6 t. T. 4. Minsk, 1997. P. 100. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library)
Article by D. Dyatko, T. Chernekevich “The milestones of academician Yevfimy Karsky”. Magazine “Rodnaye slova”. 2001. № 1. P. 34-40. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library)
Article by Ya. Yanushkevich, K. Tsvirko “Yevfimy Karsky and his “Belarusians”. Printed. Yevfimy Karsky. Belorusy. Minsk, 2001. P. 5-30. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 25119)
Interview by A. Malinovsky with A.A. Karsky (grandson of Ye.F. Karsky) “It was Karsky who increasingly introduced the concept of the Belarusian language into scientific discussion” (excerpt arguing against criticism of the terminology and expressions used by Ye.F. Karsky). Magazine “Neman”. 2010. № 9. P. 111-115. (BGAMLI, library)