Compatriots: Born on Belarusian lands, rose to fame abroad


The nation should learn their names by heart! Here is a short list of the people who were born in the territory of contemporary Belarus, but gained international fame only after leaving their Motherland.[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb9hYua679c&feature=youtu.be”][vc_column_text]

Marc Chagall

Born on July 7, 1887 in Vitsebsk. Chagall is considered to be a Russian, Belarusian and French painter. He is one of the most famous representatives of the artistic avant-garde of the XXth century.

Chaim Weizmann

Born November 27, 1874 in Motal (now Ivanava district, Brest region). He was a chemist, one of the leaders of the Zionist movement, Israel’s first president.

Andrei Gromyko

Born July 5, 1909 in the village of Old Gromyki (now Vetka district, Homiel region). He was a Soviet statesman and diplomat, the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1985-1988).

Ignacy Domeyko

Born on July 31, 1802. He was a Belarusian, Polish and Chilean research scientist, geologist, minerolag, Rector of the University of Chile, Chile’s national hero; member of the uprising of 1830-1831.

Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Born on February 4, 1746 in Merachoushchyna (now Ivatsevichi district, Brest region). He was a military engineer and commander who led the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth’s uprising against Russia and Prussia. He took part in the War of Independence in the USA.

Jan Czerski

Born on May 15, 1845 in Svolna in (Vitsebsk region). He was a Belarusian and Russian geologist, paleontologist and geographer, explorer of Siberia and a participant of the January uprising (1863).

Pavel Sukhoi

Born in 1895 in Hlybokaye, Vitsebsk region. He was an aircraft designer, one of the creators of jet and supersonic aircraft. He developed the designs of dozenz of planes aircraft.

Nikolai Sudzilovsky (Nicholas Russel)

Born in 1850 in Mahiliou. Since1892 he lived in Hawaii where he defended the rights of the indigenous people. He was an ethnographer, geographer, chemist, biologist, physician, geneticist, and the first President of the Senate of Hawaii.

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