A Historian from Vitsyebsk: Life of Alyaksey Sapunou Alyaksey Sapunou is the editor of five volumes on history of Vitsyebsk published in the last century. Vitsyebskaya Daunina [Ancient Vitsyebsk] is arguably the deepest and fullest research on the city's history. Sapunou's whole life and career was connected with history. For quite a long time he kept records of the Vitsyebsk, Syanno and Orsha districts in the Vitsyebsk region. The great job done by the historian prompted Lyudmila Khmyalnitskaya to study his life and dedicate A Historian from Vitsyebsk to him. Khmyalnitskaya makes a thorough analysis of Sapunou's life and career. The monograph covers the main stages of his establishment as a historian and private biography.