Alaiza Pashkievich
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Alaiza Pashkievich was a Belarusian poetess and political activist of Belarusian national-democratic rebirth.
family. Graduated from Vilnius
Private School V. Prozaravej. In 1902 she went to St. Petersburg, where she graduated from the Gymnasium Alexandria externally for girls and began education at a school for physical education teachers Lieshafta AF (1902–04).
Pashkievich was one of the founders of Belarusian Socialist Party. In 1904 she gave up teaching and returned to Vilnius. Organized workers' groups, wrote and promoted the anti-government proclamations, occurred during the debates and political meetings. Because of her political activism she was forced to emigrate to Galicia, which was then part of Austro-Hungarian Empire. She lived in Lviv. Pashkievich began teaching as a free student at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Lviv. In 1906, in Zhovkva
released two collections of poems Хрэст на свабоду і Скрыпка беларуская. At the same time illegally traveled to Vilnius, where she participated in the issuance of newspaper Nasha Dola ", the first issue of which was printed the story of the bloody oath claws.
In 1908-9 she lived in Krakow
and studied at the Jagiellonian University
in the Faculty of humanities. In 1911 she married an engineer and also a Lithuania
n active social democracy activist Steponas Kairys
. In the same year he returned to her homeland, where he joined with great enthusiasm in the national educational activities. She has performed with the theater Bajnickiego in various parts of Belarus, was the founder and first editor of the Belarusian magazine for children and adolescents Łučynka.
During World War I, Alaiza Pashkievich worked as a Sister of Charity in a military hospital in Vilnius. At the beginning of 1916 years had gone to her parents, helped villagers sick with typhoid. Unfortunately, she did not manage to help herself. Alaiza Pashkievich fell ill with typhus and died 5 February 1916.
Biography
Alaiza Pashkievich was born in the family of a wealthy szlachtaSzlachta
The szlachta was a legally privileged noble class with origins in the Kingdom of Poland. It gained considerable institutional privileges during the 1333-1370 reign of Casimir the Great. In 1413, following a series of tentative personal unions between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of...
family. Graduated from Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
Private School V. Prozaravej. In 1902 she went to St. Petersburg, where she graduated from the Gymnasium Alexandria externally for girls and began education at a school for physical education teachers Lieshafta AF (1902–04).
Pashkievich was one of the founders of Belarusian Socialist Party. In 1904 she gave up teaching and returned to Vilnius. Organized workers' groups, wrote and promoted the anti-government proclamations, occurred during the debates and political meetings. Because of her political activism she was forced to emigrate to Galicia, which was then part of Austro-Hungarian Empire. She lived in Lviv. Pashkievich began teaching as a free student at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Lviv. In 1906, in Zhovkva
Zhovkva
Zhovkva is a city in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine, north of Lviv. It is the administrative center of the Zhovkivskyi Raion . The current estimated population is 13,500.-History:...
released two collections of poems Хрэст на свабоду і Скрыпка беларуская. At the same time illegally traveled to Vilnius, where she participated in the issuance of newspaper Nasha Dola ", the first issue of which was printed the story of the bloody oath claws.
In 1908-9 she lived in Krakow
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
and studied at the Jagiellonian University
Jagiellonian University
The Jagiellonian University was established in 1364 by Casimir III the Great in Kazimierz . It is the oldest university in Poland, the second oldest university in Central Europe and one of the oldest universities in the world....
in the Faculty of humanities. In 1911 she married an engineer and also a Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
n active social democracy activist Steponas Kairys
Steponas Kairys
Steponas Kairys was a Lithuanian engineer, nationalist, and social democrat. He was among the 20 men to sign the Act of Independence of Lithuania on February 16, 1918.-Engineering career:...
. In the same year he returned to her homeland, where he joined with great enthusiasm in the national educational activities. She has performed with the theater Bajnickiego in various parts of Belarus, was the founder and first editor of the Belarusian magazine for children and adolescents Łučynka.
During World War I, Alaiza Pashkievich worked as a Sister of Charity in a military hospital in Vilnius. At the beginning of 1916 years had gone to her parents, helped villagers sick with typhoid. Unfortunately, she did not manage to help herself. Alaiza Pashkievich fell ill with typhus and died 5 February 1916.
Famous works
- "Belarusian violin" (Скрыпка Беларуская)
- "To you, neighbors" (Вам, суседзі)
- "Summer" (Лета)
- "My thoughts" (Мае думкі)
- "Faith of a Belarusian" (Вера беларуса)
- "Man hasn't changed" (Мужык не змяніўся)
- "At the graveyard" (На магіле)
- "On the other side" (На чужой старонцы)
- "Autumn" (Восень)
- "Artist Grajka" (Артыст грайкa)
- "Cross to the freedom" (Хрэст на свабоду)
- "Sea" (Мора)
- "Good news" (Добрыя весці)
- "A rebel" (Бунтаўнік )
- "With the banner" (Пад штандарам)
- "On the New Year's Eve" (Перад Новым годам)
- "Lasy" (Ласы)