- Sergei Ivanov
Sergei Borisovich Ivanov (born January 31, 1953, Leningrad) is a first deputy prime minister of Russia and former minister of defense (March 2001 - February 2007). Previously, as secretary of the Russian Security Council, Ivanov served as an adviser to President Boris Yeltsin and later President Vladimir Putin (November 1999-March 2001) on matters of national security. - Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz
Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz is the Roman Catholic archbishop of Moscow, Russia. He is a native of Odelsk near Grodno, Belarus (then USSR), and was originally named Faddei (Tadeusz) Ignatievich Kondrusiewicz (ru: Фаддей (Тадеуш) Игнатьевич Кондрусевич). He was born into the pious family of Ignati Kondrusiewicz (1906–1985) and his wife Anna (maiden name Anna Szusta; 1911–1999), being the older of two children (his sister was Maria Buro, … - Yanka Kupala
Yanka Kupala (Janka Kupała, ; - June 28, 1942) - penname of Ivan Lutsevich was a famous Belarusian poet and writer. Arguably the most famous Belarusian nationalist, Kupala promoted the dying Belarusian language and attempted to further shield it against russification. Currently there is a museum founded by his wife in Minsk which has many examples of his life’s work. - Dmitry Zavadsky
Dmitry Zavadsky (born August 28, 1972 - July 7, 2000) was a Belarusian cameraman of Russian Public Television ORT. On July 7, 2000 Dmitry Zavadsky drove to the Minsk airport to meet colleague Pavel Sheremet. His car was later found at the airport, but Zavadsky has not been seen since. The Belarusian authorities were failing to determine the fate Dmitry Zavadsky and leading opposition figures Yury Zakharenko and Viktor Gonchar, … - Michel Kikoine
Michel Kikoine born May 31, 1892 in Rechytsa, Belarus - died November 4, 1968 in Cannes, France, was a painter. The gifted son of a banker in the small south-eastern town of Rechytsa in Belarus, Michel Kikoine was barely into his teens when he began studying at "Kruger's School of Drawing" in Minsk. There he met Chaim Soutine, with whom he would have a lifelong friendship. - Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Azarenka (Belarusian: "Вікторыя Азарэнка, Азаранка", Russian: "Виктория Азаренко"; born July 31, 1989) is a tennis player from Minsk, Belarus, who became junior world champion in 2005. Currently she lives and trains in Marbella, Spain. On July 9, 2007 she reached a career high of No. 42. - Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko was a Polish conductor, composer, author of many songs, operas, and ballets filled with patriotic and Polish folk themes. - Veronika Cherkasova
Veronika Cherkasova, a Belarusian journalist, born in Minsk, Belarus. She was stabbed to death in her Minsk apartment on October 20, 2004. The killer, who inflicted over 20 stab wounds, has never been found. The official investigation was suspended in December 2005, restarted in February 2006, and suspended again on March 14, 2006, citing lack of indictable suspects. Veronika Cherkasova had worked for various independent opposition newspapers - "BDG" (in the 90's), … - Aliaksandr Hleb
Aliaksandr Paŭlavič Hleb, sometimes referred to in English as Alexander Hleb, Russian: Александр Павлович Глеб, born May 1, 1981 in Minsk), is a Belarusian footballer who plays in midfield for Arsenal and the Belarus national team. His natural position is attacking midfielder, but recently at Arsenal he has generally been used as a winger - Boris Gelfand
Boris Gelfand (born 24 June 1968) is a chess grandmaster. Born in Minsk, Belarus, he made aliyah to Israel in 1998, and now lives in Rishon LeZion. He currently is a member of the Israeli national chess team. On the July 2007 FIDE list he had an Elo rating of 2733, making him number 13 in the world and Israel's number 1. - Mikhail Doroshevich
Mikhail Doroshevich is a founder of e-belarus.ORG, a Minsk-based news and analytical site covering developments in ICT in Belarus and Information Policy Blog, which provides daily news about information policy. DoWire.org Democracies Online features him as one of the most notable human rights bloggers on the Internet. Mr. Doroshevich is a frequent contributor to Internet periodicals about technology and freedom in Eastern Europe. - Günther von Kluge
Günther “Hans” von Kluge, was a German military leader. He was born in Posen into a Prussian military family. Von Kluge, being familiar with the "Blitzkrieg" concept, became a field marshal. During World War I he was a staff officer and in 1916 was at the Battle of Verdun. By 1936 he was a lieutenant-general and in 1937 took command of the Sixth Army Group, which became the German Fourth Army that he led in Poland in 1939. - Dmitry Koldun
Dmitry Koldun (born 11 June, 1985, in Minsk, Belarus) is a popular singer from Minsk, Belarus. In 2004, he tried out in the RTR show Narodnyi Artist 2, but did not qualify to the main stage. In 2006 however he succeeded in another Russian project becoming winner of the sixth season of the Russian television show Star Factory on Channel One. Gaining popularity after winning this show in 2007, Koldun won the national selection in Belarus for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. - Victor Smolski
Victor Dmitrievich Smolski (born January 2, 1969, in Minsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian-born Russian musician, composer and multiinstrumentalist. He is often credited as a guitar virtuoso, and is a member of the German heavy metal band Rage. - Francysk Skaryna
Francišak Skaryna was a Belarusian famous for as the printer of the first book in an Eastern Slavic language. He was born in the historical Belarusian city of Połacak. The exact dates of birth and death are unknown; the two most probable estimates are 1485 - 1540 and 1490 - 1551. Skaryna graduated from the arts faculty at University of Kraków in 1504 with a Bachelor of Arts. In 1512 he received doctorate in medicine at University of Padua in Italy. - Konstantin Koltsov
Konstantin Koltsov is an ice hockey winger from Minsk, Belarus who played for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Koltsov started out playing for Junactva Miensk in the Belarusian 1st division during the 1997–98 season, and moved to Russian Severstal Cherepovets for the next season. He was drafted to the NHL in the 1999 entry draft as the Pittsburgh Penguins' first round pick, making him the 18th player overall in the draft. - Wilhelm Kube
Generalkommissar Wilhelm Kube (13 November 1887 - 23 September 1943) was a military officer for Germany. His main duty during the Second World War was to lead the occupation government in Minsk, Belarus. His duty started in August of 1941, but ended in 1943 due to his death. His death was caused by a bomb explosion 23 September 1943 at his Minsk apartment. The bomb, hidden in a hot water bottle, was placed by a maid, Yelena Gregoyevna Mazanik, working with her sister, … - Valentin Belkevich
Valentin Belkevich (born January 27, 1973 in Minsk; also sometimes spelled "Valiantsin Bialkevich") is a Belarusian football player and a member of the Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv. He is their all time leader in assists. A cultured playmaker, he has been one of the finest footballers in Ukraine over the past decade. In September 1994, Belkevich was banned for a year by UEFA after testing positive for steroids following a UEFA Cup match. - Vitaly Scherbo
Vitaly Scherbo (or Shcherbo), born January 13, 1972 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, is a Belarusian (and former Soviet) gymnast and is one of the most successful male gymnasts of all time. His tally of six gold medals in a single Olympics is surpassed only by swimmer Mark Spitz. Scherbo was introduced to gymnastics at the age of seven by his mother in an attempt to channel the energy of her highly intelligent but uncontrollable young son. - Anna Smashnova
Anna Smashnova (Russian: Анна Смашнова, Hebrew: אנה סמשנובה; born July 16, 1976, in Minsk, USSR, now Belarus) is a professional 5' 2" right-handed tennis player from Israel. Smashnova, who has been noted as having a great last name for a tennis player, reached her career-high singles ranking of World # 15 in 2003. She was in 13 finals, and won 12 of them. In addition, she won a girl's Grand Slam championship. - Marina Prusakova
Marina Prusakova was born in Molotovsk on July 17, 1941. She lived with her mother and stepfather until 1957 when she moved to Minsk where she lived with her uncle, Ilya Prusakov, who worked at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). Marina worked as a pharmacy worker in a local hospital and in February, 1959, met Lee Harvey Oswald at the city dance hall. Six weeks later the couple got married. The following year the couple had a daughter. - Hermann Hoth
Hermann "Papa" Hoth (12 April 1885 - 26 January 1971) was a general of the Third Reich during World War II. He fought in France, and is most noted for his later exploits as a panzer commander on the Eastern Front. After the war he served six years in prison for war crimes, and became a writer on military history. - Angelica Agurbash
Angelica Agurbash (or Anzhelika Agurbash, Russian: Анжелика Агурбаш, Belarusian: Анжаліка Агурбаш), born May 17 1970, is a Belarusian pop-singer, who competed for Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. Angelica Agurbash (born Yalinskaya) was born in Minsk, Belarus. In 1988, she won the first Miss Belarus title when she was a student of the Belarusian Academy of Arts. - Polina Smolova
Polina Smolova is the Belarusian entry for the 2006 Eurovision contest with the song "Mum". She won the Grand Prix at the "Slavonic Bazaar 2005" and an award at the Contest for Young Performers. She was given the honorary title "Inhabitant of the city of Minsk" and, at the Belarusian music awards "Teleportation", she was voted "Person of the Year". She failed in Eurovision Semi Final, by placing at 22nd. - Ivonka Survilla
Ivonka Survilla or "Surviła" (born in 1936, Stoŭpcy (Stołpce), eastern Poland, now in Minsk Voblasts of Belarus, as Iwonka Szymaniec) is the current President of the Belarusian National Republic (BNR) "in exile", a Chief of the Belarusian government in exile (located in Toronto, Canada). After a dramatic exodus through East Prussia, she lived in Denmark, France and Spain before moving to Canada in 1969. - Jaroslav Romanchuk
Jaroslav Romanchuk (January 10 1966 in Minsk) is a Belarusian economic analyst. He is currently Vice Chairman of the United Civil Party and President of Scientific Research Mises Center in Minsk. - George A. Krol
George Albert Krol is a U.S. foreign service officer and the previous United States Ambassador to Belarus. Krol joined the United States Foreign Service in 1982, and is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He has held foreign assignments in Poland, India, the Soviet Union, Russia, Ukraine and also previously in Belarus. He most recently served as Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs at the United States Embassy in Moscow (1999-2002). - Ruslan Alekhno
Ruslan Alehno (born October 14, 1981 in Minsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian singer who rose to popularity after winning "Народный Артист 2", the Russian version of "Pop Idol". - Igor Astapkovich
Igor Astapkovich (born January 4, 1963 in Minsk) is a hammer thrower who won two Olympic medals, first representing USSR and later his home country of Belarus. He won silver medals at three consecutive World Championships, and became the 1990 European champion. His personal best throw of 84.62 metres, achieved in 1992, puts him 6th on the all-time performer's list. Astapkovich is married to discus thrower Irina Yatchenko. - Napoleon Orda
Napoleon Orda was a Polish and Belarusian musician, pianist, composer and artist. Napoleon Orda was born in the village of Worocewicze (Varacevičy) in the Pinsk district of Minsk guberniya in his family manor (now Ivanava district, Brest voblast, Belarus). His father was an impoverished noble and the marshal of the powiat of Kobryn. After finishing a secondary school in Świsłocz in 1823 he started mathematical studies at the Vilnius University. - Alaksandar Kazulin
Aliaksandr Kazulin, born 25 November 1955, is the leader of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party and one of the candidates running for the office of President of Belarus on March 19, 2006. Kazulin was born in Minsk. He was a rector of the Belarusian State University from 1996 to 2003 and a government minister serving under Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko but later fell out of favor. He holds a PhD in mathematics and pedagogy. He is married and has two daughters. - Anastasiya Yakimova
Anastasiya Yakimova (born November 1, 1986 in Minsk, Belarus) is a female tennis player from Belarus. She made it to the third round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Ai Sugiyama of Japan, a seeded player, on the way in the second round. She also defeated Jill Craybas in three sets to go to the second round of the French Open of 2006, but lost to Justine Henin in the second round, challenging her to 7-5 in the second set, losing in straight sets. - Romuald Klim
Romuald Iosifovich Klim (born 25 May,1933 in village Khvoevo, Niasviž District, Minsk Province) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the Hammer Throw. He trained at VSS Сhervony Stsyag in Vitebsk and later at the Armed Forces sports society in Minsk. He competed for the USSR in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the hammer throw where he won the gold medal. He retuned four years in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, … - Stanimir Stoilov
Stanimir Kolev Stoilov, nickname "Murray" (born February 13, 1967) is a former Bulgarian footballer and the current manager of PFC Levski Sofia. Stoilov began his career at the local FC Haskovo, where he stayed until 1990. His first spell at Levski Sofia spanned 2 years, between July 1990 and June 1992, … - Ksenia Milevskaya
"'"' (born August 9, 1990 in Minsk) is a professional junior tennis player from Belarus. On June 9, 2007, Milevskaya and Urszula Radwanska won the 2007 French Open - Girls' Doubles title, beating Sorana Cirstea and Alexa Glatch 6-1, 6-4 in the final. In singles action, Milevskaya has lost in the semifinals of two of the 2007 Grand Slams-the Australian Open and the French Open, losing to Madison Brengle and Alize Cornet, respectively. - Ekaterina Karsten
Ekaterina Karsten, "Kaciaryna Karsten"; Russian: Екатерина Карстен; born June 2, 1972) is a famous rower from Minsk, Belarus, an Olympic champion and world champion in double and single sculls. She is a two-times Olympic champion, having won gold in single sculls in 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens she won a silver medal. - Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar (born Shneur Zalman Rubrashov on 24 November 1889, died October 5, 1974) was an author, poet, and the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973. Born to a Hasidic family of the Chabad-Lubavitch stream in Mir, near Minsk, he received a religious education as a youth. In his teenage years he became involved in the Poalei Zion Movement. - Yury Shulman
Yury Shulman (born April 29, 1975, in Minsk, Belarus, former USSR) is an American chess grandmaster. He also goes by the alternate spelling of "Yuri Shulman." As of June 2007, his Elo rating was 2600, making him the # 8 player in the US and the 149th-highest rated player in the world. His peak FIDE Elo rating was 2614 in 2006. As of May 2007, his USCF rating was 2667. Shulman started formal chess lessons with coach Tamara Golovey when he was six years old. - Isaac Boleslavsky
Isaac Yefremovich Boleslavsky (June 9, 1919 Zolotonosha, Ukraine - February 15, 1977 Minsk) was a Ukrainian-Jewish chess Grandmaster. - Sergei Aleinikov
Sergei Aleinikov (born 7 November 1961 in Minsk) was a football (soccer) player from Belarus. He played for the USSR national football team, making 77 appearances for the USSR, scoring six goals, from 1984-92, when USSR made the final of Euro 88, losing to the Netherlands 0-2. He also earned 4 caps for Belarus after the independence of Belarus. He joined F.C. Dinamo Minsk in 1981 and won the USSR championship the following season.
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