Anatol Tsitou (Belarusian: Анатоль Цітоў, Russian: Анатолий Титов, also Anatol Citoŭ[2][3][4] 27 November 1947 - 5 January 2021)[5] was a Belarusian historian and heraldist, known for his research of Belarusian heraldry.
Anatol Tsitou | |
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Анатоль Цітоў | |
| Born | November 27, 1947 |
| Died | January 5, 2021 (aged 73) |
| Resting place | Čyžoŭka cemetery[1] |
| Nationality | Belarusian |
| Alma mater | Belarusian State University |
| Known for | Research on Belarusian heraldry |
Biography
editTsitou was born in Dresden, Soviet occupation zone in Germany.
He graduated from the History faculty of the Belarusian State University and in 1975 started his career as researcher at the Central State Historical Archives of the Belarusian SSR where he subsequently became senior palaeographer.[1][6]
Since 1983 he taught at the Belarusian Institute of Culture and later at the Belarusian State University. In 1994 he became senior researcher at the Belarusian Documentology and Archives Research Institute.[1]
Throughout his career, Tsitou researched and reconstructed the earliest coats of arms of Belarusian settlements. His work of rediscovering the Belarusian heraldic tradition originating from the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was not always welcomed by the Soviet authorities. In his first book about the coats of arms of Belarusian towns (1983), Tsitou collected all the known by then urban emblems. It was illustrated by an artist Jauhien Kulik who based this work on medieval seals.[6] None of 1,000 copies of the book reached the state-controlled distribution; almost all copies rotted away in a warehouse.[7] In the independent Belarus after 1991, virtually all Tsitou's reconstructions were accepted for the coats of arms of the country's settlements.[6]
In early 1990s, Tsitou was member of a state commission developing the etalon of the white-red-white state flag of Belarus.[1]
Selected works
editHeraldry
edit- Гербы беларускіх гарадоў [Coats of Arms of Belarusian Cities], 1983
- Гарадская геральдыка Беларусі [Urban Heraldry of Belarus], 1989
- Наш сімвал — Пагоня [Our Symbol, the Pahonia], 1993
- Пячаткі старажытнай Беларусі [Seals of Ancient Belarus], 1993
- Геральдыка беларускіх местаў (XVI — пачатак XX ст.) [Heraldry of Belarusian Cities, 16th to early 20th centuries], 1998
- Сфагістыка і геральдыка Беларусі [Sigillography and Heraldry of Belarus], 1999
- Геральдыка Беларусі [Heraldry of Belarus], 2010
- Гербоўнік беларускіх гарадоў [Armorial of Belarusian Cities], 2015
Other topics
edit- Краіна майстроў. Рамесныя цэхі Беларусі: 16 - канец 18 ст. [The Land of Craftsmen. Craft guilds in Belarus: 16th century - end of 18th century], 2013
- Беларусь на сямі рубяжах [Belarus at Seven Borders] - with Leu Kazlou, 1993
- Шляхамі Францыска Скарыны [Following the Path of Frantsishak Skaryna], 2017
See also
editLinks
edit- Books by Anatol Tsitou at knihi.com
- Books by Anatol Tsitou at kamunikat.org
References
edit- ^ a b c d Памёр славуты гісторык і геральдыст Анатоль Цітоў [Famous historian and heraldist Anatol Tsitou passed away] - Radio Svaboda, 7 January 2021
- ^ Geral'dyka belaruskich mestaŭ / Anatolʹ Citoŭ - National Library of Sweden
- ^ Citoŭ, Anatolʹ Kirylavič (1947-....) Цiтоў, Анатоль Кiрылавiч (1947-....) - idRef.fr
- ^ Rüdiger Ritter. Three states, one common past: chance or malediction? The role of history and historiography in the formation of collective identities and mutual relations in Belarus, Lithuania and Poland [Anatol’ Citoŭ, ‘Liossimvala–lios naroda] - p.65; Bremen University
- ^ Пайшоў з жыцця беларускі гісторык, геральдыст Анатоль Цітоў [Belarusian historian and heraldist Anatol Tsitou passed away] - Narodnaya asveta publishing house, official website
- ^ a b c Трафімовіч, Антон (2016-12-03). "Які сьлед у нашай геральдыцы пакінулі расейцы" [What impact Russians had on our heraldry]. Радыё Свабода. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- ^ Штыхаў, Георгі (1995). "Што ведаць, чым ганарыцца" [What to know, what to be proud of]. In Цітоў, Анатоль (ed.). "Пагоня" ў сэрцы тваім і маім (in Belarusian). Мінск: Хата. p. 24. ISBN 9856007224.