Abstract

The paper investigates the correlation of a small homeland, or more broadly, a landscape, with the work of many Belarusian writers, artists, scientists. This correlation can be very significant, and even becomes for many of them the main component of the creative process in life. The article analyzes the work of Belarusian writers who have become classics, for whom the theme of the homeland takes a central place: Ivan Naumenka (the novel «The pine-tree at the rode», Mikhas Streltsov (the short story «Hay on the Afalts»), Boris Sachenka (the trilogy «Vyaliki Les»), Larisa Geniyush (memories «Confession»). In addition to the homeland, another place where there is a correlation, is Kiev and other places in Ukraine, where many Belarusian distinguished people lived and worked. These are the princes of Ostrog – Fedor, Konstantin and Vasilii. In this work, we draw attention to the indissoluble connection between the Belarusian and Ukrainian life and activities of the Ostrozhski family. A native of Belarus, the famous Ukrainian hetman, creator of the first Ukrainian constitution Philip Orlik (1672–1741) studied at the Kiev-Mohyla Academy. Saint George of Konisskyi, was born in 1717 in the city of Nizhyn (Chernigov region), was a church and public figure of the Commonwealth and the Russian Empire. Graduated from the Kiev-Mohyla Academy (1743). In 1755 he was ordained Bishop of Mogilev (Belarus). In 1993, Archbishop George was canonized. The prominent historian Mitrofan Viktorovich Dovnar-Zapolsky was born in 1867 in Rechitsa (Belarus). In 1893 M. Dovnar-Zapolsky graduated from the historical and philological faculty of Kiev University. Author of over 150 works on the history of Lithuania and Belarus. Writer Vladimir Korotkevich (1930–1984) is a significant figure for many generations of Belarusians. It is a national symbol of the second half of the 20th century. He graduated from the philological faculty of the Taras Shevchenko Kiev State University in 1954.

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