Maxim Tank

      Maxim Tank (Belarusian: Максiм Танк, Russian: Максим Танк, real name Yevgeniy Skurko; born September 17, 1912 in village of Pilkovschina, now in Minsk Voblast, Belarus; died August 7, 1995) was a Belarusian Soviet poet and translator. He was Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic 1965-1971. Tank died in 1995.

      Collections of verses:

      • On Stages (1936)
      • The Cranberry Colour (1937)
      • Under the Mast (1938)
      • Sharpen the Arms, Through the Fiery Horizon (both 1945)
      • In Order to Know (1948)
      • On the Stone, Iron and Gold (1951)
      • The Lightning Track (1957)
      • My Daily Bread (1962)
      • The Gulp of Water (1964)
      • The Sheets of Calendar. Diary Notes (1970)
      • Ave Maria (1980)

      Poems:

      • Naroch (1937)
      • Yanuk Saliba (1942)

      Awards

      • People's Poet of Belarus, 1968
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