Adam Stankievič, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Adam Stankievič

Belarusian politician

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1892

Place of Birth: Arlianiaty, Vilna Governorate, Belarus

Date of Death: 29-Nov-1949

Profession: politician, historian, Catholic priest, public figure, publisher, opinion journalist, literary scholar

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Adam Stankievič

  • Adam Stankievic (Belarusian: ???? ?????????, Polish: Adam Stankiewicz, January 6, 1882 – November 29, 1949) was a Belarusian Roman Catholic priest, politician and writer.
  • Stankievic was one of ideologists of the Belarusian Christian democratic movement in the early 20th century. Adam Stankievic was born in Arlianiaty (now in Hrodna Voblast), near Ashmyany.
  • In 1914 he graduated from a priest seminary in Vilna (Vilnius in Lithuanian).
  • Adam Stankievic was one of the founders of the Belarusian Christian Democratic Union and the Belarusian Christian Democracy.
  • He was one of the first priests to use Belarusian language in church services. In December 1919 Adam Stankievic became member of the exiled Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic.
  • He was an active member of the Belarusian national movement in Poland-controlled West Belarus.
  • In 1922 he was elected to the Sejm as member of the Bloc of National Minorities. Unlike his fellow-villager, the notable West Belarusian politician and scientist Jan Stankievic, Adam refused to cooperate with the Germans after their invasion in Poland.
  • During World War II he lived in Vilnius where he published Belarusian religious literature.
  • At this time Stankievic remained outside of the Belarusian political movement, rejecting any possibility of collaborating with the Nazi Germans.
  • In many ways he assisted the anti-German resistance and especially the persecuted Jews whom he often harbored in his church.In 1944 Adam Stankievic refused to flee from Belarus with the retreating German armies.
  • He was arrested by Soviet authorities soon after re-installation of Soviet control over Vilnius.
  • In 1949 he was sent to the concentration camp in Taishet, Irkutsk oblast, where he died.

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