Background
STASHEVSKIY, Vasiliy was born in 1895 in village Svinka, Minsk Oblast. Son of a peasant.
STASHEVSKIY, Vasiliy was born in 1895 in village Svinka, Minsk Oblast. Son of a peasant.
1914 graduate Nesvizh Seminary. 1924 graduate Minsk Teachers’ Institute. 1918-1920 studied at Minsk Teachers’ Training Institute.
Studied at opera and drama studio, Moscow and on Higher Belorussian Study Courses, Minsk.
From 1914 with Russian Army at the front. 1920 in partisan unit and military comissar, Nesvizh Uyezd Military Revol Committee. From 1921 with Belorussian People's Commissariat of Education.
From 1922 teacher, Uzda Seven-Grade School. 1924-1926 taught history and lit at Orsh Workers’ Faculty. From 1926 exec secretary, “Maladnyak” Literature Association.
From 1929 exec secretary, “Polymya” Literature Association, Minsk. 1925 first work published. 1937 arrested by State Security organs.
Member, Belorussian Writers’ Union from 1934.