Fabian Akinchits Belarusian nationalist activist Date of Birth: 20.01.1886

1. Early Life and Education
2. Pre-WWI and Polish Occupation
3. Imprisonment and Early Involvement in Belarusian Nationalism
4. Foundation of the Belarusian National Socialist Party
5. Collaborator with Nazi Germany
6. Friendship with Vladislav Kozlovsky and Death

Early Life and Education

Vintsent Akintchyts was born in the village of Akintsizy, near Stolbtsy, Belarus. In 1906, he enrolled in the law faculty of the University of St. Petersburg, where he studied until 1913.

Pre-WWI and Polish Occupation

Before the Russian Revolution of 1917, Akintchyts was a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party. After the war, he returned to Stolbtsy and worked as a teacher. In 1926, he joined the Belarusian Peasant-Workers Society and became one of its leaders.

Imprisonment and Early Involvement in Belarusian Nationalism

In January 1927, Akintchyts was arrested by the Polish authorities and sentenced to six years in prison. Upon his release in 1930, he became a member of the Belarusian organization "Tsentrasauz," which he left in 1931.

Foundation of the Belarusian National Socialist Party

Akintchyts returned to Stolbtsy and founded the Belarusian Society of Benevolence. In 1934, he became a member of the Belarusian National Committee in Vilnius. In 1933, he was one of the co-founders of the Belarusian National Socialist Party.

Collaborator with Nazi Germany

In 1938, Akintchyts relocated to Germany and worked in the Ministry of Propaganda. During World War II, he collaborated with the Nazi occupiers in Belarus. He proposed disbanding collective farms, but was rejected by Alfred Rosenberg, who insisted on the return of "kulaks" from Siberia first.

Friendship with Vladislav Kozlovsky and Death

Akintchyts became friends with Vladislav Kozlovsky, the editor of the Nazi-occupied Belarusian Newspaper. He was assassinated in Kozlovsky's apartment, shortly before the latter was also killed by Soviet partisans. It is speculated that Akintchyts may have been killed by members of the Belarusian People's Party as revenge for his denunciation of Vintsent Godlevsky, who was arrested and executed by the Nazis in 1942.