# Belarusian Rallies

- URL: https://syn.by/en/history/archives/belarusian-rallies/
- Published: 1924-06-08T18:05:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:35:13+00:00
- Section: Archives
- Language: en
- BE edition: https://syn.by/historya/arkhivy/bielaruskija-mitynhi.md
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/istoriya/arhivy/byelorusskiye-mitingi.md

> In early June, rallies were held in Miadzel and Hruzdava, where deputies told the people about affairs in the Sejm and in Europe. People complained about taxes and expected these burdens to be abolished.

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On the 5th of June, Belarusian rallies were held in Miadzel and in Hruzdava, Dunilavichy county. In Miadzel, where up to 3000 people gathered, the deputies Fr. Adam Stankevich and P. Valoshyn gave a report on the work of the Belarusian Deputies' Club. In Hruzdava, where up to 1500 people came together, P. Miatla and Symon Rak-Mikhailouski made speeches.

The people listened very attentively to their deputies and thanked them for coming and for the broad information about the work and about the situation in Europe. People complained about high and frequent taxes and voiced their anxieties about the inspection of horses ordered by the authorities.

These rallies of ours, like all of them, did not pass without interference from various petty squires, who dislike the free Belarusian word addressed to our people.

Here, as at every rally of ours, the police showed a readiness to side with the provocative shouts of the aforementioned squires and with their wish to diminish the impression made on the peasants present at the rallies.

But our people have already learned to make sense of everything, and so any obstacles during the rallies only help our deputies in their work in the provinces.