The renowned film director, screenwriter, and socio-political figure was 78 years old. He is considered one of the most famous Belarusian documentary filmmakers. He was a member of the International and Eurasian Academies of Television and Radio, and his films repeatedly received awards at international film festivals.
Yuri Khashchavatsky was born on October 18, 1947, in Odesa.
After graduating from the Odesa Technological Institute, he came to Minsk by assignment. Initially, he collaborated with Belarusian Television as a freelance author, then became a director. In 1981, he graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music, and Cinematography.
During his creative career, he directed over thirty documentary and artistic-journalistic films. Among them are "This Quiet Life in Hlybokaye," "Krylov Was Here," "Counterclaim," "All is Well," "Russian Happiness," "Oasis," "The Time of Zhou Enlai," "Gods of the Hammer and Sickle," "To Live to Love," "Caucasian Captives," and "In Search of Yiddish."
Khashchavatsky gained the most fame for the documentary film "An Ordinary President," created in 1996. The film is dedicated to the first years of Alexander Lukashenka's rule and was shot in the genre of a political pamphlet. The film received several international awards, including the Peace Prize at the Berlin Film Festival, the Grand Prix of Human Rights Watch in New York, and the "Golden Gate" award at the San Francisco Film Festival. The screenplay for the film was written by Leanid Mindlin, and Piotr Martsau became the producer. Former Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus Yury Zakharanka, who was abducted and disappeared without a trace in 1999, participated in the filming.
The film "Square," which tells about the 2006 presidential elections in Belarus and the protests on October Square in Minsk, also received widespread resonance.
In public life, Yuri Khashchavatsky was one of the founders of the Minsk Association of Jewish Culture in 1988, was a member of the board of this organization, but later left it due to disagreements. In the late 1990s, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the World Association of Belarusian Jews.
In political activities, Khashchavatsky was a member of the United Civic Party and openly spoke out as an opponent of Lukashenka's regime.
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Збіраўся закончыць дакументальны фільм "Гэты шалёны, шалёны, шалёны рускі свет" але нажаль, не паспеў пры жыцці.
Вечная памяць. Спачуванні родным і сваякам.
Ён прывёз нейкі фільм, падарыў нам усім дыск і ехаў далей у Ізраіль.
Я спытаў пасля фільмы: "Чаму ваш фільм на рускай мове?" Спадар Юрый Хашчавацкі адказаць не змог. Чамусці не быў гатовы да такога простага пытання.
Ён на тры гады старэйшы за мяне. Зямля пухам.