Elena Bormotova: The national poet of Belarus lived and studied in St. Petersburg for several years. The young poet was the guest of literary critic Branislav Epimakh-Shipila.
Mikhail Rusakevich: The Chair of the Belarusian Regional and Cultural Autonomy in St. Petersburg: A memorial tablet in honor of Yanka Kupala was first established here in 1956 and returned after the restoration in 1990s.
Nikolai Nikolayev, the head of the department of the National Library, Doctor of Philology, the corresponding member of the International Academy of Eurasia: Yanka Kupala is a very interesting and magic phenomenon. He lived for two years in St. Petersburg. Here he wrote and staged Pavlinka and some of his best oeuvres, but not a single poem about St. Petersburg. He did not notice the city.
Kupala's collections of poems were published here. He also attended the lectures of St. Petersburg professors.













