Background
NEMANSKIY, Yanka was born on March 31, 1890 in village Shchorsy, Grodno Oblast.
NEMANSKIY, Yanka was born on March 31, 1890 in village Shchorsy, Grodno Oblast.
Graduate Nesvizh Teachers’ Seminary. Until 1916 studied at Saint St. Petersburg University.
From 1916 with Tsarist Army at the front. 1918 worked for newspaper “Dzyannitsa,” organ of Belorussian National Commissariat, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Council of People's Commissar. 1919-1922 in Red Army.
In 1920's worked for Institute of Belorussian Culture, then Belorussian Academy of Sciences. From 1929 learned secretary, Belorussian Academy of Sciences. In 1930's deputy chairman, Belorussian State Planning Committee.
Simultaneously worked for Belorussian Academy of Sciences. 1920 first work published. 1937 arrested by State Security organs.
Member, Belorussian Academy of Sciences from 1928. Member, Belorussian Writers’ Union from 1934. Communist Party member.