Background
The year and the place of his birth are not exactly known.
The last note about T. Surta is dated to the year of 1701.
The year and the place of his birth are not exactly known.
The last note about T. Surta is dated to the year of 1701.
It us unknown where T. Surta was studying, but he was a very educated and well-read person. Besides Belarusian and Polish, he knew Russian and Latin. T. Surta was a typical representative of baroque. He was a pious orthodox person.
In 1679 T. Surta was a service person, who collected taxes, kept city’s accounts. It is indicated in the documents of Mogilev city council. In 1684 he was a superintendent and the tax collector of breweries in Mogilev. In 1689 T. Surta was elected as a juror.