Lyavon Barshchewski
Belarusian translator
Intro | Belarusian translator | |
Places | Belarus | |
is | Translator | |
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Birth | 4 March 1958, Polotsk, Polatsk District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus | |
Age | 66 years | |
Politics: | Bpf Party |
Lyavon Barshchewski (Belarusian: Лявон Баршчэўскі) (born March 24, 1948) is a Belarusian philologist and opposition politician.
Born on March 24, 1948 in Polotsk, Barshchewski graduated from Minsk State Linguistic University in 1980. He was a deputy to the Supreme Soviet of Belarus from 1990 to 1996. He is a member of PEN International. From 2007–2009 he was head of the BPF Party, succeeded by Alaksiej Janukievich.