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Mikola Yermalovich

{{Short description|Belarusian writer and historian (1921–2000)}}

{{Expand Belarusian|topic=bio|date=December 2008}}

{{Expand Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)|Мікола Ермаловіч|date=December 2008}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Mikola Yermalovich

| native_name = Мікола Іванавіч Ермаловіч

| native_name_lang = be

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|04|29}}

| birth_place = Malyja Navasiolki, Minsky Uyezd, BSSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|03|05|1921|04|29}}

| death_place = Minsk, Belarus

| occupation = Opinion journalist, literary scholar, writer, historian

| alma_mater = BSPU

}}

Mikola Yermalovich ({{langx|be|Ермало́віч Міко́ла Іва́навіч, Mikoła Jermałovič}}) (April 29, 1921 in Dzyarzhynsk Raion, Minsk Voblast – March 5, 2000) was a Belarusian writer, historian and teacher.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ0sg0RDy-w&t=500s Belarusian historian Andrei Katlyarchuk about Mikola Yermalovich]

== Biography ==

Ermalovich was born in the village of Maly Novoselki (modern Dzerzhinsky district). He finished a local school and graduated from Minsk Pedagogical Institute in 1947.

On graduation he worked as a teacher, school inspector and headmaster. Ermalovich was visually impaired and had to retire at the age of 35. He devoted decades to studying ancient Belarusian chronicles and other primary sources.{{cite web |title=Mikola Ermalovich. A centenary of researcher, historian and educator (Мікола Ермаловіч. 100 год даследчыку, гісторыку і педагогу)(in Belarusian) |url=https://csl.bas-net.by/news/one-news.asp?id=86708 |access-date=30 April 2022}}

Work

Some commentators believe that Yermalovich presented the pseudo-historic conception of Litvinism, which asserts that the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was Belarusian, not Lithuanian.Ермаловіч М. Беларуская дзяржава Вялікае княства Літоўскае. Мінск: “Беллітфонд”, 2000. —448 с. {{in lang|be}}{{Dubious|date=April 2021}}

Other professional historians criticized Ermalovich's books as non-scientific, however it is acknowledged that "it was Ermalovich's books that contributed a great deal to the expansion of research in the field of ancient history of Belarus" and "encouraged [Belarusian] academic historians to pursue further studies of the history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania".{{cite web |title=Mikola Ermalovich. A centenary of researcher, historian and educator (Мікола Ермаловіч. 100 год даследчыку, гісторыку і педагогу)(in Belarusian) |url=https://csl.bas-net.by/news/one-news.asp?id=86708 |access-date=30 April 2022}}{{cite web |title=20 years from the death of Mikola Ermalovich, the creator of the romantic myth about the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Reminiscences of his friends (20 лет назад погиб создатель романтического мифа о ВКЛ Микола Ермолович. Вспоминают друзья)(in Russian) |url=https://nashaniva.com/?c=ar&i=247225&lang=ru |access-date=30 April 2022}}

Resting place

Ermalovich is buried in the Old Cemetery of Maladzechna. On his grave on the back of the monument is written: "He loved Belarus…".{{cite web |title=Mikola Ermalovich. A centenary of researcher, historian and educator (Мікола Ермаловіч. 100 год даследчыку, гісторыку і педагогу)(in Belarusian) |url=https://csl.bas-net.by/news/one-news.asp?id=86708 |access-date=30 April 2022}}{{cite web |title=20 years from the death of Mikola Ermalovich, the creator of the romantic myth about the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Reminiscences of his friends (20 лет назад погиб создатель романтического мифа о ВКЛ Микола Ермолович. Вспоминают друзья)(in Russian) |url=https://nashaniva.com/?c=ar&i=247225&lang=ru |access-date=30 April 2022}}

Bibliography

File:Litva (Yermalovich).svg according to Yermalovich{{Dubious|date=April 2021}}]]

  • Dear to Belarusians name (Дарагое беларусам імя, 1970)
  • Following in the tracks of one myth (Па слядах аднаго міфа, 1989) (1st edition: {{ISBN|5-343-00016-9}}; 2nd edition: {{ISBN|5-343-00876-3}})
  • Ancient Belarus: Polatsk and Navahrudak periods (Старажытная Беларусь: Полацкі і Новагародскі перыяды, 1990) (2nd edition: {{ISBN|985-02-0503-2}})
  • Ancient Belarus: Vilna period (Старажытная Беларусь: Віленскі перыяд, 1994)
  • Belarusian state Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Беларуская дзяржава Вялікае Княства Літоўскае, 2000) {{ISBN|985-6576-08-3}}

Awards

See also

External links

  • [http://slounik.org/80994.html Biography at Slounik.org]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20050125105309/http://tbm.org.by/ns/no15/ermalov.html Article in Nasha Slova («Наша слова»)]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070213222255/http://txt.knihi.com/jermalovic/ Books at Knihi.com («Беларуская Палічка»)]

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Category:1921 births

Category:2000 deaths

Category:People from Dzyarzhynsk district

Category:20th-century Belarusian historians

Category:Soviet historians

Category:Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University alumni

Category:Recipients of the Francysk Skaryna Medal

Category:Belarusian male non-fiction writers

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