Francišak Bahuševič
Francišak Bahuševič ( - was a Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

ian poet, writer and lawyer, one of the initiators of new Belarusian literature.

Biography

Was born in Ambary manor in Vilna uezd of Vilna Governorate

Vilna Governorate

The Vilna Governorate or Government of Vilna was a governorate of the Russian Empire created after the Third Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795...

. As known, this manor in the end life was got by Vasily Tyapinsky. The participant of January Uprising

January Uprising

The January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire...

 of 1863-1864. After January Uprising

January Uprising

The January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire...

 left Belarus. Lived in Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. Studied in Nezhinsk legal liceum. Worked as a lawyer - the defender of the rights of peasantry. After amnesty for all participants of the revolt, dated for an ascension on Alexander's III

Alexander III of Russia

Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov , historically remembered as Alexander III or Alexander the Peacemaker reigned as Emperor of Russia from until his death on .-Disposition:...

 throne, has moved with family in Vilna. Worked in lawyer office, wrote clauses to magazine Kraj in Polish

Polish language

Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...

. After dismissal of veins in Kushlyany (nowadays Smarhon raion

Raion

A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...

) where died. He is buried in Zhuprany village of Ashmyany raion.

Works

Pseudonyms: Maciej Buračok, Symon Reŭka z-pad Barysava.

Initiator of critical realism in Belarusian literature. His works are closely connected with Belarusian folklore. Has published two collections of poems Dudka biełaruskaja (Belarusian pipe) and Smyk biełaruski (Belarusian fiddlestick) in Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...

. The northwest dialect of Belarusian language is put in a basis of language of his works.