CINEMA. NOTES OF A TOURIST
IHAR PRAKOPOVYCH
Beata Tyszkiewicz is a famous Polish actress who is known to everyone who is at least slightly interested in cinema. There are more than fifty films in her creative career. In the Soviet Union, after the release of the film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, “Nobleman’s Nest” was very popular. For many, she is remembered for her roles in the films “Marisya and Napoleon”, “Balzac’s Great Love”, “Doll”. Beata Tyshkevich played the role of Mrs. Gralinska in the film “In August of 44…” by the Belarusian director Mikhail Ptashuk. She was born in Vilnius in 1938, lives in Poland. What can it have to do with Pastushchyna? It turns out that it is very closely related. Genealogical threads connect it with the village of Kazlovshchyna, which is located in the east of the Pastau district. The actress herself may not have been to the village, but her close relative not only lived here, but was also the owner of the large pre-war estate “Kozlovsk”. The owner’s name was Henrik Tyshkevich, and he was Beata’s uncle, her father’s brother Kristof. They were the sons of Count Yusof Tadevush Tyshkevich – Lagoi coat of arms “Lyaliva” and Irena Halabek-Yazerska coat of arms “Prus II”.
Henryk Maria Stanislav (that was the full name of the owner of the estate) was born in 1909, and at the age of 26 he became the owner of Kozlovshchyna. He received the property through his marriage to Elena-Isabella Nezabytowska, the daughter of the famous political and public figure of the Russian Empire and Poland, King Nezabytowska. This man was wealthy, had several estates, was a member of the State Council from the Minsk province (1911-1912), held the position of Minister of Agriculture and State Property of the II Commonwealth (1926-1929). Before the Tyshkevichs, Kazlovshchyna was owned by the Lensky – descendants of the Drutsky-Lyubetsky princes. Their main residence was the Belaya Vaka estate near Vilnius, where they built a palace and a temple. The Lenskys probably did not have the impetus or opportunity to manage Kazlovshchyna, so the estate was put up for sale. It was bought by Karol Nezabytovsky in order to give it to his middle daughter as a dowry when the Tyshkevich family married her. Well, the father had to be diligent, because the girl got stuck in girls – she was already twenty-nine, the groom – three years younger. So Henryk Tyshkevich became the owner of Kazlovshchyna. The estate must have been in decline at that time because it was not properly managed. The young owner actively began to restore it. A correspondent who visited Kozlovsk in 1936 because of the fires raging in the surrounding forests wrote about this in the newspaper: “After returning to the yard, I still have enough time before the train departs to visit the Kozlovsk estate. The pleasant owner takes me around his “dominion”, willingly shows me the state of crops, stables, mills, mills, and cars. Despite the fact that Count Tyshkevich has managed Kozlovsk’s farm for only a year, everywhere one can see the desire to bring the farm to the proper level, everywhere there are traces of investment: there is a new roof, here and there a new fence shines with fresh boards, there we again enter a new bridge. A great thing is to fall in love with the earth. There is no doubt that Count Tyshkevich is a beloved and experienced farmer, despite his young age.” According to the memories of local residents, the owner of the estate was a generous and fair person who helped ordinary people. Local residents recall that he loved horses and was engaged in their breeding.
It is not known what happened to Henrik Tyshkevich after the establishment of Soviet power here. His wife died at the age of 94 in 2000. There were no children in the family.
The Second World War scattered the brother’s family to different countries. But here is what an interesting parallel appeared years later. Beata Tyshkevich from her marriage with her first husband, the famous director Andrzej Wajda, has a daughter Karolina, who first chose her mother’s profession, became a film actress, starred in films. But now she lives in a former estate near Warsaw and does… What would you think? She breeds horses, sells them, and also teaches the art of riding in her Academy.
History repeats itself. Only in other decorations and details.
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Ihar Mikhailovich Prokopovich was born on December 9, 1960 in Postavy. He graduated from the geofaculty of BSU and postgraduate studies at the National Institute of Education. Teacher of geography and astronomy of the highest category of the Postav Gymnasium. Member of the Writers’ Union of Belarus, the Academic Council of the Belarusian Geographical Society, the Republican Council of the Belarusian Culture Fund, laureate of the U. Karatkevich Literary Prize (2015), the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for Social Support of Talented Pupils and Students (2016), the National Literary Prize (2020 ).
Author of about 60 local history, prose and poetry books.
On the set of the film “In August of 44…” together with actor Yevgeny Mironov and director Mikhail Ptashuk
