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Kastus Akula fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1956-1976.

Reference:

R4885-0-5-E, MG31-H40

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102688

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Kastus Akula fonds
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Date(s):

1956-1976.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

7 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a scrapbook of press clippings relating to the Belorussian community in Canada and other communities whose homeland is in the Soviet Union, and programs for various activities within the Belorussian Canadian community, 1956-1972; newspaper articles, letters to the editor, and correspondence with various persons and agencies relating to Mr. Akula's activities to promote national freedom within the Soviet Union, photocopy, 1956-1976, 4 cm; letters to the editor of various serials, chiefly the Toronto Sun regarding Canadian economic, social and political issues, as well as captive nations in the communist world, mainly the U.S.S.R.

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Akula, Kastus, 1925-2008

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Toronto Sun, [1956-1972]

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Akula, Kastus, 1925-2008 : Kastus Akula was born in the village of Veratsey (near modern-day Dokshytsy, Vitsyebsk region) in 1925. He was trained at the Officers' School of Belaruskaya Krayovaya Abarona (Belarusian Home Defense) in 1944. He fought against the Nazis as a soldier with General Anders' Polish II Corps in Italy. He took part in the famous Battle of Monte Cassino (Battle for Rome) in 1944 and received two military awards from the Italian government. He graduated from the British Officers' School in 1946 and was promoted to the rank of corporal. He briefly lived in Italy and Britain before leaving for Canada in 1947.

While in Canada, Kastus Akula was involved in founding Belarusian community organizations, establishing a church in Toronto, teaching Sunday schools, editing a Belarusian-language magazine and a newspaper, and maintaining ties with Belarusians living in the United States. He was one of the founders and the first chairman of the Belarusan Canadian Alliance.

Akula wrote several novels including Zmaharnyya Darohi (Fighting Roads), Za Volyu (For Freedom) and the trilogy Haravatka. He was the first Belarusian emigrant to write a novel in English. Titled Tomorrow is Yesterday, the book explores the fates of Belarusians and Belarus before and after World War II.

Kastus Akula died in 2008 at the age of 82.

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Custodial history:

Received in 1974 and 1975 from Kastus Akula of Toronto, Ont.

Citation/reference note:

Biographical information found at: https://naviny.by/en/rubrics/english/2008/01/30/ic_news_259_284798

Language note:

Most of the material is in English, with some in Byelorussian.
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Scrapbooks Canada

Newspapers - Sections, columns, etc. - Letters to the editor, 1956-1972

Byelorussian Canadians, 1956-1972

Byelorussians - Canada, 1956-1972

Soviet Union - Politics and government, 1956-1972

Nationalism - Canada, 1956-1972

Nationalism - Soviet Union, 1956-1972

Minorities - Political activity, 1956-1972

Minority rights - Soviet Union, 1956-1972

Byelorussians - Soviet Union, 1956-1972

Communism and liberty - Soviet Union, 1956-1972

Economics - Canada, 1956-1972

Canada - Social life and customs, 1956-1972

Canada - Government and politics, 1956-1972

Kastus Akula - Correspondence (Byelorussian and English), 1956-1972

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-H40
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