We remember not only the poets—we remember that culture, language and free artistic expression can be targets in times of tyranny (like in Belarus today).

So may their voices live on. Žyvie Biełaruś! 6/

Today Belarusians worldwide commemorate the night annually: poetry readings, visits to memorials, lighting candles. In Belarus, the Lukašenka regime bans such events out of hatred towards Belarusianness, being unable to face the truth—the Soviets were just as bad as the Nazis. 5/

This massacre was part of the wider wave of the Great Purge (1936–38): the Soviet regime systematically crushed national intelligentsias and perceived “enemies”. 4/

The executions took place in the basements of the NKVD prison and the “Piščalaŭski Castle” in Minsk. The victims were buried in the forested area of Kurapaty near Minsk. 3/

Among those targeted were poets, writers, translators and scholars. At least 132 people were executed during this operation. 2/

Холера! Забувсь про языковэй маркер тутыка. Ставытыму білоруску на будучэ.

Ныма більш твібая/байтві. Оно всё вуйна, вэборэ то тут - то там, ліва/права пропаганда і кляты ілон со свойім цэрком на дротовэ.

Is he suggesting russia will have to give away some of its land to the victorious Ukraine?

bnkorpus.info/korpus.be.ht...

Спадарства, а вы ў корпусе слова глядзелі перад тым як абурацца?

It didn’t end in 2021. In fact, 2024 was the most violent and repressive after 2020 according to Viasna.

В маасквіе можна.

I wholeheartedly support the people of Georgia in their fight for a better future but I keep seeing too many similarities between what’s happening in Georgia now and what has been happening in Belarus since 2020.

I so much hope you guys will learn from our mistakes.

Па-беларуску выкладаеце?

Ёга, сняданак, а потым спуск у снегам усланы каньён і эпічны пад’ём назад на гару. Таксама свята.

Sounds a lot like the Lukashenka’s secret “inauguration” back in Belarus of 2020.