He was born in the village Shuliacina in
Vitebsk Region. In 1959, he graduated from the
Belarusian State University. During his career, he was chief reporter of the Soviet state newspaper
Pravda in Belarus. In 1969, he helped
Zianon Pazniak to publish several articles on preservation of architectural heritage of Belarus. From 1972 to 1978, Buraukin was chief editor of the Belarus-wide magazine
Maladosts, where he published numerous works of
Vasil Bykaŭ and
Uladzimir Karatkievich. Being member of the parliament from 1980 to 1990, he was one of the promoters of a law that improved the status of the
Belarusian language in
BSSR. From 1978 to 1990, he was chief of State Television and Radio-company of Belarus, but was dismissed from the position for granting broadcasting possibilities for members of the democratic opposition. From 1990 till 1994, Buraukin was accredited
Permanent Representative of Belarus to the United Nations. In the 1990s, Buraukin was also head of the
Francišak Skaryna Belarusian Language Society. Buraukin died from cancer on 30 May 2014 in Minsk at the age of 77. == Literary work and awards ==