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Vilniaus gatvė 37

Branislavas Taraškevičius

Branislaw Tarashkyevich

Браніслаў Адамавіч Тарашкевіч
Mačiuliškės, Lithuania 1892 - Minsk 1938
Belarusian public figure, politician, and linguist
(Wikipedia)

artist unknown
1994

Description

Three granite plaques, one with a relief portrait, and the other two with texts in Lithuanian and Russian.

Inscription(s)

Šiame name 1923-1926 metais gyveno
pirmosios dabartines gudu kalbos
gramatikos autorius šimtatukstantines
valstieciu-darbininku Hramados lyderis
BRANISLAVAS TARASKEVICIUS

У гэтым доме у 1923-1926 гадох жы
аўтар першай граматыкі сучасна
беларускам мовы, лідэр стотысячнай
сялянскай-рабочай грамада
БРАНІСЛАЎ ТАРАЦКЕВІЧ

In this house lived from 1923-1926
the author of the first grammar of the modern
Belarusian language, the leader of a hundred thousand
Peasant and Workers Union
Branislaw Tarashkyevich

Artist

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

Vilnijos Vartai, Branislavas Taraškevičius (Бранiслаў Адамавiч Тарашкевiч).
Беларускія старонкі Вільні - Vilniaus Gudųpuspapiai (Vilnius, 2012) (PDF on-line).

Location (N 54°40'57" - E 25°16'46") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lt044; Photograph: 13 July 2013
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