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Lives forged in Africa and the Middle East against the colourful background of their families' histories, noble and royal families of Anglo-Saxon England, Austria, Belarus, Bohemia, Denmark, Lithuania, Poland and Rus, rulers, warriors, social and political activists, poets, artists, academics, owners of silver mines, sponsors of the arts and state bankers. In 2020 The State Museum of the History of Belarusian Literature in Minsk held 'The Kostrovitsky Literary and Documentary Exposition'. The National Historical Archives of Belarus, The Belarusian State Archives-Museum of Literature and Art, The National Library of Belarus, The Republican Centre of National Culture and The Predmestie Gallery took part. Its instigator was Uladzimir Szczasny, Chairman of UNESCO for Belarus, Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian newspaper Nasa Niva ('Our Field'), founded in 1906. The author's great-uncle, Karuś Kahaniets (Kazimir-Rafal Kostrovitsky), artist, poet and political activist, was among the first contributors to Nasa Niva, a member of the Belarusian Committee in March 1917 and an organiser of the All-Belarusian Congress held in Minsk in December 1917 that led to the declaration of The Belarusian People's Republic. This Congress was chaired by his brother, Dr. Ambroźy Kostrovitsky, whose eldest son, the freedom fighter Samuel Kostrovitsky, was the author's grandfather. The first editions of this book and the titles 'Poetry in the blood' and 'The Flight of Eagles' by this author were featured in this exposition. Copies of this work were requested by The Agency for Legal Deposit Libraries for distribution to The National Library of Scotland, The Bodleian Library, National Library of Wales, Cambridge University Library and The Library of Trinity College, Dublin.

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