21 Dec 2020
December 21 marks the 130th anniversary of the oldest Belarusian composer, Mikalaj Aladaw. A man of broad humanitarian knowledge and artistic interests, a teacher and a scientist, he left a legacy, many genre and style features of which have defined the way the national music was developing in the twentieth century.
20 Dec 2020
December 20 marks the 130th anniversary of Juzef Jadkowski, local history expert, researcher of the development of the Neman lands, numismatist, founder of the Hrodna State Historical and Archaeological Museum.
10 Dec 2020
December 10 marks the 150th anniversary of the wonderful son of the Belarusian land, Polish and Belarusian landscape artist, graphic artist, set designer, teacher, professor and public figure Ferdynand Rushchyts (1870–1936). The artist's anniversary is included in the UNESCO List of Commemorative Dates for 2020.
26 Nov 2020
23 Nov 2020
The original writer left a significant creative legacy to his descendants. His best works have entered the treasury of Belarusian literature.
12 Nov 2020
The work of Andrej Makajonak (1920-1982), playwright, screenwriter, translator, public figure is one of the brightest pages in the history of Belarusian literature. His plays, dynamic, action-packed, saturated with juicy humor, have always aroused increased interest of theatrical groups and spectators, truthfully and vividly reflecting the life of the people.
3 Nov 2020
The heritage of Zygmunt Gloger strikes with the variety of author's interests and the number of scientific work results. The scientist belongs to those Polish researchers who have made a significant contribution to the study of the Belarusian history culture and folklore.
30 Oct 2020
The artist's name is well known not only to connoisseurs of Belarusian art of the 20th century, but also to numerous guests of our country. Indeed, among the most famous tourist sites are the memorial complex “Brest Hero Fortress, Mound of Glory, Victory Monument in Minsk and much more, and Andrey Bembel is the author and co-author of the monuments.
12 Oct 2020
In musical circles, Mikhail Antsaw is known as the author of pieces for choir, teacher, music critic, choral conductor.
6 Oct 2020
Frantisek Smuglevich (1745-1807) is a prominent representative of classicism in the art of Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. His personality is one of the keys in the formation of the professional artistic environment in Belarus in the late 18th – early 19th centuries.
24 Sep 2020
Albina Gabriela Puzyna (1815–1869) distinguished by a bright creative personality. She brought a kind of artistic vision of the world and stood out against the background of the literary process of the middle of the 19th century, she made it richer, more interesting and diverse.
17 Sep 2020
In September 1830, during one of the meetings with Grodno Governor General, the decision was made to establish a library in Grodno. It became the first public library in the contemporary territory of Belarus.
16 Sep 2020
The Radziwills' Nesvizh Theater, which existed for almost 50 years, is a significant page in the history of the theatrical art of Belarus.
12 Sep 2020
Ioann (Ivan Ivanovich) Grigorovich did a lot to study and publish sources on the history of his homeland as a researcher and collector of Belarusian antiquity, he was one of the most educated people of the 19th century. He went far beyond the geographical boundaries of Belarus by the scale of his activity.
15 Aug 2020
An agricultural school was officially opened in the Gory-Gorki estate of the Mogilev province on August 15, 1840. It later transformed into an agricultural institute, the predecessor of the modern Belarusian State Agricultural Academy.
6 Aug 2020
Algerd Abukhovich (pseudonym Graf Bandinelli, August 6, 1840 - August 22, 1898) entered the history of Belarusian literature as a poet, realist writer, and translator, one of the founders of the Belarusian fable, fiction and memoirism.
1 Aug 2020
Vasily Bondarchik (1920–2009), Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, made a significant contribution to the development of Belarusian ethnographic science. He studied the issues of the origin and ethnic history of the Belarusian people, the historiography of traditional material, social and spiritual culture.
25 Jul 2020
Yulian Krachkovsky (July 25, 1840 - July 25, 1903) was a folklorist, ethnographer, historian, archaeographer, teacher, whose activities coincided with the rise of interest in local studies, the study of folklore poetry, everyday life, customs and rites of the Belarusian people.
15 Jul 2020
The famous battle between the combined army of the Polish Kingdom and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (led by the King of Poland Jagiello and the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas) and the army of the Teutonic Order under the command of Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen took place during the Great War (1409-1411) near the villages of Grunwald, Tanenberg and Ludwigsdorf (Ludwigova) on the territory of East Prussia (modern Poland).
7 Jul 2020
Jan Christoph Damel (1780–1840) left a significant mark on Belarusian fine art. Little is known about the early period of his life.
10 Jul 2024
As part of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders, the National Library of Belarus is implementing the project "The Names of Heroes are immortal".
5 Jul 2024
The book and illustrative exhibition "Dancers' Painter", dedicated to the 190th anniversary of the birth of the French impressionist artist Edgar Degas (1834–1917), takes place from July 5 to August 25 in the Fine Arts reading room (room 306).
4 Jul 2024
The thematic book exhibition "Work according to the law: new in labour legislation" takes place from July 4 to August 30 in the periodicals reading room. (room 106).
2 Jul 2024
From July 2 to August 5, in the documents of international rganizations of the National Library of Belarus (2nd floor, room 207g), a thematic book exhibition "Modernity and the future of the Earth's Population" takes place. The exhibition is dedicated to World Population Day, the 75th anniversary of the formation of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the 30th the anniversary of cooperation between the Republic of Belarus and UNFPA .
