Anatol Hrytskievich facts for kids
Anatol Hrytskievich (born January 31, 1929 – died January 20, 2015) was an important historian from Belarus. He spent his life studying the past. He was a professor and a doctor of history. He was also a member of the International Academy of Science of Eurasia. Anatol Hrytskievich was born in Minsk.
Anatol Hrytskievich's Education and Work
Anatol Hrytskievich went to several universities. He first studied at the Minsk Medical Institute in 1950. Later, in 1955, he graduated from the Minsk Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages. Finally, in 1958, he finished his studies at the Belarusian State University, focusing on history.
After his studies, Anatol Hrytskievich started working in 1959. He joined the History Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus. This is a big place where scientists study history. Later, in 1975, he became a dean at the Minsk Culture Institute. A dean is like a head of a department at a university. In 1996, he became the director of the Belarusian Institute of Central and Eastern Europe. This shows he was a very respected leader in history studies.
What Anatol Hrytskievich Studied
Anatol Hrytskievich loved to research the history of Belarus. He focused a lot on the medieval period. This means he studied the time from about the 5th to the 15th century. He also looked into the history of Belarusian szlachta. The szlachta were a special group of nobles or knights in Belarus. He also studied different Christian groups in Belarus. These included Eastern Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism. His work helped us understand many parts of Belarusian history.
Anatol Hrytskievich passed away on January 20, 2015.
Selected Works and Articles
Here are some of the important works and articles by Anatol Hrytskievich:
- The Battle of Orsha of 1514 and its participants
- The Slutsk Uprising: on a sharp volt of history
- The history of Geopolitics of Belarus
- The crowning of Mindouh as an act of statehood
- Anatol Hrytskievich: 1000 years ago the historical Lithuania was on the lands of modern Belarus
- The decline of Belarusian language in the Belarusian-Lithuanian state in the 18th century
