Today is International Mother Language Day

21 февраля 2017

This year Belarus will celebrate 500 years of Belarusian book printing. Of course, our Belarusian word itself is older than the Belarusian printing, it existed and developed long before Skaryna. However, it became more systemic, acquired the rights and became the common "code", which began to be used by all.

The founder of the Belarusian dictionary, Skaryna is one of the first writers and our first poet. One of the earliest poems appeared in 1517. Exactly 500 years ago.
All original texts Skaryna were translated into modern languages ​​of the 21st century: Belarusian, Russian and English. The National Library of Belarus in tandem with patrons has published 20 volumes of such books. The Belarusian Academy of Sciences completes publishing of a 33-volume collection "Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian language"