{"id":72204,"date":"2024-03-11T15:52:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T12:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/72204\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"karatkievics-historical-novel-top-selling-book-at-state-stores-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/72204\/","title":{"rendered":"Karatkievi\u010d\u2019s historical novel top-selling book at state stores in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/korotkevich_stah_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/korotkevich_stah_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/korotkevich_stah_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/korotkevich_stah_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/korotkevich_stah_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/korotkevich_stah_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(officetonmarket.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 11, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> U\u0142adzimir Karatkievi\u010d&#8217;s <em>\u0414\u0437\u0456\u043a\u0430\u0435 \u043f\u0430\u043b\u044f\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0435 \u043a\u0430\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044f \u0421\u0442\u0430\u0445\u0430<\/em> (King Stakh&#8217;s Wild Hunt) topped sales at the state-run book retailer Bie\u0142kniha in 2023, CEO U\u0142adzimir Matusievi\u010d has told journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been the top-selling book for several years already, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>High school students study the book in grade 10, while Karatkievi\u010d&#8217;s masterpiece, <em>\u041a\u0430\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044b \u043f\u0430\u0434 \u0441\u044f\u0440\u043f\u043e\u043c \u0442\u0432\u0430\u0456\u043c<\/em> (Ears of Rye under Thy Sickle), was taken out of the school curriculum last year at the request of propaganda activist Vadzim Hihin, who claimed it misrepresented historical facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incidentally, <em>\u0414\u0437\u0456\u043a\u0430\u0435 \u043f\u0430\u043b\u044f\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0435 \u043a\u0430\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044f \u0421\u0442\u0430\u0445\u0430 <\/em>is followed by <em>\u0413\u0435\u043d\u043e\u0446\u0438\u0434 \u0431\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0440\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0430 <\/em>(Genocide Against the Belarusian People), Matusievi\u010d said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latter was edited by Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied known for his campaign to identify peaceful protesters with Nazis and equate political opposition with extremism and terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An\u017ee\u0142a Sado\u016dskaja, of the state-run publishing house Belarus, admitted a year ago that authorities employed the capabilities and powers of the administrative state to boost sales of \u0160vied\u2019s book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/belhistory_by-300x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/belhistory_by-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/belhistory_by-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/belhistory_by.jpg 852w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u0410\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e, \u0410\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Minsk banning books, fearful of rebel spirit<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">Belarusian government has banned works related to the 1863-64 anti-Russian uprising, branding them as extremist content and excluding them from the school curriculum. Officials have been demonizing freedom fighter Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski, reversing the trend of the so-called &quot;soft Belarusization&quot; period. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/longreads\/55228\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 11, Pozirk. U\u0142adzimir Karatkievi\u010d&#8217;s \u0414\u0437\u0456\u043a\u0430\u0435 \u043f\u0430\u043b\u044f\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0435 \u043a\u0430\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044f \u0421\u0442\u0430\u0445\u0430 (King Stakh&#8217;s Wild Hunt) topped sales at the state-run book retailer Bie\u0142kniha in 2023, CEO U\u0142adzimir Matusievi\u010d has told journalists. It has been the top-selling book for several years already, he added. High school students study the book in grade 10, while Karatkievi\u010d&#8217;s masterpiece, \u041a\u0430\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044b \u043f\u0430\u0434 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":72168,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-72204","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Karatkievi\u010d\u2019s historical novel top-selling book at state stores in 2023 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 11, Pozirk. 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