February

1 –Lysyatov, Yuri (1929–1997), a documentary director and screenwriter, Honored Artist of Russia, laureate of the State Prize of Belarus (1982), the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus Prize (1999, posthumously): the 90th birth anniversary.

1 – Tolkacheva, Larisa (1939), a pianist, accompanist, Honored Artist of Belarus: the 80th birth anniversary.

1 – Karchmit, Mikhail (1949 Molodechno District – 2004), an economic figure, Honored Worker of Agriculture of Belarus, laureate of the State Prize of Belarus (1999), Hero of Belarus (2001): the 70th birth anniversary.

2 – Bona Sforza (1494–1557), the Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania: the 525th birth anniversary.

2 – Samaradov, Alexander (1919–1998), a singer (lyric baritone), Honored Artist of Belarus: the 100th birth anniversary.

2 – Gomonov, Vladimir (1929, Senno – 1998), a painter, Honored Artist of Belarus: the 90th birth anniversary.

2 – Kovalchuk, Vladimir (1929, Gomel – 2008), a singer (bass), Honored Artist of Belarus: the 90th birth anniversary.

2 – Vyaevnik, Lev (1944 Novogrudok District – ?), a singer (bass), Honored Artist of Belarus: the 75th birth anniversary.

2 – Kopylovich, Ivan (1944, Mozyr District.), a writer, author of short stories, novellas and novels: the 75th birth anniversary.

3 – Yurchenko, Egor (1919 Mogilev Region – 1981), a participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1943): the 100th birth anniversary.

4 – Pishchymuka, Petr (1879–1965), a scientist in the field of organic chemistry, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus: the 140th birth anniversary.

4 – Linkov, Gregory (1899–1961), one of the leaders of the partisan movement in Brest and Baranovichi Regions during the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1943) : the 120th birth anniversary.

4 – Barazna, Leon (Leonid) (1929, Tolochin District – 1972), an artist, public figure, one of the founders of modern Belarusian scenography, creator of national themes in the Belarusian art of the 1960s: the 90th birth anniversary.

4 – Pashchastsev, Vladimir (1944), an artist working in easel and book graphics, as well as bookplate: the 75th birth anniversary.

4 – "Rescued Artistic Values", a branch of Brest Regional Local History Museum, the only museum in Belarus the exhibition of which includes the works of art seized by customs officials during an attempted illegal export abroad (Brest, 1989): 30 years since the opening.

5 – Uss, Boris (1929–1997), a painter : the 90th birth anniversary.

7 – Kudravitski, David (1919–1943), a member of the liberation of Belarus in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1944): the 100th birth anniversary.

9 – Mishenin, Ivan (1899–1974), a scientist in the field of therapy, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Honored Worker of Science of Belarus, Honored Doctor of Russia: the 120th birth anniversary.

9 – Stsepin, Viktor (1919–2007), a military leader, member of the liberation of Belarus in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1944): the 100th birth anniversary.

10 – Kolyadko, Nicolay (1944, Lyuban District), a designer of automated equipment in microelectronics, organizer of production, the Honored Inventor of the USSR, laureate of the State Prize of Belarus (2000): the 75th birth anniversary.

11 – Petrovich, Eduard (1939, Zhodino), a scientist in the field of organic chemistry, Honored Worker of Agriculture of Belarus, holder of the Order "Badge of Honor" (1973, 1978), the Excellent Educator of Belarus: the 80th birth anniversary.

11 – The Belarusian State Circus, public entertainment establishments (Minsk, 1959): 60 years since the opening (the first permanent circus in Belarus was opened on November 16, 1884).

12 – Jan Kochanowski (1894, Grodno – 1942), a biologist, local historian, environmentalist, educator, public figure, founder of Grodno Zoological Park: the 125th birth anniversary.

12 – Vereshchagin, Alexander (1949), a film designer, painter, graphic artist, whose name is well known among the CIS and Baltic filmmakers: the 70th birth anniversary.

14 – Aleynikov, Sergey (1909, Mogilev Region – 1983), a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1944), Honored Test Navigator of the USSR: the 110th birth anniversary.

14 – Skotnikov, Valery (1929–1988), a scientist in the field of mechanical engineering, Honored Worker of Science of Belarus: the 90th birth anniversary.

14 – Skorohodov, Vladimir (1939 Klimovichi), a cultural studies scholar, musician, conductor, teacher, public figure and statesman, Honored Artist of Belarus: the 80th birth anniversary.

14 – "Berezinskoye", a peat mining company (Molodechno District; 1949): 70 years since the founding.

14 – Yeremenko, Nikolai (1949, Vitebsk – 2001), a Russian actor, People's Artist of Russia: the 70th birth anniversary

15 – Matsapura, Sergei (1919, Bragin District – 1998), a military leader, veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945), holder of the Order of Lenin: the 100th birth anniversary.

15 – Shutova, Olga (1944, Kamyaniets District –1999), a singer, Honored Artist of Belarus: the 75th birth anniversary.

15 – Gorelik, Petr (1949, Molodechno District), a scientist-surgeon, Honored Worker of Science of Belarus: the 70th birth anniversary.

15 – Vasiuchenka, Pyatro (Petr Vasilyevich, 1959, Polotsk), a novelist, playwright, literary critic: the 60th birth anniversary.

15 – Lapitsky, Vladimir (1959, Grodno), a sportsman (fencing foil), master of sports of international class, silver winner of the 22nd Olympic Games (1980, Moscow): the 60th birth anniversary.

15 – Gorki Regional Museum of Local History and Ethnography, (1989): 30 years since the opening.

16 – Gorelik, Lev (1929, Bobruisk – 1996), a violinist, teacher, People's Artist of Belarus: the 90th birth anniversary.

16 – Niemen, Czeslaw (real name Czesław Juliusz Niemen-Wydrzycki; 1939, Shchuchin District – 2004), a Polish singer, composer, arranger, rock musician, instrumentalist, painter and sculptor: the 80th birth anniversary.

17 – Kulakovskaya, Tamara (1919, Polotsk – 1986), a scientist in the field of agricultural chemistry and soil science, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Academician of the USSR All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Honored Scientist of Belarus, laureate of the State Prize of Belarus (1976): the 100th birth anniversary.

17 – Serzhantov, Ivan (1919, Orsha District – 1943), a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1943): the 100th birth anniversary.

18 – Budinas, Eugene (1944–2007), a writer, journalist, screenwriter, publisher, winner of the USSR Union of Journalists Award (1985): the 75th birth anniversary.

18 – Lutskaya, Irina (1949), a scientist in the field of dentistry, laureate of the State Prize of Belarus (1996), the Excellent Public Health Figure of Belarus: the 70th birth anniversary.

19 – Gomel factory of art products "Lyubna", a part of the state production and trade association "Belhudozhpromysly" under the Office of the President of the Republic of Belarus (1939): 80 years since the founding.

19 – Snopko, Valery (1939), a physicist, winner of the State Prize of Belarus (1974): the 80th birth anniversary.

19 – Tkachev, Valentin (1939, Minsk – 1985), a scientist in the field of physics, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Honored Scientist of Belarus, winner of the Lenin Komsomol Prize of Belarus (1972): the 80th birth anniversary.

20 – Turuk, Fedor (1889, Novogrudok District – 1960), a scientist-historian, public figure, one of the organizers of the Belarusian State University: the 130th birth anniversary.

20 – Moiseenko, Fedor (1894, Dobrush District – 1979), a scientist in the field of forestry, the founder of the scientific school of forestry taxation, Honored Worker of Science of Belarus: the 125th birth anniversary.

20 – Stolyar, Abram (191 –1993), a mathematician, teacher and one of the founders of the Belarusian school of didactics of mathematics, Honored Worker of the Higher School of Belarus: the 100th birth anniversary.

22 – Baikov, Nikolai (1889–1941 or after 1945), a linguist, who was at the forefront of the domestic lexicography, literary critic and teacher: the 130th birth anniversary.

22 – Bobkov, Vladimir (1939, Zhlobin District.), a scientist-historian, political scientist, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Honored Scientist of Belarus: the 80th birth anniversary.

22 – Pestis, Witold (1949, Grodno Region), a scientist in the field of cattle breeding, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Honored Worker of Education of Belarus, holder of the Order of Honor (2016): the 70th birth anniversary.

23 – Martynov, Moisey (1909–1991), a member of the liberation of Belarus in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945): the 110th birth anniversary.

23 – Kozlov, Arsen (1919 Gorodok District – 1971), a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945): the 100th birth anniversary.

23 – Saevich, Timofey (1919–2003), a veteran of the Great Patriotic War on the territory of Belarus, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945): the 100th birth anniversary.

23 – Burtys, Nadezhda (1929, Minsk), a scientist in the field of geobotany, one of the creators of the first vegetation map of Belarus and regional geobotany mapping techniques, laureate of the State Prize of Belarus (1972): the 90th birth anniversary.

24 – Polotsk church council 1839, the assembly of hierarchs of the Greek Catholic (Uniate) Church of the Russian Empire, which abolished the Brest Church Unia 1596 and decided to join the Greek Catholic (Uniate) to the Russian Orthodox Church: 180 years since convocation.

24 – Gromov, Mikhail (1899–1985), a military leader, Colonel-General, a member of the liberation of Belarus during the Great Patriotic War, Honored Aviator of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union (1934): the 120th birth anniversary.

24 – Fischer, Iosif (1919, Minsk – 1995), a Belarusian and Ukrainian scientist in the field of theoretical physics, the founder of the scientific school of hydrostatics: the 100th birth anniversary.

25 – Makovetski, Fedor (1899, Tolochin District – 1974), a military leader, veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1943): the 120th birth anniversary.

25 – Darozhny (real name Serada), Sergey (1909, Slonim – 1943), a poet: the 110th birth anniversary.

25 – Andre, Jacques (1919–1988), a French aviator, member of the liberation of Belarus in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945), Honored Aviator of France: the 100th birth anniversary.

25 – Matsvyaykov, Gregory (1929, Rogachev District – 2002), a scientist in the field of therapy, Honored Worker of Science of Belarus: the 90th birth anniversary.

26 – Pekur, Pavel (1909–1982), a theatrical actor, Honored Artist of Belarus: the 110th birth anniversary.

26 – Kolos, Georgiy (1929, Cherven District – 1994), a literary and theatrical critic, essayist, screenwriter: the 90th birth anniversary.

26 – Dolgikh, Vladimir (1969, Grodno), a ballet dancer, winner of the State Prize of Belarus (1996), Theater Award named after L. Alexandrovskaya (1996): the 50th birth anniversary.

27 – Gomonkov, Ivan (1919–1980), a military leader, member of the liberation of Belarus in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945): the 100th birth anniversary.

28 – Vakhrushev, Valentin (1919–2006), a geologist, co-discoverer of the new mineral, Shabynit: the 100th birth anniversary.

28 – Kanapatski, Ibrahim (1949, the urban village of Smilovichi – 2005), a scientist-historian, researcher of the international relations, history and culture of Belarusian Tartars, public and religious figures: the 70th birth anniversary.

28 – Prastyr, a landscape reserve of national importance (Pina District; 1994.): 25 years since the founding.