1. Yanka Kupala's family had been well-known since the early 17th century, coming from the szlachta, although grown poor so both of his parents had to work as tenant farmers at the folwark.
17 Facts About Yanka Kupala
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Yanka Kupala worked a variety of short-term jobs, including as a tutor, a shop assistant, and a record keeper.
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Yanka Kupala wrote almost all books from his father's library, graduated from the local folk school and successfully qualified as a teacher.
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Yanka Kupala's studies were interrupted by the First World War.
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Yanka Kupala decided to devote her life to preserving the memory of her late husband.
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Yanka Kupala moved to Vilnius in 1908, where he continued with his career as a poet.
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The order for Yanka Kupala's arrest was revoked in 1909, but a second printing was again confiscated, this time by the local authorities in Vilnius.
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Yanka Kupala ceased working for the Nasha Niva in order to avoid ruining the reputation of the newspaper.
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Yanka Kupala left St Petersburg and returned to Vilnius in 1913, where he started working at Nasha Niva again.
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Yanka Kupala's writing changed to an optimistic tone following the October Revolution of 1917.
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Yanka Kupala started working in the People's Commissariat of Education of the BSSR, then headed the library in the "Belarusian hattsy", edited magazines 'Run' and 'Volny stsyag'.
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Nevertheless, Yanka Kupala maintained his connections with the anti-Soviet oriented nationalist emigres of the Belarusian People's Republic, who exhorted that he join them in exile in Czechoslovakia during a trip abroad in 1927.
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Yanka Kupala had long questionings by the State Political Directorate and experienced such pressure that he even tried to commit suicide.
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Yanka Kupala died in Moscow on June 28,1942, at age 59, having fallen down the stairwell in Hotel Moskva.
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Yanka Kupala became recognised as a symbol of the culture of Belarus during the Soviet era.
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At the Arrow Park in Monroe, New York there is a monument to Yanka Kupala that was created by Belarusian sculptor Anatoly Anikeichik and architect Sergey Botkovsky.
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The biopic Yanka Kupala was produced by BelarusFilm in 2020 and dramatizes the turbulent and tragic life of the poet.