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Almost everyone writes diaries. Everyone at least once in his or her life takes note of his thoughts, feelings and reflections. Girls especially like to write down and share their secrets. The “kids’ fun” usually passes together with childhood and adolescence. Sakrat Yanovich’s diaries are a timeline of events, a timeline of life seen through the prism of the author’s outlook. The author took down his observations, reflections, comparisons and associations. He looks at what is going on around him from the perspective of a creative and experienced person. Possessing amazing powers of observation, he notices small details that may have a great impact on our life. Sakrat’s diaries include his observations about nature, political developments, his personal concerns and worries about Belarus’ present and future, retrospectives into the past. The diaries are not only about the author and his life. They are about the whole world. (N.H.)