Famous Belarusians

Who was St Euphrosinia of Polotsk's father?

• Prince Vseslav

• Prince Svyatoslav

• Lasar Bohsha

• Aunt of Euphrosinia

What did Euphrosinia do with the money she earned by copying books?

• Bought a house

• Gave it to the poor

• Saved it for herself

• Donated it to the church

What was Euphrosinia's original name?

• Predslava

• Sophia

• Euphrosinia

• Maria

Where was Francisk Skorina born?

• Krakow

• Vilno

• Polotsk

• Prague

What happened to Skorina's printing shop in Vilno?

• It was expanded

• It became famous

• It was sold

• It was destroyed by fire

What was Skorina's primary education like?

• He attended university

• He had no education

• He was educated at home

• He was taught by a private tutor

Where was Maksim Bogdanovich born?

• Minsk

• Nizhny Novgorod

• Vilno

• Yalta

What was Maksim Bogdanovich's first published work?

• Vianok

• Muzyka

• Zorka Vianiera

• Nasha Niva

Which two poets did Bogdanovich translate?

• Janka Kupala and Jakub Kolas

• William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe

• Heinrich Heine and Alexander Pushkin

• Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov