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The Belarusian land has given the world considerable quantity of famous personalities.
 Each educated person knows the remarkable artist Mark Chagall, who called Paris "the second Vitebsk" and remained true to the small native land. |  Not only in Paris, but also in Krakow, Poznan', Warsaw and Vilnius some bronze monuments were erected in honour of the greatest Polish Romantic poet Adam Mickiewicz. He was born at his uncle’s Zaosye, near Novogrudok District. |  One of the prominent Belarusians Tadeush Kostyushko who immortalized in bronze in 6 American cities is regarded to be the national hero of the USA. |
One of the most esteemed people in Chile is Ignaty Domejko who is called the "Great Educator" in Belarus.
Many statesmen of Israel have Belarusian roots.
 Born in Belarus in the small village near Pinsk, Khaim Weizman became famous not only in Belarus, but also abroad. He is an active politician, one of the leaders of the Zionist movement, he was selected as a first president of Israel. |
In the list of the well-known natives of Belarus there are the Hollywood film-magnates and the Nobel winners, well-known diplomats and aircraft designers, historical public and cultural figures. Therefore it will be interesting to visit this country for any person who is interested in history.
 Louis Burt Mayer, one of the most successful and powerful men in Hollywood during the ‘30s and ‘40s.. |  Francysk Skaryna is famous as a humanist of first half XVI century,a scientific-physician, a writer,a translator,an artist, an educator and the first Slavonic printer. |  Euphrosinia of Polatsk is the first Belarusian and, according to some reports, Easten Slavic enlightener. This Polotsk princess became the first woman in Russia which was glorified in the Russian Church as a patroness of women’s monasticism and became the patron saint. |
