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Library – Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum
Library – Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum
Books published before 1800
There are over twenty books printed before 1800. In addition to those already mentioned the collection includes
Novyi Zavet i psalmy
(Vilna 1623);
Novyi Zavet i psalmy
(Kutsieina 1652); the first Uniate
Leitourgikon
(Suprasl 1695);
Sobranie pripadkov
(Suprasl 1722);
Sarmatiae Europeae descriptio
by A. Guagnini (Speier 1581); A. Koialowicz’s
Historiae Lituanae
(Danzig 1650, Antwerp 1661);
Inwentarz konstytucyy Koronnych i W.X. Litewskiego
(Leipzig 1733).
First editions
There are several rare first editions, including
Zhaleika
(St Petersburg 1908), the first book of verse by Belarus’s greatest poet Janka Kupala (1882-1942), as well as his
Adviechnaia piesnia
(St Petersburg 1910),
Son na kurhanie
(St Petersburg 1913),
Shlakham zhytstsia
(St Petersburg 1913),
Raskidanaie hniazdo
(Vilna 1919),
Spadchyna
(Minsk 1922) and
Bieznazounaie
(Minsk 1924). Other first editions include
Batrak
(St Petersburg 1913),
Rodnyia z’iavy
(Vilna 1914),
Vodhulle
(Minsk 1922),
U Paleskai hlushy
(Vilna 1923) and
Symon-muzyka
(fist ed. Minsk 1918; 3rd and final ed. Minsk 1925), by another great Belarusian writer Jakub Kolas (1882-1956);
Vianok
(Vilna 1913), the only book of poems by Maksim Bahdanovich (1891-1917) published during his lifetime;
Abrazki
(Vilna 1913) and
Pad rodnym niebam
(Minsk 1922) by Zmitrok Biadulia;
Run’
(Vilna 1913) and
Dzvie dushy
(Vilna 1919) by Maksim Harecki (1893-1939);
Kurhannaia kvietka
(Vilna 1914) by Kanstantsyia Buila. There are also first editions of works by Iadvihin Sh., Albert Paulovich, Uladzimier Dubouka, Ales Dudar, Mikhaila Hramyka, Uladzimier Khadyka to mention only a few. Among works published in 1920-39 in Western Belarus under Polish rule there are
Maia lira
(Vilna 1924) and the posthumous
Dzieia maiei mysli, sertsa i voli
(Vilna 1932) by Kazimier Svaiak (Fr Kastus Stepovich, 1890-1926);
Bielaruskiia tsymbaly
(Vilna 1933) by Vincuk Advazhny (Fr Iazep Hermanovich, 1890-1978);
Pad sinim niebam
by Natalla Arsiennieva (Vilna 1927); all four books of poetry by Maksim Tank,
Na etapach
(Vilna 1936),
Zhuravinavy tsviet
(1937),
Narach
(1937) and
Pad machtai
(1938); plays by Frantsishak Alakhnovich and his
Bielaruski teatr
(Vilna 1924); books of verse by Leapold Radzievich, Uladzimer Zhylka, Mikhas Mashara, Mikhas Vasilok, Anatol Ivers and others.
Skaryna studies
A Library shows a particular interest in printed works of Francis Skaryna, as well as all works about him. Until recently of the original Skaryna editions the Library had only a small fragment (ff. 19-22) of the First Book of Kings, printed in Prague in 1518. In 1997, thanks to the help of Mr S. Shupa, the Library made a sensational acquisition of five books of Skaryna’s
Biblia ruska
, bound in one volume, namely Book of Job (Prague 1517), Ecclesiastes (1518) Wisdom (1518), Ecclesiasticus (1517) and Proverbs (1517). A year later, also thanks to Mr Shupa, a purchase was made of
Bibli Czeska
(Venice 1506) which served Skaryna as one of his sources in his translating work. The Library has also the three volumes of the reprint of the
Biblia
(Minsk 1990-91). It possesses a copy of
Introductio in Chaldaicam linguam, Syriacam atque Armenicam et decem alias linguas
by Theseus Ambrosius Albonesi (Pavia 1539), containing the text of one page, transliterated into Latin characters, from Skaryna’s Second Book of Kings (1518). E. Henderson in his Biblical Researches and Travels in Russia (London 1826) was the first to attempt a linguistic analysis of Skaryna’s texts. Major studies of the life and work of Skaryna are:
Doktor Frantsisk Skorina. Ego perevody, pechatnyia izdaniia i iazyk
by P. Vladimirov (StP. 1888);
Chatyrokhsotletstsie bielaruskaha druku
, chief ed. U. Picheta (Minsk 1926);
450 hod bielaruskaha knihadrukavannia
(Minsk 1968);
Scoriniana 1517-1967
, ed. S. Stankievich (“Zapisy”, Kn.5, Munich 1970);
Frantsisk Skorina. Zhizn’ i deiatel’nost’ belorusskogo prosvetitelia
by E. Nemirovskii (Minsk 1990); and
Frantsysk Skaryna – bielaruski i uskhodnieslavianski piershadrukar
by H. Halenchanka (Minsk 1993).
Hraviury Frantsyska Skaryny
by L. Barazna (Minsk, 1st ed. 1972; 2nd ed. 1990) and
Iskusstvo knigi Frantsiska Skoriny
by V. Shmatov (Moscow 1990) deal with Skaryna’s engravings and book art. The most recent reference tools on Skaryna are
Piats stahodzdziau Skaryniiany
by V. Tumash (New York 1989) and
Frantsysk Skaryna. Entsyklapiedychny daviednik
(Minsk 1988).
Literature
The Library’s largest collection is in the field of Belarusian literature with holdings of over 5,000 titles.
Literary history
The greater part of some 600 works on Belarusian literary history and criticism consists of post-1945 publications. All the standard histories of Belarusian literature are present, including the two-volume sets
Historyia bielaruskai savietskai litaratury
(Minsk 1965-66) and
Historyia bielaruskai dakastrychnickai litaratury
(Minsk 1968-69), as well as the important research work of scholars such as H. Kisialou, A. Maldzis, V. Kavalenka, A. Loika, and the first history of Belarusian literature in English,
A History of Belarusian literature
by A.B. McMillin (Giessen 1977) and his
Belarusian Literature in the 1950s and 1960s
(Cologne 1999). Among early works of literary history and criticism a mention should be made of the almanachs
Koladnaia pisanka
(Vilna 1913) and
Vialikodnaia pisanka
(Vilna 1914) with critical articles by M. Bahdanovich, L. Hmyrak and M. Haretski; and the books
Nashy piesniary
(Vilna 1918) and
Adbitaie zhytstsio
(Vilna 1929) by Anton Navina (A. Lutskievich); M. Haretski’s
Historyia bielaruskai litaratury
(Vilna, 1st ed. 1920; 2nd ed. 1924);
Ocherki belorusskoi literatury
by N. Ianchuk (Moscow 1920);
Narysy pa bielaruskai litaratury
by M. Piotukhovich (Minsk 1928); L. Kleinbort,
Molodaia Belorussiia
(Minsk 1928);
Paetyka
M. Bahdanovicha by A. Uzniasienski (Kaunas 1926); and E. Karskii’s
Geschichte der weissrussischen Volksdichtung und Literatur
(Berlin-Leipzig 1926). Anthologies of Belarusian literature include V. Lastouski’s
Vypisy z bielaruskai literatury
(pt 1, Vilna 1918);
Dyiamanty bielaruskaha pismienstva
by L. Leush (Kiev 1919); Ul. Dziarzhynski,
Vypisy z bielaruskai litaratury XIX i XX st.
(Minsk 1926); M. Haretski,
Khrystamatyia bielaruskai litaratury
(Vilna 1923);
Khrestamatyia novai bielaruskai litaratury
by I. Dvarchanin (Vilna 1927) etc.
Belarusian language
The collection of works on the
Belarusian language includes the monumental
Belorusy
(1903-22) by the ‘Father of Belarusian philology’ E. Karskii, as well as his
Obzor zvukov i form belorusskoi rechi
(Moscow 1885). There are four editions of B. Tarashkievich’s
Bielaruskaja hramatyka
(Vilna 1918, 1921, 1929; Minsk 1943; reprints: Minsk 1990, New York 1992), two editions of R. Astrouski’s
Bielaruski pravapis
(Vilna 1925, 1930). The linguistic developments in the 1920s and 1930s can be seen in Ia. Losik,
Pachatkovaia hramatyka
(Minsk 1926),
Bielaruski pravapis
(7th ed., Minsk 1928),
Bielaruski pravapis (praiekt)
(Minsk, 1930); T. Lamtsiou,
Bielaruskaia hramatyka
(Minsk 1935) and I. Stankievich,
Zmiena hramatyki bielaruskaha iazyka u BSSR
(Vilna 1936). Post-1945 grammars include the two two-volume studies produced by the Belarusian Academy of Sciences,
Hramatyka bielaruskai movy
(Minsk 1962-66) and
Bielaruskaia hramatyka
(Minsk 1985-86). The Library possesses all the grammars for foreign learners of the language that have been produced in recent years: A. Krivitskii et al.,
Belorusskii iazyk dlia govoriashchikh po-russki
(Minsk 1990); V. Pashkievich,
Fundamental Belarusian
, 2 vols (Toronto 1974-78); P. Mayo,
A Grammar of Belarusian
(Sheffield 1976); and V. Symaniec and A. Goujon,
Parlons bielorussien
(Paris-Montreal 1997).
Among the works on the history of the Belarusian language there are
Historyia bielaruskai litaraturnai movy
by A. Zhurauski, I. Kramko et al. (2 vols, Minsk 1967-68); A. Zhurauski, ed.,
Mova bielaruskai pismiennastsi XIV-XVIII stst.
(Minsk 1988); F. Iankouski,
Histarychnaia hramatyka bielaruskai movy
(Minsk, 1st ed. in two vols, 1974-77; 2nd ed. in one vol., 1983; 3rd ed., 1989); A. Bulyka’s pioneering work,
Razvitstsio arfahrafchnai sistemy starabielaruskai movy
(Minsk 1970). Bulyka is also one of the authors of
Histarychnaia marfalohiia bielaruskai movy
(Minsk 1979). A. McMillin’s
The Vocabulary of the Belarusian Literary Language in the Nineteenth Century
(London 1973) and P. Wexler’s
Purism and language: a Study in Modern Ukrainian and Belarusian Nationalism
(1840-1967) (Bloomington 1974) deal with the question of the rebirth of the Belarusian language in the nineteenth century. There are also several important works dealing with various particular aspects of modern Belarusian, and the relationship beteween Belarusian and the languages that surround it.
Of the rich collection of Belarusian dialect dictionaries a special mention should be made of V. Dobrovol’skii’s
Smolenskii oblastnoi slovar’
(Smolensk 1914);
Vitsiebski kraiovy slounik
(Vitsiebsk 1927) by M. Kaspiarovich;
Kraiovy slounik Chervienshchyny
(Minsk 1929) by. M. Shaternik. Major modern multi-volume dictionaries include
Slounik bielaruskich havorak paunochna-zachodniai Bielarusi i iaie pahranichcha
(5 vols, Minsk 1979-86),
Turauski slounik
(5 vols, Minsk 1982-87) and
Slounik havorak tsentralnych raionau Bielarusi
(Minsk 1990- ).
Dictionaries
The Library has a fine collection of dictionaries, many of them of considerable rarity, such as the first dictionary of the Belarusian language, I. Nasovich’s
Slovar’ belorusskogo narechiia
(StP. 1870); M. Harecki,
Nievialichki bielaruska-maskouski slounik
(Vilna, 1st ed. 1919; 2nd ed. 1921); M. & H. Harecki,
Maskouska-bielaruski slounik
(Vilna, 2nd ed. 1920); V. Lastouski,
Rasiiska-kryuski (bielaruski) slounik
(Kaunas 1924);
Bielaruska-rasiiski slounik
by M. Baikou and S. Niekrashevich (Minsk 1925); B. Drutski-Padbiareski,
Padruchny bielaruska-polski slounik
(Vilna 1929) and a number of issues of the series
Bielaruskaia navukovaia terminalohiia
published by the Institute of Belarusian Culture (later Acasdemy of Sciences) in the 1920s and early 30s. An interesting little-known work is
Sieben-Sprachen Worterbuch
(Leipzig 1918), a German-Polish-Russian-Belarusian-Lithuanian-Latvian-Yiddish dictionary. The Library possesses copies of all dictionaries published after 1945, including the
Tlumachalny slounik bielaruskai movy
(5 vols in 6 bks, Minsk 1977-84); Ja. Stankievich’s
Bielaruska-rasiiski slounik
(New York 1990). Of special value for the historical study of Belarusian are:
Etymalahichny slounik bielaruskai movy
(Minsk, 1978- ) and
Histarychny slounik bielaruskai movy
(Minsk 1982- ). Historians may find particularily useful
Slovar’ drevnego aktovogo iazyka Severo-zapadnogo kraia i Tsarstva Pol’skogo
by N. Gorbachevskii (Vilna 1878).
Ethnography and folklore
There are many rare and valuable works on Belarusian ethnography and folklore in the Library, among them
Piosnki wiesniacze z nad Niemna i Dzwiny
by J. Czeczot (Vilna 1846); P. Giltebrandt’s
Sbornik pamiatnikov narodnogo tvorchestva v Severo-Zapadnom krae
(Vilna 1867); M. Dmitriev’s
Sobranie pesen, skazok i obychaev krest’ian Severo-Zapadnogo kraia
(Vilna 1869);
Belorusskie pesni
by P. Bezsonov (Moscow 1871);
Sbornik belorusskikh poslovits
(StP. 1874) by I. Nosovich; P. Shein,
Belorusskie narodnye pesni
(StP. 1874) and
Materialy dlia izucheniia byta i iazyka russkogo naseleniia Severo-Zapadnogo kraia
(3 vols in 4 books, StP. 1887-1902);
Smolenskii etnograficheskii sbornik
by V. Dobrovol’skii (4 vols, StP. 1891-Moscow 1903);
Ocherki prostonarodnago zhit’ia-byt’ia v Vitebskoi Belorussii
(Viciebsk 1895),
Prostonarodnye primety i pover’ia…v Vitebskoi gubernii
(Vitsiebsk 1897) and
Nechistiki
(Vilna 1907) by K. Nikiforovskii;
Skazki i razskazy belorusov-poleshukov
(StP. 1911) and
Kazki i apaviadanni bielarusau
(Minsk 1926) by A. Sierzhputouski; issues 1-3, 8,9 of E. Romanov’s
Belorusskii sbornik
(Kiev 1886- Vilna 1912);
Lud bialoruski
by M. Federowski (Cracow 1897-Warsaw 1981).
More recent general work on Belarusian ethnography and material culture includes
Bielaruskaje narodnaje adzennie
by M. Ramaniuk (Minsk 1981);
Dekaratyuna-prykladnoie mastatstva Bielarusi XII-XVII stahoddziau
, comp. N. Vysotskaia (Minsk 1984);
Etnahrafiia bielarusau
by V. Bandarchyk et al. (Minsk 1985) and
Etnahrafiia Bielarusi. Encyklapedyia
, chief ed. I. Shamiakin (Minsk 1989). Among new anthologies of folklore the Library has received
Bielaruski falklor. Chrestamatyia
, 3rd red ed. by K. Kabashnikau et al (Minsk 1985),
Vianok bielaruskich narodnych piesien
(Minsk 1988) and
Bielaruski falklor u suchasnykh zapisach. Tradytsyinyia zhanry. Homielskaia voblasts
comp. V. Zakharava et al. (Minsk 1989). 42 volumes of the series
Bielaruskaia Narodnaia Tvorchasts
have now been published.
Arts
History
The Library’s history holdings contain all major works on the
history of Belarus which appeared in the 20th century, starting with V. Lastouski’s
Karotkaia Historyia Bielarusi
(Vilna 1910); U. Ihnatouski’s
Karotki narys historyi Bielarusi
(Vilna 1921) and
Historyia Bielarusi XIX i pachatku XX staletstsia
(Minsk 1926);
Uschodniaia Bielarus
by A.I. (Minsk 1918);
Belorusskii vopros
by E. Kancher (Petrograd 1919);
Les Bases de l’Etat de la Ruthenie Blanche
by M. Dounar-Zapolski (Hrodna 1919);
Kurs belorussovedeniia
, ed.F. Turuk (Moscow 1918-20);
Bielarus
(Berlin 1919),
Adradzhennie Bielarusi i Polshcha
(Berlin 1921) and
“Zapadno-russizm”. Narysy z historyi hramadzkai mysli na Bielarusi u XIX i pachatku XX v.
(Minsk 1929) by A. Tsvikievich;
Weissruthenien
, ed. W. Jaeger (Berlin 1919) and
Weissruthenien. Volk und Land
by E. von Engelhardt (Berlin 1943); A. Stankievich’s
Da historyi bielaruskaha palitychnaha adradzhnnia
(Vilna 1934); Ja. Naidziuk’s
Bielarus uchora i siahonnia
(Vilna 1940) and
Bielarus uchora i siannia
(Minsk 1944);
Historyia Bielarusi u kartach
by N. L-A. (Berlin 1942);
Karotki ahlad historyi Bielarusi
by P. Rahach (with map supplement, Cleveland 1968);
Historyia Bielaruskai SSR
(Minsk 1972-75). The most recent publications include M. Iermalovich’s
Starazhytnaia Bielarus. Polatski i Navaharadski peryiady
(Minsk 1990); J. Zaprudnik,
Belarus at the Crossroads of History
(Boulder-Oxford,1930);
Narysy pa historyi Bielarusi
, 2 vols., ed. M. Kastsiuk (Minsk 1994); and
Dziesiats viakou bielaruskai historyi
by U. Arlou and H. Sahanovich (Vilna 1999).
Other valuable 19th and early 20th-century publications that deserve to be singled out for special mention are:
Chteniia po istorii Zapadnoi Rossii
by M. Koialovich (StP. 1884);
Belorussiia i Litva
, ed. P. Batiushkov (StP. 1890);
Ocherki istorii Polotskoi zemli
by V. Danilevich (Kiev 1899);
Seimy Litovsko-Russkogo gosudarstva
by N. Maksimeiko (Khar’kov 1902);
Rada Velikogo Kniazhestva Litovskogo
by I. Malinovskii (Tomsk 1903);
Ocherk istorii Litovsko-Russkogo gosudarstva
by M. Liubavskii (Moscow 1910) and
Dzieje Unii Jagiellonskiej
by O. Halecki (Cracow 1919).
The Library’s collection of published
historical documents includes
Belorusskii arkhiv drevnikh gramot
(Moscow 1824);
Akty Zapadnoi Rossii
(StP. 1846-51); relevant volumes of
Akty Iugo-Zapadnoi Rossii
(StP. 1846-51); vols 20, 27, 30 and 33 of the
Russkaia istoricheskaia biblioteka
[ie those vols with selections from the
Litovskaia metrika
] (StP. 1885-1915); individual volumes of
Arkheograficheskii sbornik
(Vilna 1867-) and
Akty, izdavaemye Vilenskoiu Arkheograficheskoiu Kommissieiu
(Vilna 1865-) [there is a complete set on microfiche];
Sobranie gosudarstvennykh i chastnykh aktov, kasaiushchikhsia istorii Litvy i soedinennykh s nei vladenii
(ot 1387 do 1710 goda), ed. M. Krupovich (Vilna 1858);
Ordinatsiia korolevskikh pushch v lesnichestvakh byvshago Velikago Kniazhestva Litovskago
(Vilna 1871);
Opisanie rukopisnago otdeleniia Vilenskoi Publichnoi Biblioteki
(5 vols, Vilna 1895-1906);
Akta unji Polski z Litwą 1385-1791
, ed. S. Kutrzeba and W. Semkowicz (Craców 1932);
Zakonodatel’nye akty Velikogo Kniazhestva Litovskogo
(Leningrad 1937);
Historyia Bielarusi u dakumentakh i materyialakh
(Minsk 1936) and
Dakumenty i materyialy pa historyi Bielarusi
(Minsk 1940);
Belorussiia v epokhu feodalizma
(4 vols, Minsk 1961-79);
Polotskie gramoty
, ed. A. Khoroshkevich (4 vols, Moscow 1977-82). Those published outside Belarus include
Za dziarzhaunuiu nezalezhnasts Belarusi
(London 1960);
Byelorussian Statehood
, ed. V. and Z. Kipel (New York 1988); and monumental
Arkhivy Belaruskai Narodnai Respubliki
, 2 vols, ed. S. Shupa (New York-Vilna, 1998).
The most venerable Belarusian historical and legal document is
Statut Vialikaha Kniastva Litouskaha
, the code of civil and criminal law of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The text of the first version of 1529 is given in the original Belarusian and in modern Russian in
Statut Velikogo Kniazhestva Litovskogo 1529 goda
(Minsk 1961). However, the third version, promulgated in 1588, is the most important. Between that year and 1594 it went through three printed editions. The Library owns a somewhat defective copy of the 1594 edition; it also has a copy of the Vilna 1619 Polish translation, bound with the Polish version of
Trybunal
(Vilna 1616), and the last official edition with parallel texts in Polish and Russian (StP. 1811). The latest edition, with extensive notes and commentary, appeared in Minsk in 1989. The most comprehensive study to date of the Statute is by I. Lappo,
Litovskii Statut 1588 goda
(3 vols, Kaunas 1934-38).
Other collections of laws include
Volumina legum. Przedruk zbioru praw staraniem XX. Pijarow w Warszawie od roku 1732 do roku 1782 wydanego
(8 vols, StP. 1859-60);
Ustawy i rozporzadzenia z lat 1918-1934
(7 vols + supplement, Warsaw 1936-38); and
Svod zakonov Belorusskoi SSR
(Minsk 1984-1990).
History of the Church
The section on the history of the Church in Belarus is very comprehensive and contains all major works on the subject, including
Rodnaia mova u sviatyniakh
(Vilna 1929).
Belaruski khrystsiianski rukh
(Vilna 1938) and
Khrystsiianstva i bielaruski narod
(Vilna 1940) by A. Stankievich;
Karotki narys historyi Pravaslaunaie Tsarkvy u Vialikim Kniastvie Litouskim
by A. Karol (New Brunswick 1956);
Belarus’ v istoricheskoi gosudarstvennoi i tserkovnoi zhizni
by Archbishop Afanasii Martos (Buenos Aires 1966, reprinted by the Belarusian Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church, Minsk 1990);
Pravaslaunaia Tsarkva u Vialikim Kniastvie Litouskim za chasou Uladyslava Iahaily
by M. Lapitski (South River 1978). Valuable early works include:
Istoricheskoe izvestie o voznikshei v Pol’she Unii
by N. Bantysh-Kamenskii (Moscow 1808);
Litovskaia tserkovnaia Uniia
by M. Koialovich (2 vols, StP. 1859-61);
Zapiski Iosifa Mitropolita Litovskogo
(3 vols, StP. 1883);
Zhizn’ Iosifa Semashki, Mitropolita Litovskago i Vilenskago
by G. Kiprianovich (Vilna 1897);
Poslednee vossoedinenie s Pravoslavnoi tserkov’iu uniatov Belorusskoi Eparkhii
by G. Shavel’skii (StP. 1910) and many others. With the growth of national self-awareness in the early twentieth century there arose a need for religious texts in Belarusian. Examples are the Catholic
Karotki katechizm
(Vilna 1907);
Slova ab pakucie
(Vilna 1913);
Kantychka
(Vilna 1914); prayer books
Boh z nami
(Vilna 1915) and
Holas dushy
by Fr K. Stepovich (Vilna 1926);
Niadzieliashniia evanhielii i navuki
by Fr I. Bobich (3 vols, Vilna 1922); and the Orthodox
Piershyia malitvy
(Vilna 1918).
Periodicals
The Library receives over 40 current
serials, including newspapers from Belarus and abroad. Altogether there are over 200 serial titles, many of them pre-1939. The Library’s holdings include complete sets of
Kalossie
(Vilna 1935-39);
Volny stsiah
(Minsk 1920-22),
Bielaruski stsiah
(Kaunas 1922),
Kryvich
(Kaunas 1923-26); the clandestine
Sialanskaja dola
(1921-22),
Bielaruski partyzan
(1922), as well as several other titles which ceased publication after one or two issues, eg.
Varta
(1918),
Kryvichanin
(1918),
Na chuzhynie
(1920),
Adradzhennie
(1922),
Zamiezhnaia Bielarus
(1926),
Roskvit
(1927-28) and others. Many earlier periodical publications are represented by incomplete runs of one or more years, eg. newspapers
Bielarus
(1914),
Homan
(1916-18),
Bielarus’
(1919-20),
Bielaruski zvon
(1921-22),
Krynitsa
(later
Bielaruskaia Krynitsa
,1921-40),
Khrystsianskaia Dumka
(1931-39),
Sialanskaia niva
(1926); journals
Maladniak
(1927-32),
Uzvushsha
(1927-31),
Arshanski maladniak
(1925-28),
Maladniak Kalininshchyny
(1925-26);
Shliakh moladzi
(1932-39),
Da zluchennia
(1932-36),
Bielaruski letapis
(1937-38),
Bielaruskaia shkola u Latvii
(1928-33).
There are a few incomplete sets of war-time publications both from German-occupied Belarus, eg.
Bielaruskaia hazeta
(1942-43),
Bielaruskaia shkola
(1942),
Novy shliakh
(1943-44); and from Germany, eg.
Ranitsa
(1941-45),
Bielaruski rabotnik
(1944). The complete set of the official
Amtsblatt des Generalkommissars für Weissruthenien
(1941-44, parallel texts in German and Belarusian) is a useful collection of material for the study of the German occupation of Belarus.
The Library possesses a fairly comprehensive collection of Belarusian
émigré publications produced after 1945. There are complete sets of the newspapers
Bielaruskiia naviny
(1945-47),
Batskaushchyna
(1947-66),
Bielaruskaie slova
(1948-58),
Bielaruski emihrant
(1948-54),
Bielaruskaia trybuna
(1950-53); and journals
Pahonia
(1945-46),
Shlakham zhytstsia
(1946-48),
Shypshyna
(1946-50),
Zviniats zvany Sviatoi Safii
(1946-47),
Adradzhennie
(1947-48),
Bozhym shliakham
(1947-80),
Znich
(1948-72),
Napierad
(1948-53),
Moladz
(1948-54),
Vieda
(1951-54),
Konadni
(1954-63) and others.
Bibliography of the Journal of Belarusian Religious Thought ‘Božym Šlacham’ (Paris–London, 1947–1980). Compiled by Aleś Aŭdziajuk.
Бібліяграфія часопіса рэлігійнай думкі “Божым шляхам” (Парыж-Лёндан 1947-1980), укладальнік Алесь Аўдзяюк