The 50th Anniversary of the First Belarusian Toponymic Dictionary
The 50th Anniversary of the First Belarusian Toponymic Dictionary

Summary/Abstract: This short note is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the first Belarusian toponymic dictionary, written by the Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor Vadzim Andrejavič Žučkievič. A Short Toponymic Dictionary of Bielorussiya, published in Minsk in 1974, has played a crucial role in developing toponymics as a field of study and has served as an essential source of information for researchers in geography, history, linguistics, anthropology, and the various fields of cognate social sciences. This short note includes information about the author of the dictionary, one of the leading geographers in Soviet Byelorussia, former Chair of the Belarusian Geographical Society, Vadzim Andrejavič Žučkievič, and his role in developing the field of toponymics in Belarus and the Soviet Un ion. The paper discusses some general features of this book and its role in promoting the geographical stream of toponymic studies in Soviet Byelorussia, other parts of the USSR, and later, in the post-Soviet realm.

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