A day in history

1914

- Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, which started the First World War.

1944

- Brest was liberated from Nazi occupation.

1989

— the Supreme Council of the Latvian SSR declared the sovereignty of Latvia.

2000

— a memorial to Polish and Russian victims of the NKVD was solemnly opened in Katyn.

They were born on this day

1812

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Józef Ignatsy Kraszewski

, Polish writer of Belarusian origin, author of the largest number of published books in the history of Polish literature.

His works were translated into Belarusian by Pyotr Bitel, Vasil Semukha, Mihas Kenka.

1943

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Richard Wright

, keyboardist of the band "Pink Floyd".

In memory

1741

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Antonio Vivaldi

, Italian composer.

1750

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Johann Sebastian Bach

, German composer.

1897

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Yanka Luchyna

, Belarusian poet.

1920

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Ales Garun

, Belarusian writer.

1977

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Lev Horoshka

, Belarusian religious leader and scientist, editor-in-chief of "God's Way" magazine, archimandrite of the Greek-Catholic Church.

Boris Keith and Father Lev Goroshka.

Paris, 1958

1997

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Lyavon Lutskevich

, Belarusian social and cultural figure, teacher, memoirist.

Vilnius, "Forest Hut".

From left to right: Lyavon Lutskevich, Anatol Sidorevich, Siarhei Dubavets, Zoska Veras.

The beginning of the 1980s.

Photo by Sergey Ostravtsov