On December 3 at the gallery Rakurs took place a presentation of a new book “Belarusians Abroad” published by P. Brovka Belarusian Encyclopedia Publishing House.
The well illustrated edition in 2 thousand copies is a joint project of P. Brovka Belarusian Encyclopedia Publishing House, the Department of Archives and Record Keeping of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus, several Belarusian archives and a collective of authors.
The book is about the role of the Belarusian people in world culture and science and the presence of Belarusians in separate countries and regions world over. The edition includes materials on organizations founded by Belarusians abroad, and biographies of outstanding Belarusian figures who had made a considerable contribution to social, economic and cultural development of foreign countries.
In the event participated: Deputy Minister of Information of the Republic of Belarus Lilia Ananich, editor-in-chief of P. Brovka Belarusian Encyclopedia Publishing House Larissa Yazykovich, director of the National Library of Belarus Roman Motulsky, director of the Department of Archives and Record Keeping of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Adamushko, deputy chief of the Social-Cultural Administration of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus and member of the Union of Writers of Belarus Natalya Golubeva, director of Literatura I Iskusstvo Publishing House Aleksandr Karlyukevich, director of National Historical Archive of Belarus Alla Golubovich.
Author-compiler of the book “Belarusians Abroad” Natalya Golubeva presented to the National Library of Belarus a copy of the edition with autographs of members of the authors board.
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