Frantsishak Skaryna Belarusian Language Society
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The Frantsishak Skaryna Belarusian Language Society is an association in Belarus
. The association's main activity is promotion and development of the Belarusian language
.
The TBM was founded in 1989 on an initiative a group of Belarusian intellectuals by Belarusian Writers' Union, the Ministries of Education and of Culture, the Institutes of Linguistics and of Literature of the Belarus Academy of Sciences, the Belarusian Cultural Fund, the State Committee on the Press, the Belarusian Society of Friendship and Cultural Links with Foreign Countries, and the National State Television and Radio Company.
TBM has organized numerous campaigns of promotion of the Belarusian language, such as demands of introduction of Belarusian notifications in the public transport, description of goods in Belarusian on label
s, promotion of primary and higher education in Belarusian language.
Although the organization opposes the official russification
policy of Alexander Lukashenko
and many notable opposition leaders and activists are members of the TBM, it stays away from politics and stays firmly within its declared goals.
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
. The association's main activity is promotion and development of the Belarusian language
Belarusian language
The Belarusian language , sometimes referred to as White Russian or White Ruthenian, is the language of the Belarusian people...
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The TBM was founded in 1989 on an initiative a group of Belarusian intellectuals by Belarusian Writers' Union, the Ministries of Education and of Culture, the Institutes of Linguistics and of Literature of the Belarus Academy of Sciences, the Belarusian Cultural Fund, the State Committee on the Press, the Belarusian Society of Friendship and Cultural Links with Foreign Countries, and the National State Television and Radio Company.
TBM has organized numerous campaigns of promotion of the Belarusian language, such as demands of introduction of Belarusian notifications in the public transport, description of goods in Belarusian on label
Label
A label is a piece of paper, polymer, cloth, metal, or other material affixed to a container or article, on which is printed a legend, information concerning the product, addresses, etc. A label may also be printed directly on the container or article....
s, promotion of primary and higher education in Belarusian language.
Although the organization opposes the official russification
Russification
Russification is an adoption of the Russian language or some other Russian attributes by non-Russian communities...
policy of Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko has been serving as the President of Belarus since 20 July 1994. Before his career as a politician, Lukashenko worked as director of a state-owned agricultural farm. Under Lukashenko's rule, Belarus has come to be viewed as a state whose conduct is out of line...
and many notable opposition leaders and activists are members of the TBM, it stays away from politics and stays firmly within its declared goals.
Chairperson
- 1999-present Aleh Trusau [also: Oleg Trusov], historian
- 1997 - 1999 Henadz Buraukin [also: Gennady Buravkin, Genadz Burawkin] , poet
- 1989 - 1996: Nil Gilevich