Famous People Of Rb

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There are many famous people in our republic. Among them you can find the names of politicians and public figures, intellectuals and scientists, heroes of war and labour, sportsmen and artists. The history of the Belarusian culture is more than one thousand years old. The names of such Belarusian thinkers as Euphrosyne Polotskaya and Kiril Turovskiy have been known since ancient times. Since the 12th century we have known the name of the great Belarussian jeweler Lazar Bogsha and his priceless creation- the Cross of St.Euphrosyne, which was decorated with numerous precious stones. The age of Renaissance enriched our culture with new names of great Belarusian statemen,writers and printers. For example, Lev Sapega, Mikola Gusovskiy and many others. The name of the first printer Francisk Skarina and his followers Symon Budny and Vasil Tyapinsky are known throughout the world. I'd like to mention the names of our outstanding national writers Yanka Kupala and Yakub Kolas. Both are considered to be the classics of Belorusian literature. These names are followed by a number of other well-known writers and poets, such as K.Krapiva, Chorny, Brovka, Shamyakin, Tank, Bykov, Korotkevich, Gilevich, Loyka, Adamovich known both in our country and abroad. Their works are translated into many European languages.Many Minsk streets are named after the Belarusian writers. We have many famous scientists like Ignat Domejko. Domejko was a well-known geologist who spent most of his life in Chile where he became a national hero. He is officially recognised by UNESCO for his achievements. Alexander Chizhevsky who was orn in the Grodno, Chizhevsky was a scientist who studied the biological effects of the sun and universe, including how solar activity maps to periods of war throughout history. And Alferov who was born in Vitebsk in 1930, Alferov won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2000.
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