Yanka Kupala
The names of two women are still remembered when it comes to Yanka Kupala’s personal life: Vladislava Stankevich ( and . At the age of 16, she went to Vilnya (Vilnius) in search of a better life. She met Yanka Kupala in 1909 at her friends’ house. From her memoir "Сцежкамі жыцця" ("Paths of life"):