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Branislaw Adamavich Tarashkyevich[a] (Belarusian: Браніслаў Адамавіч Тарашкевіч; 20 January 1892 – 29 November 1938) was a Belarusian public figure, politician, and linguist.
Branislaw Tarashkyevich | |
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Браніслаў Тарашкевіч | |
 Portrait of Branislaw Tarashkyevich | |
| Born | 20 January 1892 |
| Died | 29 November 1938 (aged 46) |
| Nationality | Russian Empire, Poland, Soviet Union |
| Occupation(s) | linguist, politician |
He first standardized the modern Belarusian language in the early 20th century.[4] The standard was later Russified by the Soviet authorities. However, the pre-Russified (classical) standard version was and still is actively used by intellectuals and the Belarusian diaspora and is informally referred to as Taraškievica, named after Branislaw Tarashkyevich.
Tarashkyevich was a member of the underground Communist Party of Western Belorussia (KPZB) in Poland and was imprisoned for two years (1928–1930). Also, as a member of the Belarusian Deputy Club (Беларускі пасольскі клуб, Byelaruski pasol’ski klub), he was a deputy to the Polish Parliament (Sejm) in 1922–1927. Among others, he translated Pan Tadeusz into Belarusian, and in 1969 a Belarusian-language high school in Bielsk Podlaski was named after him.
In 1933 he was set free due to a Polish-Soviet prisoner release in exchange for Frantsishak Alyakhnovich, a Belarusian journalist and playwright imprisoned in a Gulag, and lived in Soviet exile since then.
He was shot at the Kommunarka shooting ground outside Moscow in 1938 during the Great Purge[5] and was posthumously rehabilitated in 1957.
Notes
edit- ^ Belarusian: Браніслаў Адамавіч Тарашкевіч, romanized: Branislaŭ Adamavič Taraškievič,[1][2][3] Russian: Бронислав Адамович Тарашкевич, romanized: Bronislav Adamovich Tarashkevich, Lithuanian: Bronislavas Taraškevičius, Polish: Bronisław Adamowicz Taraszkiewicz
References
edit- ^ Zaprudnik, Jan (1993). Belarus: at a crossroads in history. Westview Press. pp. 86, 87, 93. ISBN 9780813313399.
- ^ "The Journal of Byelorussian Studies". 2 (1–2). Anglo-Belarusian Society. 1969: 105, 106.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Fisiak, Jacek (1980). Historical Morphology. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 122, 124. ISBN 9783110823127.
- ^ "ABM -- Philologist/Political Leader: Branislau Tarashkievich (1892 - 1938)". Dec 18, 2000. Archived from the original on 2000-12-18. Retrieved Aug 3, 2022.
- ^ Headsman (November 29, 2012). "1938: Branislaw Tarashkyevich, Belarusian linguist". /www.executedtoday.com. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
External links
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Media related to Branisłaŭ Taraškievič at Wikimedia Commons- 2 pages from original Belarusian grammar by Branislaw Tarashkevich
- Belavusau, Uladzislau (21 November 2017). "Rule of Law in Poland: Memory Politics and Belarusian Minority". verfassungsblog.de. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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