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Yanka Kupala

Yanka Kupala, Belarusian poet and writer (died 1941)

Born
July 7, 1882
Died
June 28, 1942
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1882

About Yanka Kupala

Ivan Daminikavich Lutsevich, better known by his pen name Yanka Kupala, was a Belarusian poet and writer. It was Vladislava Lutsevich who created and became the director of the Museum of Yanka Kupala in Minsk. He worked a variety of short-term jobs, including as a tutor, a shop assistant, and a record keeper.

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The world when Yanka Kupala was born

Yanka Kupala was born in 1882. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineChinese Exclusion Act signed
  • Technology milestoneFirst hydroelectric power plant (Appleton, WI)
  • World population~1.42B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderChester A. Arthur
  • U.S. population51.9M

1882 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Yanka Kupala's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18822026
Population51.9M341 million

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