Branislaw Tarashkyevich | |
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) Portrait of Branislaw Tarashkyevich | |
| Born | 20 January 1892 |
| Died | 29 November 1938 (aged 46) |
| Nationality | Russian Empire, Poland, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | linguist, politician |
Branislaw Adamavich Tarashkyevich[a] (20 January 1892 – 29 November 1938) was a Belarusian public figure, politician, and linguist.
He was the creator of the first standardization of the modern Belarusian language in the early 20th century.[4] The standard was later Russified by the Soviet authorities. However, the pre-Russified (classical) version of the standard 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
- ^ Belarusian: Бранісла́ў Ада́мавіч Тарашке́віч, Belarusian Latin alphabet: Branisłaŭ Adamavič Taraškievič,[1][2][3] Russian: Бронисла́в Ада́мович Тарашке́вич, Lithuanian: Bronislavas Taraškevičius, Polish: Bronisław Adamowicz Taraszkiewicz
References
- ^ Zaprudnik, Jan (1993). Belarus: at a crossroads in history. Westview Press. pp. 86, 87, 93. ISBN 9780813313399.
- ^ Anglo-Byelorussian Society (1969). "The Journal of Byelorussian Studies". 2 (1–2). Anglo-Belarusian Society: 105, 106.
- ^ Fisiak, Jacek (1980). Historical Morphology. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 122, 124. ISBN 9783110823127.
- ^ Branislau Adamavich Tarashkievich
- ^ Headsman (November 29, 2012). "1938: Branislaw Tarashkyevich, Belarusian linguist". ExecutedToday.com. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
External links
- 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. Retrieved 9 December 2020.