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Klawdzi Duzh-Dushewski | |
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Died | 25 February 1959 | (aged 67)
Resting place | Petrašiūnai Cemetery, Kaunas |
Nationality | Belarusian |
Education | Petersburg Mining Institute Civil Engineer: University of Lithuania (faculty reorganized in Kaunas University of Technology) |
Occupation(s) | civil engineer, architect, diplomat and journalist |
Known for | Designing the first flag of Belarus Protecting Jews in World War II |
Kłaŭdzij Sciapanavič Duž-Dušeŭski (Belarusian: Клаўдзій Сцяпанавіч Дуж-Душэўскі; Lithuanian: Klaudijus Dušauskas-Duž, Russian: Клавдий Степанович Дуж-Душевский; 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.