04 September 2009 → History of Belarusian Written Language gallery to open in BSU on 4 SeptemberAn opening ceremony of the History of the Belarusian Written Language gallery will take place at the philological department of Belarusian State University (BSU). The event is dedicated to the Belarusian Written Language Day, BelTA learned from press centre of the university. The exhibition will highlight the history of Belarusian written language of the 11th – 17th centuries. It includes reproductions of rare books and manuscripts from libraries in Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland. The visitors will be able to see the copies of the first Belarusian philological publications such as grammar books by Lavrenti Zizani, Meletius Smotrytsky, and Ivan Uzhevych. Some examples of translated and original literature of the three periods of Belarusian history (the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Baroque) will be showcased for the first time. The designers of the project, who are the members of the BSU philological department, dedicated the exhibition to the Year of the Native Land and the 70th anniversary of the philological department. The Day of Belarusian Written Language has been celebrated on the first Sunday in September since 1994. It will take place in Smorgon, Grodno oblast, this year. News provided by Agency 'BelTA' Read similar newsGerman-language programs of Belarus radio station to be aired live in GermanyCommittee for celebration of Chopin Year set up in Belarus Foreigners might stay unregistered in Belarus up to one week New Children of Chernobyl project launched in Belarus IOM, Belarusian and Latvian border services to discuss programs of voluntary return of migrants |
