Mikola Ravienski

Mikola Jakaŭlievič Ravienski (Belarusian: Мікола Якаўлевіч Равенскі; Russian: Николай Яковлевич Равенский; 5 December 1886 – 9 March 1953) was a Belarusian composer, conductor and music critic who authored music for the famous hymn Mahutny Boža (Almighty God).

He wrote songs based on the poetry of Uladzimir Dubouka and Yanka Kupala and also turned to music criticism writing for Uzvyšša [be-tarask; eo] (Belarusian: Узвышша (High Ground)), a literary journal which was published between 1927 and 1931 in Soviet Belarus.

[1] In the 1930s  Ravienski taught at the Belarusian Conservatory but in 1938 was expelled from the Union of Composers because his brother Anton was executed during Stalin's Purges of 1937–38.

[7] In November 2017, on Dziady (Grandfathers' Eve), the Belarusian community in Belgium and France installed a new tombstone on his grave.

[4] Ravienski's works include: In 1947 he wrote music for the poem “Prayer” by Natallia Arsiennieva which became the famous hymn Mahutny Boža (Almighty God).