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Reading97 Sculpture

Collection of photographic images of works of art: the world of books and reading<br>(You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading themu2026Ray Bradbury)

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Reading97 Sculpture

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  1. 97 Reading

  2. Minsk Francis Skaryna (1490-1551) Belarusian and East Slavic first printer, philosopher, humanist, writer, social activist, entrepreneur and scientist-physician

  3. Minsk Belarus Francis Skaryna (1490-1551) by A. Dranetz, 2005

  4. Francis Skaryna (1490-1551) was also translator and one of the first book printers in Eastern Europe, laying the groundwork for the development of the Belarusian language

  5. Statue of Francysk Skaryna (1490-1551) by A. Dranetz, 2005  in front of the National Library of Belarus, Minsk

  6. An unusual project of the National Library of Viktor Kramarenko won the international architectural exhibition in 1988. But then he was deemed too futuristic and time-consuming, and came to the realization only after fifteen years

  7. The main highlight of the library complex spatial-volumetric form rhombicuboctahedron. This is the most ambitious construction project of Minsk in the last two decades. To at least approximately to imagine the scale of the building, imagine that at each of the three floors of the library can accommodate two football fields

  8. This is the fastest library in the world. For delivery of books uses its own railway and telelift. In the library there is a book Museum with unique exhibits of the fourteenth century. On the roof of the crystal at a height of 72 meters is an observation deck, accessible by one of the panoramic elevators 

  9. In addition the library offers a restaurant, a snack bar, a spacious Internet centre, the international press center and several reception halls for foreign delegations

  10. Monument to Francis Skaryna (1490-1551) Minsk University (Internal Yard of the BSU campus)

  11. Francis Skaryna (1490-1551) Minsk University (Internal Yard of the BSU campus)

  12. Monument to Francis Skaryna (1490-1551) in Polacak, the oldest city in Belarus by Aliaksiej Hliebaŭ, Ihar Hliebaŭ and Andrej Zaśpicki

  13. Monument to Francis Skaryna (1490-1551) in Lida, Belarus

  14. Monument to Francis Skaryna in Lida, Belarus

  15. Monument to Francis Skaryna in Lida, Belarus

  16. In the 16th century Francisk Skorina of Polatsk translated the Bible into Belarusian and wrote extensive explanatory introductions to each book

  17. His editions, produced in Prague (now in the Czech Republic) in 1517–19 and in Vilnius (Lithuania) in 1522–25, were the first printed books not only in Belarus but in the whole of eastern Europe Francis Skaryna in Praga

  18. Statue Prague Czech Republic Commemorative Plaque of Francysk Skaryna in Prague

  19. Monument to Francis Skaryna in the courtyard of the house that once belonged to the burmistr (mayor) of Viĺnia Jakub Babič. It was here that Skaryna’s printing house was located Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania

  20. Kaliningrad Monument to Francis Skaryna in front of the building of Mathematics and Physics department of I. Kant State University of Russia

  21. Minsk Belarus Monument to  Adam Mickiewicz The greatest of Poland's Romantic poets (1798-1855)

  22. Minsk Belarus Monument to  Adam Mickiewicz The greatest of Poland's Romantic poets (1798-1855)

  23. Minsk Belarus Euphrosyne of Polotsk (1110–1173) was the granddaughter of a prince of Polotsk, Vseslav, and daughter of Prince Svyatoslav of Polotsk. She is one of the 15 patron saints of Belarus

  24. Euphrosyne of Polotsk (1110–1173)

  25. Euphrosyne of Polotsk (1110–1173)

  26. Belarus Yarshevych village Lenin monument

  27. Minsk Belarus Monument Symon Budny and Vasily Tiapinsky

  28. Minsk Belarus Symon Budny (c.1530-1593) was a Belarusian humanist, educator, Hebraist, Bible translator, Church reformator, philosopher

  29. Minsk Belarus Monument Symon Budny and Vasil Ciapinski (1570-1580) the translator and publisher of Gospel

  30. Nesvizh Belarus Monument Symon Budny and

  31. Minsk Belarus Nikolai Gusovskyi known as Nicolaus Hussovianus (1470-1533), was a Belarusian and Polish early Renaissance poet and humanist, and cultural and social activist

  32. Nikolai Gusovskyi known as Nicolaus Hussovianus (1470-1533 His most notable work is Carmen de statura...bisontis (Song about...the bison)

  33. Minsk Belarus Cyril of Turov (1130–1182) was a bishop and saint of Russian Orthodox Church

  34. Polotsk Belarus Simeon of Polotsk (1629-1680) Belarusian enlightener, scientist, writer

  35. Polotsk Belarus Simeon of Polotsk (1629-1680) Belarusian enlightener, scientist, writer. Apart from Latin, Symeon was the first to teach grammar, poetics, and rhetoric to the Russians

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