G. Shirma

Grigory Shirma
(20(08).01.1892 – 23.03.1978)

Chef de choeur, folklorist, musical and public figure, publicist. People's Artist of the BSSR (1949), People's Artist of the USSR (1955), Honored Art Worker of the BSSR (1946).

He was born in the village of Shakuny, Pruzhany district, Grodno province, Russian Empire (currently, Pruzhany district, Brest region, Republic of Belarus).

Grigory Shirma in the UNESCO Calendar:

1971 – 80th anniversary of the birth

UNESCO documents:

Празднование годовщин великих людей и событий : резолюция 15 C/4.351 // Акты Генеральной конференции, шестнадцатая сессия, Париж, 1968 г. : в 4 т. / Орг. Объед. Наций по вопр. образования, науки и культуры. – Париж : ЮНЕСКО, 1969–1970. – Т. 1 : Резолюции. – 1969. – С. 71.

Anniversaries of great personalities and events (1971–1972) : COM/MD/16 / UNESCO. – Paris, 1970. – 10 p.