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Article: Belarus News (Daily News Briefs: AUG 30, 2002).
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- August 30, 2002
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Lukashenko voices his appeal to guests of celebrations dedicated to Day of Belarusian written language
Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has warmly congratulated the guests and participants of festivities, dedicated to the Day of Belarusian Written Language.
The president's message reads that "the book and the living word have always been respected and cherished in Belarus". "It was enlightenment enthusiast Euphrosinia of Polotsk to spark the ever-burning icon-lamp of written language". The marvel of book-printing was introduced in Belarus by the well-known Renaissance figure Francisk Skaryna. In the 20th century the Belarusian literature was ...