Famous people - Land Of Ancestors - Belarus

Maksimilian Ryllo: the first researcher of Babylon

Lida — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 20:30:13 +0300

Belarus can be proud of Maksymilian Ryllo who was a pioneer and the first researcher of ancient Babylon’s ruins.

Maksimilian Ryllo was born on December 31, 1802 in Padarosk (now Svislach area, Grodno region) in poor gentry family. He graduated from high school in the rural municipality Lyskava then studied in Polatsk Jesuit Academy where he got a degree of Master of Philosophy.

Simon Smith Kuznets

Lida — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 16:34:03 +0300

The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was founded in 1968. Belarus can be proud of one of the first winners in this category Simon Smith Kuznets who was awarded by the Nobel Committee in 1971.

Simon Smith Kuznets was born in Pinsk (present-day Brest region, Belarus) in 1901. Simon was a middle son in the family.

His father Abram Kuznets, who was a fur trader, left the family in 1907 and went to the USA to search better job. He wanted to invite the family but the First World War broke his plans.

Gennady Korotkevich won two international competitions in programming during summer 2014

Lida — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 11:39:33 +0400

Gennady Korotkevich won two international competitions in programming this summer.

Firstly he became the strongest programmer at "Yandex. Algorithm" second time in a row.

Moreover he also won the annual competition in programming Code Jam Google.

Belarusian chess player Anna Sharevich has changed the team - now she will play for the U.S.

Newsmaker — Mon, 12 May 2014 21:07:55 +0400

Belarusian chess player Anna Sharevich has changed national team - now she will play for the USA.

Victoria Kovalenchikova

Newsmaker — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 09:46:09 +0400

Belarusian artist Victoria Kovalenchikova moved with her husband to Amsterdam 6 years ago and immediately opened her gallery there. She usually has 14 exhibitions around the world during a year. Victoria is actively working at U.S. art market and exhibits in Houston, New York, Miami, Los Angeles. Now her works can be seen in the World Trade Center in Amsterdam Airport. In February Victoria participated in an art show in Miami and represented Belarus there.

Maryna Linchuk is dating with scandalous hockey goalkeeper

Newsmaker — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 00:10:07 +0400

Joint photos of Maryna Linchuk and Semyon Varlamov appeared on the Internet.

These photos were posted in Instagram by the goalkeeper of "Colorado Avalanche" and the Russian national team. And Varlamov’s signature of the photo was very unambiguous...

Ariel Sharon

Newsmaker — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 08:30:36 +0400

Ariel Sharon (February 26, 1928 – January 11, 2014) was a politician and former Prime Minister of Israel.

His ancestors came from Belarus. His grandfather Mordechai Sheinerman was born and raised in Brest (Belarus). He was a staunch Zionist and became one of the founders of the Zionist organization in Brest.

In 1910 Sheinerman with his family moved to permanent residence in Palestine.

Darya Domracheva starred for Wargaming company

Newsmaker — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 08:53:12 +0400

The leader of the Belarusian biathlon team Darya Domracheva took part in the original photoshoot organized by Wargaming whose project air force online game ”World of Warplanes“ is the official sponsor of the athlete in the 2013-2014 season.

In order to be transformed to a new image Dasha went to the new Minsk office of the company. The shooting took place according to the rules of glossy magazines - in a real studio with exposed light professionally and carefully selected accessories.

Yazep Drazdovich

Newsmaker — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 23:39:07 +0400

Yazep Drazdovich was a Belarusian painter, sculptor, writer, folklorist, ethnographer and archaeologist. He was born on October 13, 1888 in bowery Punki, Glubokoe region. Drazdovich was the man who dreamed of space, painted landscapes of Mars and Saturn, the city on the moon when ordinary people didn’t even dream about space flight.

Belarusian Oksana Volkova performed in the Met in New York

Newsmaker — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:12:13 +0400

The Metropolitan Opera in New York opened a new theater season with the opera ”Eugene Onegin“ by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Olga's party was performed by Oksana Volkova who is the honored artist of the Republic of Belarus and the soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus.