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Yakub Kolas (also Jakub Kołas, Belarusian: Яку́б Ко́лас, 1882 – 1956), real name Kanstancin Mickievič was a Belarusian writer, People's Poet of the Byelorussian SSR (1926), and member (1928) and vice-president (from 1929) of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences.
In his works, Yakub Kolas was known for his sympathy towards the ordinary Belarusian peasantry. This was evident in his pen name 'Kolas', meaning 'ear of grain' in Belarusian. In honor of Yakub Kolas, a square and a street in the center of Minsk bear his name.

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