Education
He graduated from Niasvizh Teacher’s seminary (1890), Vilnus teacher’s institute (1897).
He graduated from Niasvizh Teacher’s seminary (1890), Vilnus teacher’s institute (1897).
Since 1890 he started teaching in Minsk and Navagrudak regions, since 1915 in Vitebsk. Since 1908 had been a co-worker of ethnography section of The Community of natural science lovers, anthropology and ethnography at the Moscow University. Since 1919 he had been an organizer and a leader of the 13th belarusian school (that was reorganized into Minsk Belarusian gymnasium). In 192-21 he was an instructor and a leader of the section of Minsk popular schooling institute and a teacher in minsk schools. He was arrested in February of 1921 (accused of anti-Soviet actions). Since 1925 Pavel had been a member of ethnography section in the Institute of Belarusian Culture. He was studying family way of life, beliefs, rites and habits of Belarusians, was collecting belarusian folk(traditional) stories, legends and conversations (had published ‘”Pauluk’s conversations “ in the newspaper “Vilnus bulletin” 1898, №173). In the essay “From the branch of beliefs and stories “ (1896) the writer described traditional beliefs in supernatural things, witches, werewolves, sworn places, healers, gave invocations from Novogrudok and Minsk uyezds. He was working with M.A. Janchuk and M.V. Dounar-Zapolski. The latter was given a part of the collection of traditional-ethnographic materials to the possession.