Frantsishak Alyakhnovich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frantsishak Alyakhnovich

Belarusian writer and journalist

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1883

Place of Birth: Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 03-Mar-1944

Profession: writer, poet, playwright, journalist, opinion journalist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Frantsishak Alyakhnovich (March 9, 1883 in Vilnius – March 3, 1944 in Vilnius, Belarusian: ??????´??? ??´??????? ??????´???, Lacinka: Francišak Alachnovic, Russian: ????????? ??´?????? ??????´???, Polish: Franciszek Olechnowicz, Czech: František Olechnovic) was a Belarusian writer, journalist of Polish and Czech origins. Alyakhnovich was a theatrical writer, director and journalist in West Belarus.
He was editor of the newspaper ????????? ???? (Byelaruski zvon) published in Vilnius. In 1926 he decided to stay in East Belarus after a conference in Minsk.
Several months later he was arrested by the NKVD and sent to Solovki prison camp.
He spent seven years in the Gulag; in 1933 he was exchanged for Branislaw Tarashkyevich, a West Belarusian politician and linguist held in Polish prison. Alyakhnovich's Gulag experience became a basis for his 1934 book of memoirs ? ???????? ??? (U kaptsyurokh HPU, In the claws of the GPU), that was later translated into several languages. During the Second World War, Alyakhnovich collaborated with Nazi Germany and was editor of the newspaper ????????? ???? (Byelaruski hlas, Belarusian voice) published in Vilnius.
Apart from that, he was also one of the leaders of the Belarusian Independence Party - a Belarusian organization led by padre Vincent Hadleuski which initially collaborated with the Germans. In 1944, Frantsishak Alyakhnovich was assassinated.