Many Belarusians who emigrated last century made successful careers and are famous both in Belarus and their countries. They had different motives for emigration. In his book Belarusian Students Abroad Barys Rahulya does not seek to find out the reasons and motives for emigration, but focuses on student years of Alyaksey Areshka, Raisa Zhuk-Hryshkevich (Zhukouskaya), Yanka Zhuchok, Yanka Zaprudnik, Lyavon (Leanid) Karas, Vitaut Kipel, Lauryn Klybik, Mikhas Naumovich, Barys Rahulya, Vitaut Ramuk, Mikhas Sauka, Ivonka Ioanna Survilla (Shymanets) and others. The book includes brief biographies of the Belarusians who were forced to leave their home country. Some of them passed away. Others live and keep working. It is through their efforts that the Belarusian cause and the Belarusian language develop and flourish in countries where real Belarusians live.