Edward Piotrowicz Cynhiel – białoruski działacz społeczno-oświatowy w Łatgalii
Edvard Pjatrovič Cynhiel – Belarusian social and educational activist in Latgale
Author(s): Mirosław Jankowiak
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Belarussian Literature, Polish Literature, Philology, British Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Edvard Pjatrovič Cynhiel; Belarusians in Latvia; Belarusian educational system in Latvia
Summary/Abstract: The article presents the figure of Edvard Pjatrovič Cynhiel, a Belarusian regional activist of merit for the Belarusian minority in Latvian Latgale. Born in 1913 in the village of Cynhiele near Indra, he graduated from, among others, the Belarusian gymnasium in Daugavpils and courses for teachers of Belarusian schools. After returning from exile in Siberia, he worked as a teacher in Krāslava and in a village school, supporting the Belarusian national movement.
Book: Спазнаючы Беларусь… Да 65-годдзя беларусістыкі Варшаўскага ўніверсітэта
- Page Range: 235-242
- Page Count: 8
- Publication Year: 2023
- Language: Polish
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