Klawdziy Duzh-Dushewski

Klawdzi Duzh-Dushewski
Klawdziy Duzh-Dushewski
Born(1891-03-27)27 March 1891
Died25 February 1959(1959-02-25) (aged 67)
Resting placePetrašiūnai Cemetery, Kaunas
NationalityBelarusian
EducationPetersburg Mining Institute
Civil Engineer: University of Lithuania (faculty reorganized in Kaunas University of Technology)
Occupation(s)civil engineer, architect, diplomat and journalist
Known forDesigning the first flag of Belarus
Protecting Jews in World War II
The flag of Belarus presumably designed by Duzh-Dushewski
Klawdziy Duzh-Dushewski with Kastus Yezavitaw, December 1919 in Riga
Grave of Klawdziy Duzh-Dushewski in Kaunas

Klawdziy Duzh-Dushewski (Belarusian: Клаўдзій Сцяпанавіч Дуж-Душэўскі, Polish: Klaudiusz Duż-Duszewski, Lithuanian: Klaudijus Dušauskas-Duž; 27 March 1891 – 25 February 1959) was a Belarusian civil engineer, architect, diplomat and journalist. He is believed to be the creator of the national flag of Belarus in 1917.