Date of the day

On July 25, 1984, the writer

died .

Vladimir Karatkevich

Also on this day

1410 - Polish and Polish troops besieged the capital of the Teutonic Order, Marienburg (today the city of Malbark in Poland).

The defender of Marienburg

a reputation as the savior of the Crusader Order from total destruction.

1687 -

was elected Hetman of Ukraine.

1826 - in the Russian Empire, death sentences were carried out by hanging five leaders of the uprising ("Decembrists").

1853 — the first professional fire brigade was created in Minsk.

1917 — the Congress of Belarusian organizations and parties, which formed the Central Council of Belarusian Organizations, ended in Minsk.

were elected to the executive committee

.

1943 — as a result of the coup, the head of the Italian government, the leader of the fascists

, was removed from power and arrested .

1993 — a monument to

was opened in Lida .

Monument to Franziska Skaryn in Lida, sculptor Valerian Janushkevich

2004 — a flood in Minsk, during which the central streets were flooded on the site of the former channel of the Nemiga.

They were born on this day

1903 -

, Belarusian scientist, botanist-dendrologist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR.

1910 -

, Belarusian choral artist, composer, conductor, folklorist, founder and head of the State Academic Choir of Belarus.

1936 —

, Belarusian architect, one of the creators of the "Hat" and "Yama" memorial complexes.

Leonid Levin

1937 -

, Belarusian composer, honored artist of Belarus, People's Artist of Belarus.

Dmitry Smolsky

1947 —

, Belarusian politician, presidential candidate from the united opposition in the 2006 elections.

Alexander Milinkevich

1948 —

, engineer, participant of the national democratic movement of the 1980s — beginning

XXI century.

Vladimir Pleshchenko

In memory

1877 —

, Belarusian philologist, ethnographer and folklorist, creator of the "Dictionary of the Belarusian Language".

1980 —

Soviet bard, poet, theater and film actor.

Vladimir Vysotsky

1997 —

, poet and translator, political emissary, daughter of post-war emigration in Germany and the USA.

Natalia Arsenneva

2001 —

, poet, participant of the national democratic movement of the 1990s — beginning

XXI century.

2006 —

, People's Writer of the BSSR, participant of the national democratic movement of the 1990s — beginning

XXI century.

Yanka Bryl

2015 —

, artist, teacher, participant of the national democratic movement of the 1980s — beginning

XXI century.