Vasil Bykaŭ

Belarusian writer (1924-2003) · Belarus · On the map · Writers · Died at 79

Vasil Uladzimiravič Bykaŭ was a Belarusian dissident and opposition politician, junior lieutenant, and author of novels and novellas about World War II.

Vasil Bykaŭ is read about 201 times a day, in 39 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 110 days, one point a day.

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A room at the Bykaŭ Museum

Awards

USSR State Prize

Order of Lenin

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Hero of Socialist Labour

Order of the Red Star

Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class

Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Order of Friendship of Peoples

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Lenin Prize

Medal of Francysk Skaryna

Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Medal "For Battle Merit"

Order of the Patriotic War

About this person

A significant figure in Soviet and Belarusian literature and civic thought, his work earned him endorsements for the Nobel Prize nomination from, among others, Nobel Prize laureates Joseph Brodsky and Czesław Miłosz.

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Belarus