On the night of October 29–30, 1937, more than a hundred Belarusian poets, writers, scholars, and cultural figures were executed in Minsk. That night became one of the most tragic pages in the history of Belarusian culture.
Events dedicated to the Night of the Executed Poets will be held all over the world in their memory. See the list below.
🇬🇧 London, October 25, 17:30
Musical and poetic evening of remembrance
📍 Belarusian Church of St. Cyril of Turau (Marian House, Holden Avenue, N12 8HY)
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🇱🇹 Vilnius
📎 October 26, 15:30
Walk through Vilnius in memory of Belarusian figures repressed by the communists
📍 near the Gate of Dawn
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📎 October 29, 20:00
Performance “Bloody Night”
📍 Gedimino pr. 28
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🇵🇱 Warsaw, October 29, 20:00
Poetry evening “Night of (Un)Executed Poets”
📍 Free Belarus Museum (ul. Foksal 11)
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🇵🇱 Białystok
📎 October 29, 17:00
Poetic action near the Consulate of Belarus
📍 skwer Wolnej Białorusi, 1
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📎 October 29, 18:30
Performance “Refugees 1915”
📍 Belarusian Cultural Center in Białystok and the Museum of Siberian Memory
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🇵🇱 Gdańsk, October 29, 19:00
Performance “The Executed”
📍 Shakespeare Theatre (ul. Wojciecha Bogusławskiego 1)
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🇵🇱 Wrocław, October 29, 19:00
Poetry evening “Night of (Un)Executed Poets”
📍 Great Hall of the CUKR Center (ul. Ruska 46A lok 201)
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🇵🇱 Lublin, October 29, 19:00
Performative reading
📍 Chatka Żaka (ul. I. Radziszewskiego 16)
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🇺🇸 San Francisco, October 30, 18:00
Poetry evening “In the Night of Poets”
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🇸🇪 Stockholm, October 31, 18:30
Poetry readings and lecture
📍 Bookstore “Interbook” (Hantverkargatan 32)
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🇪🇪 Tallinn, November 2, 18:00
Event for the Night of (Un)Executed Poets
📍 Belarusian Space, Pärnu mnt 6
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The list will be updated. If you are organizing an event and would like it added, contact us.
Find more information about the Night of the Executed Poets on the website.
