Pyotra Krecheuski
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Piotra Krecheuski was a Belarus
ian statesman.
Before the First World War he worked as a teacher in Jałówka
near Białystok. He was delegate at the First All-Belarusian Congress in 1917 and member of the Council of the Belarusian Democratic Republic. In December 1919 Krecheuski was elected President of the Council of the Belarusian republic and served on this post till his death.
In exile in Prague
since 1919, he organized active information campaigns for Western governments about the current states of Belarusian SSR and West Belarus
.
He organized a conference of Belarusian emigrant organizations in September 1921 that criticized the Polish-Bolshevist Peace of Riga
that divided Belarus in two parts.
Krecheuski convinced the Czechoslovak government to give grants for Belarusian students. He created the Belarusian archive in Prague and published the politological almanac Zamieznaja Bielarus.
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 statesman.
Before the First World War he worked as a teacher in Jałówka
Jałówka
Jałówka may refer to the following places in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-east Poland:*Jałówka, Gmina Michałowo*Jałówka, Gmina Supraśl*Jałówka, Gmina Dąbrowa Białostocka*Jałówka, Gmina Sidra*Jałówka, Gmina Sokółka...
near Białystok. He was delegate at the First All-Belarusian Congress in 1917 and member of the Council of the Belarusian Democratic Republic. In December 1919 Krecheuski was elected President of the Council of the Belarusian republic and served on this post till his death.
In exile in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
since 1919, he organized active information campaigns for Western governments about the current states of Belarusian SSR and West Belarus
West Belarus
West Belarus is the name used in reference to the territory of modern Belarus which belonged to the Second Polish Republic between 1919 and 1939. The area of West Belarus was annexed into the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic following staged elections soon after the Nazi-Soviet Invasion of...
.
He organized a conference of Belarusian emigrant organizations in September 1921 that criticized the Polish-Bolshevist Peace of Riga
Peace of Riga
The Peace of Riga, also known as the Treaty of Riga; was signed in Riga on 18 March 1921, between Poland, Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine. The treaty ended the Polish-Soviet War....
that divided Belarus in two parts.
Krecheuski convinced the Czechoslovak government to give grants for Belarusian students. He created the Belarusian archive in Prague and published the politological almanac Zamieznaja Bielarus.
Works
- Беларусь у мінулам і сучаснам (нарыс географічнага, гістарычнага і эканамічнага доследу) // Замежная Беларусь: зборнік гісторыі, культуры і эканомікі / Пад рэд. П. А. Крэчэўскага. Кн. 1. Прага: Выд-ва імяні Ф. Скарыны, 1926. C. 31–77. [Belarus in the Past and Present (Project of a Historical and Economic Study)]
- Гісторыя беларускай кнігі // Замежная Беларусь: зборнік гісторыі, культуры і эканомікі. С. 99–116. [History of the Belarusian Book]
- Мандаты Б Н. Р. // Замежная Беларусь: зборнік гісторыі, культуры і эканомікі. C. 121–139. [Mandates of the Belarusian Democratic Republic]
- Скарына і незалежнасьць // Замежная Беларусь: зборнік гісторыі, культуры і эканомікі. С. 7–16. [Skaryna and Independence]
- Рагнеда: Гіст. драма Х ст. у 4 актах з пралогам // Спадчына. 1993. №3. С.16–30 [Rahnieda, a drama in four parts]
External links
- PIOTRA KRECHEUSKI on Belarus-misc.org