Pyotra Krecheuski

Piotra Krečeŭski
President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic in exile
In office
December 1919  March 8, 1928
Preceded by Jazep Losik
Succeeded by Vasil Zacharka
Prime Minister Vaclaŭ Lastoŭski
Prime Minister Alaksandar Cvikievic
Prime Minister Vasil Zacharka
Personal details
Born (1879-08-07)August 7, 1879
Kobryn uyezd, Russian Empire
Died March 8, 1928(1928-03-08) (aged 48)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Profession Teacher, historian

Piotra Krecheuski (Belarusian: Пётра Крэчэўскі, Łacinka: Piotra Krečeŭski; August 7, 1879 – March 8, 1928, Prague) was a Belarusian statesman and president of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic in exile.

Before the First World War he worked as a teacher in Jałówka near Białystok. He was delegate at the First All-Belarusian Congress in 1917 and member of the Council of the Belarusian Democratic Republic. In December 1919 Krecheuski was elected President of the Council of the Belarusian republic and served on this post till his death.

In exile in Prague since 1919, he organized active information campaigns for Western governments about the current states of Belarusian SSR and West Belarus.

He organized a conference of Belarusian emigrant organizations in September 1921 that criticized the Polish-Bolshevist Peace of Riga that divided Belarus in two parts.

Krecheuski has convinced the Czechoslovak government to give grants for Belarusian students. He created the Belarusian archive in Prague and published the politological almanac Zamiežnaja Biełaruś.

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