![]() ![]() A distinguished painter known for his own painting style, a mixture of still lives and portraits. In 2007, Napoleon Orda’s 200th anniversary was added to the UNESCO Memorial Calendar List.īorn in the village of Ulla, Lepel Uyezd (District), Vitebsk Province. Napoleon Orda made more than 1,000 sketches of the buildings in Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, France, which has become a priceless source of information for architects and restorers in Europe. Napoleon Orda was born in the village of Vorocevichi, Pinsk Uyezd (District). Leon Bakst gained worldwide recognition thanks to his collaboration with Sergei Diaghilev and Ballets Russes for which he designed exotic, richly colored sets and costumes.Ī painter, a composer. Born into a middle-class Jewish family in Grodno in 1866 as Leib Chaim Rosenberg, he later took a pseudonym derived from his grandmother's family name, Baxter. Perhaps the most famous of all people from Belarus, Marc Chagall is known around the world as a master of classic avant-garde art.įamed artist and stage designer, decorator, dress designer, portrait painter, master of easel painting, and one of the founders of the World of Art group. Before becoming a cosmonaut he was an Air Force pilot, a combat veteran, had medals bestowed by the Russian Defense Ministry. Oleg Novitsky was born in the town of Cherven, Minsk Oblast in 1971. The first Belarusian cosmonaut to lead the crew of the 34th international expedition to the ISS. He commanded 3 space missions and was twice declared a Hero of the Soviet Union. Spent a total of 78.76 days in space.īorn near Minsk in 1942, Kovalenok trained as a pilot and became a celebrated cosmonaut in the Soviet Union. Made three space flights as a member of spaceship and orbital space station missions. Born in Komarovka village, Brest region, in 1942. Petr Klimuk, the first Belarusian cosmonaut a researcher in technical sciences twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Born in the village of Semezhevo, Minsk Oblast (1928).īorn in Vitebsk in 1930, Alferov won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2000. Author of over 450 research papers, including 134 inventions and 17 patents. Born in 1895, in the town of Glubokoye, Vitebsk Region.Īn outstanding scientist and designer, who has overseen the development of the best MAZ vehicles, for decades he was the general designer in charge of Belarusian automobiles. Sofia Kovalevskaya is the author of numerous papers on mathematical analysis, mechanics and astronomy.Īn aerospace engineer, an inventor, one of the creators of supersonic jets, a designer of more than 50 original aircraft solutions, more than 30 of which have been constructed and tested. At the age of 18 Sofia entered into a fictive marriage to move abroad and to do science. She spent her childhood in the Palibino Estate, Vitebsk Province. The first female Professor of Mathematics, descended from the Belarusian noble family. From 1892 Nikolai lived in Hawaii where he fought for the rights of the locals.īorn in the Grodno region in 1897, Chizhevsky was an acclaimed scientist who studied the biological effects of the sun and universe, including how solar activity maps to periods of war throughout history. Born to an impoverished noble family in 1850 in Mogilev. Born in 1845, in the Svolna Estate, Vitebsk Province.Īn ethnographer, a geographer, a chemist, a biologist, a genetic doctor, the first president of the Hawaii State Senate. He is officially recognised by UNESCO for his achievements.Īn outstanding geographer, a geologist, a famous explorer of Siberia, whose name was given to numerous geographical places. Domejko was a well-known geologist who spent most of his life in Chile where he became a national hero. ![]() Famous scientists from Belarusīorn in Belarus in 1802. One of the main founders of the Statute of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1588), which was actually the first European Constitution.īorn in Belarus in 1746, Kosciuszko is considered a national hero in America, Belarus and Poland for his leadership in the American Revolutionary War and the uprising against Imperial Russia and the Prussian Empire in 1794. Famous Belarusians from historyĪ political and military figure, the Hetman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, a diplomat, a philosopher. ![]() From medieval saints to modern-day Nobel scientists and Olympic champions, Belarus has produced many famous people. ![]()
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