# From the editors: One newspaper for three million Belarusians

- URL: https://syn.by/en/history/from-the-editors/from-the-editors-one-newspaper-for-three-million-belarusians/
- Published: 1924-05-18T16:50:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T19:51:11+00:00
- Section: From the Editors
- Language: en
- BE edition: https://syn.by/historya/ad-redakcyi/ad-redakcyi-na-try-miljony-bielarusau-adna-hazeta.md
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/istoriya/ot-redakcii/ot-ryedaktsii-na-tri-milliona-byelorusov-odna-gazyeta.md

> After the closure of "Zmahannie" and "Holas Biełarusa", the Belarusians in Poland were left with a single newspaper in their native language, and that one in the Latin alphabet. The editors of the new publication ask readers to support it with money.

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Two Belarusian periodicals, "Zmahannie" and "Holas Biełarusa", have already been closed by the authorities this year, and at this moment only one Belarusian-language newspaper is published for all the three million Belarusians who have found themselves under Polish rule: "Krynica". But "Krynica" is printed in Latin letters, and so it is accessible only to those Belarusians who can read the Latin alphabet. All those who do not know the Latin alphabet have been left without a newspaper in their native language.

After the closure of "Holas Biełarusa", a group of Belarusian writers took steps to fill this gap somehow. However, the local authorities protested against the title proposed for the newspaper. Because of this, more time than it should have passed before this newspaper of ours could be set up.

We aim to bring out the newspaper as often as possible, and the Editors will do so as far as their financial means allow. For this reason we call on the public to support us with money, so that the Belarusian press does not die out but grows ever stronger.