{"id":1025828,"date":"2026-10-13T11:15:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/?p=1025828"},"modified":"2026-10-13T11:15:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:15:28","slug":"viewing-bgamli-documents-during-the-week-of-parental-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/news\/1025828","title":{"rendered":"Viewing BGAMLI Documents During the Week of Parental Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

The personal archives of cultural figures held at the Belarusian State Archive-Museum of Literature and Art<\/strong> (BGAMLI) contain unique documents, many of which tell family stories. In them, famous figures appear first and foremost as the sons and daughters of their parents, as well as caring mothers and fathers to their own children. During the Week of Parental Love, archivists examine photographs, letters, typescripts, artworks, and other documents from the archive-museum\u2019s collections with a special sense of warmth and tenderness. These documents reveal a touching side of these creative individuals\u2014their roles as mothers and fathers.<\/p>\n

\u00abI Would Send You My Soul…\u00bb \u2014 the correspondence between Ryhor Baradulin and his mother Akulina (1954\u20131971)<\/strong> \u2014 makes for moving reading; it is preserved at BGAMLI in the form of numerous original letters and a book that Ryhor Ivanavich himself inscribed \u00abTo the literary archive\u2014with respect!\u00bb in 2009. The value of these documents lies in the deep emotional bond between mother and son, expressed in words that are simple yet profoundly important to everyone. \u00abAfter I am gone, no one will pity you or care for you the way I do. I would even feed you milk myself… I would be ready to carry a hundred-pood load on my own shoulders, if only to make things easier for you\u00bb\u2014every word from the mother in these letters resonates like a song of love for her son. One of Akulina Andreyeuna\u2019s letters (June 1956) is folded into a triangle, just like wartime letters, with the word \u00abTo my son\u00bb written on the back. Her son Ryhor\u2014as Borodulin often signed his letters to his mother\u2014dedicated several poetry collections to her; in them, one can discern a mother\u2019s blessing and that constellation sacred to every human being: Mother. Speech. Prayer.<\/p>\n

Photographs from the archive of the Vladomirsky acting family bear<\/strong>, on their reverse sides, letters written in 1952 by Vladimir Iosifovich, filled with love for his son Boris: \u00abMy dear Boryusha. In two days you turn twenty-nine, my dear, beloved boy, yet to me, you remain that same little son. I often speak of Sashenka, calling him Borenka..\u00bb. The love of father and grandfather is also reflected in the captions Vladomirsky Sr. wrote on behalf of his young grandson Sasha\u2014Boris\u2019s son, who had been unjustly (and temporarily) left without his father: \u00abMy dear Daddy! Grandpa and I went out to meet the cows..\u00bb. \u00abDaddy! I caught a turkey, and Grandpa and Grandma are helping me hold onto it..\u00bb.<\/p>\n

A wonderful document preserving the warmth of everyday family interaction in the household of Stefaniya Stanyuta is a tear-off calendar that the actress used as a daily journal<\/strong>. Through it, we learn not only of the traditional opening of the 1982\u201383 season with the famous play \u00abPaulinka\u00bb (an entry in Stefaniya\u2019s hand, Friday, September 10), but also that \u00abMom is to be at the House of Arts\u2014Theater Day, presentation of a diploma for \u00abVerochka\u00bb and a monetary prize\u00bb (an entry in the hand of her son Alexander, Monday, March 29). Frequent entries such as \u00abspent the night at Shura\u2019s\u00bb, \u00abat Shura\u2019s\u2014cooked lunch\u00bb, \u00abpicked up pension, paid rent, went to see Sasha\u00bb, and \u00abwent to the market, visited Sasha\u00bb highlight the warmth and closeness between Stefaniya and her son, Alexander. The actress\u2019s handwriting also notes an important date connected to her father: \u00ab100th anniversary of Dad\u2019s birth\u2014Mikhail Petrovich Stanyuta. Evening event at the House of Arts, 7:30 PM\u00bb (Friday, January 29). Entries such as \u00abDimka had a stomach ache\u00bb and \u00abgive to Dima: mushrooms, half a chicken, buns, cookies, oranges\u00bb bear witness to Stefaniya\u2019s caring nature as a grandmother.<\/p>\n

Correspondence between writers Yanka Bryl and Vladimir Koratkevich<\/strong> preserves sincere words of friendly, brotherly sympathy following the loss of Koratkevich\u2019s father: \u00ab\u2026I do not remember how I wept for my own father\u2014I was not even seven years old then\u2014but I shall never forget the little chapel where my mother\u2019s funeral service was held in the summer of 1948\u2026 Stay strong! A firm handshake. Ya. Bryl. October 4, 1959\u00bb.<\/p>\n

Looking at archival photographs, we notice that cultural figures often took their friends to their native regions\u2014to their family homes. Many writers, artists, researchers, and journalists visited the famous \u00abfather\u2019s elm\u00bb in Borodulin\u2019s hometown. Inspired by a friendly visit on December 17, 1966, to the village of Pilkovshchina\u2014home to the parents of the poet M.Tank \u2014 Ryhor Ivanavich himself composed an impromptu poem. Uladzimir Karatkevich wrote it down on the back of a commemorative photograph:<\/p>\n

No sooner had I opened my eyes\u2014
\nThan I shook off the dust of clich\u00e9s…
\nAnd boldly stepped into the realm of the classics.
\nWearing Tank\u2019s sheepskin coat…<\/em><\/p>\n

Inspired by the displays of warmth and parental love found in archival documents, the archivists sincerely congratulate their colleagues, friends, and reading room visitors on Mother\u2019s Day and Father\u2019s Day<\/strong>. They wish everyone a \u00abWeek of Parental Love\u00bb spent with loved ones\u2014in their parents’ home and on their native soil.<\/p>\n

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1. Vladimir and Ekaterina Vladomirsky with their grandson Sasha. Stepyanka. August 1952.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2. Ryhor Baradulin beneath the “father’s elm.” Ushachy. 1970s.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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3. Calendar pages belonging to Stefaniya Stanyuta, signed by the actress and her son Alexander. 1982.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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4. Vladimir Korotkevich wearing a “tanker’s coat.” Pilkovshchina. December 17, 1966.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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5. A book of dialogues between Stefaniya Stanyuta and her son Alexander. Translation and reissue, 2005.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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6. Correspondence between Ryhor Baradulin and his mother Akulina (1954\u201371). Published 2009.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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