Date of the day

On July 19, 1915,

, a Belarusian public figure in the United States, was born.

After the annexation of Western Belarus to the BSSR in 1939, Shukeloyt worked as a teacher in Ashmyan region.

He organized the first Belarusian secondary school in Ashmyan, teacher courses and about 90 Belarusian schools on the territory of the former Ashmyan district.

During the Nazi occupation, Shukeloit worked in the Department of Education and Culture of the Minsk City Council, then became the head of the Belarusian Historical Museum.

Since 1944 he lived in exile.

He was an active participant in the life of the Belarusian diaspora in the USA.

He died on January 7, 2017.

2010 year.

29th meeting of Belarusians of North America.

Anton Shukeloyt is speaking

Also on this day

1930 -

was arrested on charges of belonging to the Union for the Liberation of Belarus

.

1972

—

and

were awarded the title of People's Writers of Belarus.

Ivan Melezh and Ivan Shamyakin.

1958

1988

— a summer amphitheater was built in Vitebsk.

The "Slavic Bazaar" is held here every year.

Summer amphitheater in Vitebsk

1994 -

became the president of Ukraine

.

They were born on this day

1869 -

, Belarusian architect, teacher and public figure.

Levon Vitan-Dubeykavskii is standing first on the left

1893

-

, Russian Soviet poet.

Vladimir Mayakovsky

In memory

1855

—

, Belarusian and Polish poet-romantic, participant of the revolutionary movement.

Tomáš Zahn, portrait by Valenty Vanković