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	ABM -- Jakub Kolas (author) - - - - - - - - - - - -
		Together with Janka Kupala, Jakub (Yakub) Kolas is the founder of modern Belarusan literature.
		The pseudonym Kolas means "ear of grain," indicating the poet's connection with the land and the lot of the peasantry.
		"Kolas' early literary works portray a stark picture of the social deprivation and economic hardship that the peasantry had to endure, but his characters are rebellious.
	www.belarus-misc.org /writer/ykolas.htm (575 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Yakub Kolas (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Yakub Kolas (Якуб Колас, 1882–1956), real name Kanstantsin Mikhailavich Mitskevich (Міцке́віч Канстанці́н Міха́йлавіч) was a Belarussian writer, People's Poet of the Byelorussian SSR (1926), and member (1928) and vice-president (from 1929) of the Belarussian Academy of Sciences.
		Yakub Kolas’ childhood passed in the most beautiful surroundings and his sensitive feeling for nature, his lyricism and the soft aquatone tints of his writings undoubtedly arise from the days of his childhood spent among the boundness Belarusian forests.
		Yakub Kolas (Belarusian: Яку́б Ко́лас, November 3 (October 22, O.S.) 1882 – August 13 1956), real name Kanstantsin Mikhailavich Mitskevich (Міцке́віч Канстанці́н Міха́йлавіч) was a Belarusian writer, People's Poet of the Byelorussian SSR (1926), and member (1928) and vice-president (from 1929) of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Yakub-Kolas (385 words)

	Biography
		Yakub Kolas’ childhood passed in the most beautiful surroundings and his sensitive feeling for nature, his lyricism and the soft aquatone tints of his writings undoubtedly arise from the days of his childhood spent among the boundness Belarusian forests.
		Yakub Kolas developed as a writer under the strong influence of the best examples of Russian literature that supported the growing and still immature poet.
		The poetry of Yakub Kolas expressed the ideals and the mood of the Belarusian peasantry.
	web.bryant.edu /~ehu/cld/projects/kolas/biography.htm (1278 words)

	The 110th Anniversary of the Birth of Yakub Kolas \| Commemorative and Investment Coins database \|Bank of Russia
		The 110th Anniversary of the Birth of Yakub Kolas
		The 110th Anniversary of the Birth of Yakub Kolas
		Yakub Kolas (Konstantin Mikhailovich Mickiewicz, 1882-1956), - a Belorussian writer, people's poet of Belorrussia (1926) and member (1928) and vice president (1929) of the Belorussian Academy of Sciences.
	www.cbr.ru /eng/bank-notes_coins/base_of_memorable_coins/coins.asp?cat_num=5009-0004 (214 words)

	Biography
		Soon after, on account of illness, Yakub Kolas was released from military duty and sent to the town of Oboyan in Kursk Region where his wife and two children were living.
		Kolas introduced a new tendency, freeing the Belarus tongue from layers of accretions that it rang out in full rich tones, epically, yet tenderly, with lyrical penetration.
		The simple and wise lyrics of Yakub Kolas written during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) were penetrated with deep patriotic feeling: it called to arms, to revenge, to believe in the victory of people’s righteous cause.
	bryant2.bryant.edu /~ehu/cld/projects/kolas/biography.htm (1278 words)

	Yakub Kolas's State Memorial and Literary Museum
		On the territory of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences among the old trees of the picturesque park the two 2-story building - Yakub Kolas' Memorial and Literary Museum - is located.
		The poet, Yakub Kolas (1882 - 1956), lived in this building from 1944 up to his death.
		Expositions of the museum are dedicated not only to the life and personality of Yakub Kolas, but to the whole Soviet epoch of the National literature.
	www.hotels-minsk.com /guide/museums-kolas.htm (218 words)

	Chernobyl - CDI Russia Weekly #255
		The organizing committee was chaired by Ivan Nikitchenko, a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences and chairman of the Popular Front.
		Organizers sought a permit to march from Yakub Kolas Square to a square near the Opera Theater but were denied, although police agreed not to hinder the assembly on Yakub Kolas Square.
		In the event, the police did not keep to their word, blocking movement and forcing participants to cross the street in groups of 50.
	www.cdi.org /russia/255-14.cfm (657 words)

	Prima-News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Youth Front wanted participants in the Minsk action to gather on Yakub Kolas Square in line with the tradition of the past seven years.
		But the city authorities have banned the action on the grounds that the applicants — Youth Front’s deputy chairman Aleksei Shein and its activist Dmitry Dashkevich — did not state their place of employment, and one of them, his place of residence in the formal application.
		But a route of their procession has not been chosen yet because Severinets was asked to come on February 11 to the main police department of the Minsk city executive committee for talks about the scheduled action.
	www.prima-news.ru /eng/news/news/2003/2/10/22978.html (230 words)

	[ ZUBR / BISON ] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		BelaPAN reports that the action commenced at midday in the Yakub Kolas square.
		From the Yakub Kolas square ZUBRs walked all the way to the Skarina prospect, where they were detained by the law-enforcers.
		Sergei and Igor were handed in subpoenas to appear in the Moskovsky district court of Minsk.
	www.zubr-belarus.com /english/index.php?show=news436 (167 words)

	Belarus - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		In the early 1900s, poets Yanka Kupala and Yakub Kolas promoted the literary use of the Belarusian language, which was banned within the Russian Empire until 1905.
		Several museums are dedicated to renowned writers such as Yakub Kolas, and others focus on Soviet-era political figures such as Petr Masherov.
		A small museum in Minsk denotes the meeting place of the First Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) in 1898; after a split into two factions, the Bolshevik wing of this group eventually evolved into the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761553191___52/Belarus.html (606 words)

	Outstanding People of Belarus
		Belarusian sportsmen have also contributed a lot to the glory and fame of the country thanks to their achievements in major international competitions.
		Yakub Kolas (Konstantin Mitskevich) was born on 3 Novenber 1882 in a small village naer the town of Stolbtsy in the family of a peasant.
		He spent his childhood in a village on the river Neman, one of the most picturesque places in Belarus.Among his favourite writers were Krylov and Pushkin both of whome made a great impression on the boy.
	flaer.net /theme8_2.html (440 words)

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		The republican festival of poetry dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the birth of Yakub Kolas was held on September 21 on his motherland – Stolbtsy region.
		When opening the holiday Vladimir Drazhin noted a big contribution of Yakub Kolas to the treasury of the world poetry and called his creative work a pattern for imitation.
		A big festive concert, in which poets, professional and amateur singers and musicians took part, was held at noon on the pictorial bank of the Neman in the Bervenets tract.
	belta.by /ENGL.NSF/Culture/F4B91D8E46A36A5642256C3D0043A430?opendocument (219 words)

	Slavianski Bazaar 1994
		11 festival concerts were held in the amphitheatre, 10 - at the Yakub Kolas Theater, "Disco Bazaar" hosted 8 concerts and the same number of concerts took place on the stage located at the Victory Square.
		For the first time at the festival the Belarusian State Academic Drama Theatre after Yakub Kolas hosted the National Cultures Centre.
		Yakub Kolas Theatre was open from early morning to present the exhibitions organized there - "Music Posters", "Caricatures of Cinema and Music Stars".
	festival.vitebsk.by /en/1994 (1435 words)

	Definition of Yakub
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	Belarus News and Analysis \| Harvard University Hosts the First U.S. Performances by Theatre Company from the Republic ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The performances are October 13, 14, and 15, 2005 at the The Charles Mosesian Theater, in the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA.
		Chagall..." is the Yakub Kolas Theatre's international award-winning look at the early life of world-renowned artist Marc Chagall.
		The Ukrainian Research Institute and Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures at Harvard University will host performances by the National Academic Dramatic Yakub Kolas Theatre on October 13 and 14, 2005 at 8:00 PM, and October 15, 2005 at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA.
	www.data.minsk.by /belarusnews/102005/3.html (1117 words)

	Vitsyebsk travel guide - Wikitravel
		Vitsyebsk is also home to the National Academic Dramatic Theatre named for Yakub Kolas.
		Zamkovaya from the Yakub Kolas Theatre is also a beautiful example of old wooden style Orthodox churches.
		There are numerous other smaller cafes, such as "Cafe Gulliver" behind the Yakub Kolas Theatre, Cafe Aladdin, and Cafe Jamaica, where one might grab a quick drink.
	wikitravel.org /en/Vitsyebsk (1477 words)

	Russian Brides. Russian Marriage Agency "Angelika Minsk". Single Russian Women seeking men for marriage. - About Us
		This apartment is located in the centre of Minsk close to the underground station "Pl. Yakub Kolas".
		This apartment is located in the centre of Minsk on Nezavisimosti ave.
		Very close to the underground station "Pl. Yakub Kolas", shops and restaurants.
	www.angelikaminsk.com /apt.shtml (372 words)

	Visit Belarus - Minsk apartments - All Russian Girls Marriage Agency
		This apartment is situated in the very centre of Minsk on Nezavisimosty ave, close to “Yakub Kolas Square” railway station.
		In that location there is active social life and there are many interesting places to go out.
		The apartment is located in down-town of Minsk in Nezavisimosty Ave., near Metro Station ”Yakub Kolas Square”.
	www.all-russian-girls.com /apartment.shtml (827 words)

	Belarus: Culture, Arts and Museums
		The National Academic Dramatic Yakub Kolas Theatre, in Vitebsk (en, ru)
		The Yakub Kolas Academic Drama Theatre (en, ru)
		The Yakub Kolas Central Scientific Library of NASB (en)
	www.ac.by /country/culture.html (1722 words)

	The official internet-portal of the President of the Republic of Belarus/Theatres
		The most important productions of Belarusian classics are “Pavlinka”, ”In-Laws” by Yanka Kupala, ”War on War”, ”In the Forests of Polesie”, ”Thunderstorm is coming” (after the trilogy “At the Crossroads”), ”Symon the Musician” by Yakub Kolas.
		Since 1941 in the repertory of the theatre is preserved the production “Nestserka” by V.Volski directed by B Loyter.
		Russian and foreign classics also occupies an important place in the repertory of the theatre.
	www.president.gov.by /en/press19434.html (362 words)

	8. CLOSURE OF YAKUB KOLAS NATIONAL STATE HUMANITARIAN LYCEUM AND STRUGGLE OF THE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS FOR THE ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Uladzimir Kolas believes in the present situation his colleagues, lyceum teachers, should have the final word.
		Dozens of inscriptions, made with color chalk on the pavements and the iron gate of the lyceum witnessed the intention of its students and their parents to defend their educational establishment.
		December 22 to January 3, 106 students of Yakub Kolas National Humanities Lyceum to study in Vilnius Lyceum.
	www.spring96.org /en/vcont/6/975 (2455 words)


		The rally participants were supposed to gather at the Yakub Kolas Square.
		From 10 am to 3 pm, all pedestrian crossings in the area were blocked, as were the entrances to the subway.
		At 11:30 am, a group of 15-20 persons, moving in the direction of the Yakub Kolas Square was attacked without any provocation by OMON and other police officers wearing ski masks and bulletproof vests.
	www.ihf-hr.org /viewbinary/viewhtml.php?doc_id=1945 (1321 words)

	Le Bélarus en France
		Chagall was shaped as an artist by the life of Vitebsk's Jewish community and by his love for the little city.
		Here, nine magnificent actors from the Yakub Kolas Belarusian Classic Drama State Theatre of Vitebsk recreate his life in a series of ten, exquisite, tableau-like scenes that shimmer with respect for the world the artist knew and with sorrow for the horrors that were to sleep it away" - The Scotsman.
		Both, however, form the basis of this moving and atmospheric production by Yakub Kolus's company from Vitebsk, Belarus -birthplace of Chagall in 1889.
	www.france-belarus.com /journees_culture_chagall.htm (489 words)

	A Decade with Lukashenka
		Subway tunnels to Minsk's main square, Yakub Kolas, were cordoned off by police, and the square itself guarded by perimeter by crack police units.
		Only a small number of people who came early could be seen standing on the square, few enough for the police officers to happily estimate afterwards that the number of protestors was just 150.
		Soon, leaders of Zubr opposition movement were leading columns of demonstrators to Bangalor Square, in the center of large, isolated park and the only place where the opposition are usually allowed to hold rallies.
	agonist.org /node/3549/print (1945 words)

	News and Press Release - Harvard University Hosts the First US Performances by Theatre Company from the Republic of ...
		Tickets are on sale now for the first United States performances by a theatre company from the Republic of Belarus.
		Cambridge, MA and Chicago, IL - Tickets are on sale now for the first United States performances by a theatre company from the Republic of Belarus.
		In the rivalry between Poland and the Soviet Union, the Belarusians were literally and figuratively caught in the middle, and any word for Belarus was seen by one of the two powers as a blow for the other.
	www.prnewsnow.com /PR%20News%20Releases/Harvard%20University%20Hosts%20the%20First%20US%20Performances%20by%20Theatre%20Company%20from%20the%20Republic%20of%20Belarus (1142 words)

	Felist.Com : Politics and news from Belarus - CHARTER97 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Then the events organizers planned to march towards the Yakub Kolas square and lay flowers to his monument too.
		Eleven ladies, waiting for the protesters at the Yakub Kolas square (to sing folk songs there), were likewise apprehended and delivered to the Sovetsky police station.
		The rest of the detainees are now kept at the Central police station of Minsk, where the police are now filing protocols against them.
	felist.com /archive/media.charter97/200203/24215726.html (537 words)

	Worldandnation: In Minsk, heritage goes into hiding
		This modest apartment and three others that have been converted are all that is left of the Yakub Kolas National Humanities Lyceum, a private high school that taught an international curriculum in the Belarusian language.
		The school was named after Yakub Kolas, one of the country's great poets and a leader in a 20th century revival of Belarusian language and culture.
		Lukashenko, however, seems determined to Russify the country and has, at various times, proposed a union with Russia.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/10/18/news_pf/Worldandnation/In_Minsk__heritage_go.shtml (400 words)

	Excursions and tours to Belarus, exhibitions, hotels reservation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the museum you can plunge in the unique poetic atmosphere of the house and learn some interesting facts about the life of the famous Belarusian writer.
		Yanka Kupala's museum is located in one of the most beautiful areas of the capital of Belarus.
		Yanka Kupala (1882 - 1942) was a classic of Belarusian literature: a poet, playwright, translator, author of about 2,000 works that were translated into many foreign languages.
	www.trip-to-moscow.com /belarus/museum.htm (1221 words)

	MAIN STREETS & SQUARES OF VITEBSK
		During the Second World War it was ruined to ashes and rebuilt anew later.
		The Academic Drama Theater named after Yakub Kolas, the "Vitebsk" hotel, the main department store are located here.
		The monument to Peter Masherov, a former leader of Belarus lost in accident in 1980, is placed here as well.
	w3.vitebsk.by:8600 /eng/vitebsk (295 words)

	Minsk
		Among the most interesting museums one can mention the Museum of the History of the Gr.Patriotic, the Art Museum and Yanka Kupala and Yakub Kolas Museums.
		I think, this is the most beatiful and the busiest part of the city.
		And the Obelisk of Victory with the Eternal Fire, the Palace of Arts, the Philarmonic Society, the monument to Yakub Kolas, beautiful parks and gardens and everything what Minsk is rich in.
	flaer.net /theme6_2.html (433 words)

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