was heavily damaged during the Russian Civil War in 1918. Belarusian literature In 1991–1995 a full collection of Bahdanovich's poetry was published in Belarus. Nowadays there are museums of the poet open in Minsk (Maksim Bahdanovič Literary Museum), Hrodna and Yaroslavl'. Several streets in major cities of Belarus and Russia are named after him. The operas Zorka Venera (by Jury Siemianiaka and Ales' Bachyla), and Maksim (by Ihar Palivoda). Bahdanovich created many examples of social, artistic and philosophical lyrics. He was the first poet to introduce several new lyrical forms to Belarusian literature. Maksim Bahdanovich was a translator of Paul Verlaine, Heinrich Heine, Alexander Pushkin, Ovid, Horace and other poets into Belarusian and of Janka Kupala, Taras Shevchenko, Ivan Franko into Russian. Literary work In 1916, Maksim Bahdanovič wrote a poem “Pahonia”. The music was written by a Belarusian composer and immigrant activist Mikalay Shchahlou-Kulikovich. The song was originally meant to be sung a capella. Mikola Ravienski, and Vladimir Mulyavin also wrote their own musical arrangements. In the early 1990s, Shchahlou-Kulikovich’s version was considered as one of the options for the national anthem of the Republic of Belarus. In 2020, under the patronage of Anton Mezhy a choral performance of the anthem was recorded with an orchestra accompaniment. In 2020, the "Pahonia" anthem and the poem resurged in popularity as one of the symbols of the 2020 Belarusian protests against the Lukashenko regime, along with the white-red-white flag. The anthem was spontaneously performed in several public places: near the Belarusian State Philharmonic, in malls, in the Minsk subway, at the Minsk , and at the Minsk railway station. References External links Works of Maksim Bahdanovich at the Belaruskaia Palichka Maksim Bahdanovič Literary Museum Maksim Bahdanovich's poems translated into German 1891 births 1917 deaths People from Minsky Uyezd Writers from Minsk 20th-century Belarusian poets Belarusian translators Translators from Ukrainian Translators from French Translators to Belarusian Translators from Russian Translators of Alexander Pushkin Symbolist poets Belarusian-language writers Belarusian male poets 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis 20th-century translators Tuberculosis deaths in Ukraine