 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Vasil Bykaŭ akaberekerwa mumusha weByčki, kwete kure neVicebsk muna 1924. Muna 1941 akanga ari muUkraine apo Germany yakarwisa USSR. Pakutanga Bykaŭ ane makore gumi nemanomwe okukura akachera makomba ipapo akazvipira kupinda muRed Army. Akasungwa uye akapotsa apfurwa somusori weGermany. Kwemakore pashure pehondo iye akapfuurira kubatira, achidzokera kuUSSR bedzi pakati pama1950. Ikoko akatanga kushanda semutori wenhau wepepanhau rinonzi Hrodna Pravda. Mumakore gumi iwayo mabhuku ake okutanga akatanga kubuda, ayo anozivikanwa zvikuru ari The Ordeal, The Obelisk, To Go and Not Return, uye To Live Till Sunrise. The Ordeal, yakanzi Liquidation nemunyori pachake, asi yakatanga kubudiswa pasi pezita rokuti Sotnikaŭ mushure memunhu mukuru, akafuridzira mutungamiri Larisa Shepitko firimu The Ascent, yakabudiswa muna 1977 uye akahwina mubairo weGolden Bear pa 27th Berlin International Film Festival. Munguva uye mushure mePerestroika, akapinda muchirongwa chekugadzirisa semuenzaniso Popular Front yeBelarus. Muna October 1993, akasaina Tsamba yeVane Makumi Mana neVaviri. 