Download or read book Contemporary Belarus written by Elena Korosteleva and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-08-27 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a thorough overview of current developments in Belarus. It looks at historical, political, economic and social changes, and at international relations, especially relations with Russia and the European Union.
Download or read book Contemporary Belarus written by Elena Korosteleva and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-08-27 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Belarus is unique among the states of the former Soviet bloc, in that after a decade of transition', the country remains stalled' and backward-oriented. Political and economic changes are characterised by half-measures, and recently a new suppression of dissent has been introduced; the country balances between the prospect of democracy and a retreat to authoritarianism. These developments contrast starkly with the many democratic changes in neighbouring states and suggest a possible alternative path for future development in Eastern Europe. This book provides a thorough overview of current developments in Belarus. It looks at historical, political, economic and social changes, and at international relations, especially relations with Russia and the European Union, considering all these factors both in their domestic and international contexts and defines the type of democracy, if any, which exists in Belarus, exploring the prospects for further democratisation.
Download or read book Modeling Economic Growth in Contemporary Belarus written by Bruno S. Sergi and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-08 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1991, the eyes of the world have been on the economic growth and development of the states that formerly made up the Soviet Union. Looking at Belarus’s industrial structure, economic growth, and economic prospects, this edited collection analyses why Belarus is considered ahead of many of its neighbour states in terms of human development.
Download or read book Modeling Economic Growth in Contemporary Belarus written by Bruno S. Sergi and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-08 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1991, the eyes of the world have been on the economic growth and development of the states that formerly made up the Soviet Union. Looking at Belarus’s industrial structure, economic growth, and economic prospects, this edited collection analyses why Belarus is considered ahead of many of its neighbour states in terms of human development.
Download or read book Understanding Belarus and how Western Foreign Policy Misses the Mark written by Grigoriĭ Viktorovich Ioffe and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating study of unfinished nation-building in Belarus, Grigory Ioffe draws on his two dozen research trips to the country to trace Belarus's history, geography, political situation, society, and economy. The ambivalent relationship between Russia and Belarus results in an identity crisis that is not understood by the West, which leads to Western policies toward Belarus that are based on a fallacy of geopolitical thinking. This book will lead readers to a deeper understanding of Belarus, its relationship with Russia, and its still-forming national identity.
Download or read book By Now written by Matthias Harder and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The individual photographs and groups of works were selected from a variety of submissions and range from classic black-and-white portraits to flashy Photoshop experiments. The focus of artistic interest is always on human subjects in diverse everyday situations, whether sunbathing on the town beach in their spare time, enjoying a breakfast break at a bus station, or as proud war veterans. The pictures paint a timeless and contemporary picture of life in Belarus rather than offering a representative portrayal of day-to-day realities, sometimes with documentary intention, and at other times with an ironic twist. World War II and the defeat of the German occupiers is evidently still today an important "official" theme for Belarusian society, a fact that is visually commented on by the alternative art scene. Hardly any of these images have been published or exhibited to date. 0Exhibition: Photofestival Lodz, Polen (6.-16.6.2013) / ifa Galerie Berlin, Germany (Autumn 2014).
Download or read book The Rise and Fall of Belarusian Nationalism 1906 1931 written by Per Anders Rudling and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2015-02-27 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Belarusian nationalism emerged in the early twentieth century during a dramatic period that included a mass exodus, multiple occupations, seven years of warfare, and the partition of the Belarusian lands. In this original history, Per Anders Rudling traces the evolution of modern Belarusian nationalism from its origins in late imperial Russia to the early 1930s. The revolution of 1905 opened a window of opportunity, and debates swirled around definitions of ethnic, racial, or cultural belonging. By March of 1918, a small group of nationalists had declared the formation of a Belarusian People's Republic (BNR), with territories based on ethnographic claims. Less than a year later, the Soviets claimed roughly the same area for a Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR). Belarusian statehood was declared no less than six times between 1918 and 1920. In 1921, the treaty of Riga officially divided the Belarusian lands between Poland and the Soviet Union. Polish authorities subjected Western Belarus to policies of assimilation, alienating much of the population. At the same time, the Soviet establishment of Belarusian-language cultural and educational institutions in Eastern Belarus stimulated national activism in Western Belarus. Sporadic partisan warfare against Polish authorities occurred until the mid-1920s, with Lithuanian and Soviet support. On both sides of the border, Belarusian activists engaged in a process of mythmaking and national mobilization. By 1926, Belarusian political activism had peaked, but then waned when coups d'etats brought authoritarian rule to Poland and Lithuania. The year 1927 saw a crackdown on the Western Belarusian national movement, and in Eastern Belarus, Stalin's consolidation of power led to a brutal transformation of society and the uprooting of Belarusian national communists. As a small group of elites, Belarusian nationalists had been dependent on German, Lithuanian, Polish, and Soviet sponsors since 1915. The geopolitical rivalry provided opportunities, but also liabilities. After 1926, maneuvering this complex and progressively hostile landscape became difficult. Support from Kaunas and Moscow for the Western Belarusian nationalists attracted the interest of the Polish authorities, and the increasingly autonomous republican institutions in Minsk became a concern for the central government in the Kremlin. As Rudling shows, Belarus was a historic battleground that served as a political tool, borderland, and buffer zone between greater powers. Nationalism arrived late, was limited to a relatively small elite, and was suppressed in its early stages. The tumultuous process, however, established the idea of Belarusian statehood, left behind a modern foundation myth, and bequeathed the institutional framework of a proto-state, all of which resurfaced as building blocks for national consolidation when Belarus gained independence in 1991.
Download or read book Belarus written by Andrew Wilson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and revelatory history of modern Belarus - from independence to 2020’s contested election In 2020 Belarus made headlines around the world when protests erupted in the aftermath of a fraught presidential election. Andrew Wilson explores both Belarus’s complicated road to nationhood and its politics and economics since it gained independence in 1991. Two new chapters reveal the extent of Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s grip on power, the growth of the opposition movement and the violent crackdown that followed the vote. Wilson also examines the prospects for Europe as a whole of either Lukashenka’s downfall or his survival with Russian support. “Andrew Wilson has done all students of European politics a great service by making the history of Belarus comprehensible and by showing how the future of Belarus might be different than its present.”—Timothy Snyder, author of Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
Download or read book Belarus A Perpetual Borderland written by Andrew Savchenko and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Belarus is known as “the last dictatorship of Europe”, yet its president enjoys public support. Its economy remains largely Soviet, yet exhibits high growth rates. Belarus styles itself as a European country yet clings to Russia as the only ally. The book explains these paradoxes by delving into history of Belarusian national institutions, including civil society, and the state. The book starts with an analysis of Belarusian national development from the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to the short-lived Belarusian People’s Republic of 1918. The discussion turns to the crucial interwar period, when all national institutions of modern Belarus had taken shape. Belarus’s surprising ability to cope with post-Soviet economic and geopolitical changes is discussed in the final chapter.
Download or read book Our Glorious Past written by David Marples and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Understanding Ukraine and Belarus written by David R Marples and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-24 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the author's academic journey from an undergraduate in London to his current research on Ukraine and Belarus as a History professor in Alberta, Canada. It highlights the dramatic changes of the late Soviet and post-Soviet periods, his travel stories, experiences, and the Stalinist legacy in both countries. It includes extended focus on his visits to Chernobyl and the contaminated zone in the late 1980s and 1990s, as well as a summer working with indigenous groups in eastern Siberia. Visiting Belarus more than 25 times since the 1990s, he was banned for seven years before the visa rules were relaxed in 2017. In the case of Ukraine, it chronicles a transition from a total outsider to one of the best-known scholars in Ukrainian studies, commenting on aspects of the coalescence of scholarship and politics, and the increasing role of social media and the Diaspora in the analysis of crucial events such as the Euromaidan uprising and its aftermath in Kyiv. David R. Marples is a Distinguished University Professor of Russian and East European History at the Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta, Canada.
Download or read book Belarus Its Citizens Narratives Culture and Traditions written by BiblioLabs, LLC. and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology highlights a collection of archival materials from the Center for Belarusian Studies at Southwestern College, pertaining both to historical and contemporary Belarus, as well as Belarusians in-country and in the worldwide Diaspora.?These include books, newspapers, hand-written documents, music, and ethnographic materials.??Particularly noteworthy collections include :?A complete set of Belarusian Review, the leading English-language journal pertaining to Belarus and Belarusians worldwide. This valuable reference work was donated by its founder, Mr. Joseph Arciuch.??The private collection of Mr. Anatoli Chrenouski of Montreal, Canada. The collection of Mr. Chrenouski, past President of the Belarusian Association of Quebec, contains the journal Pramien, the Association?s organ.??Additionally, the collection includes hundreds of books, maps from various historical periods, newspapers, and an irreplaceable collection of 78 rpm phonograph records of Belarusian popular and folk music from decades ago.??The collection of Belarusian author Konstantin Akula. The collection comprises a set of Mr. Akula?s own works; two typewriters on which he produced them; hand-written and typed documents, including letters; portraits; photo albums; and other of the writer?s personal correspondence.??The collection of Mr. Nicholas Prusky. This includes, inter alia, sets of the Belarusian periodicals Belarusian World and Belarusian Digest, which he published.??Contemporary Belarusian literature, DVDs, and musical recordings collected recently in Belarus and Poland by one of the Center?s visiting scholars.
Download or read book Disinformation Narratives and Memory Politics in Russia and Belarus written by Agnieszka Legucka and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the ways in which Russia and Belarus use disinformation, "weaponised" historical narratives, and the politics of memory for domestic and foreign policy purposes, utilising these factors to justify aggressive foreign policy in defensive terms and, domestically, for legitimating local ruling elites, consolidating the states’ propaganda machines, and mobilising both societies around national power centres. Besides analysing Russian and Belarusian disinformation, geopolitical narratives, and policies, the book also assesses the effectiveness of these measures and discusses how the West can counteract the geopolitical narratives disseminated by Russia and Belarus that attempt to undermine Western democracies and weaken the resilience of its societies.
Download or read book War and Memory in Russia Ukraine and Belarus written by Julie Fedor and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection contributes to the current vivid multidisciplinary debate on East European memory politics and the post-communist instrumentalization and re-mythologization of World War II memories. The book focuses on the three Slavic countries of post-Soviet Eastern Europe – Russia, Ukraine and Belarus – the epicentre of Soviet war suffering, and the heartland of the Soviet war myth. The collection gives insight into the persistence of the Soviet commemorative culture and the myth of the Great Patriotic War in the post-Soviet space. It also demonstrates that for geopolitical, cultural, and historical reasons the political uses of World War II differ significantly across Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, with important ramifications for future developments in the region and beyond. The chapters 'Introduction: War and Memory in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus', ‘From the Trauma of Stalinism to the Triumph of Stalingrad: The Toponymic Dispute over Volgograd’ and 'The “Partisan Republic”: Colonial Myths and Memory Wars in Belarus' are published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com. The chapter 'Memory, Kinship, and Mobilization of the Dead: The Russian State and the “Immortal Regiment” Movement' is published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license at link.springer.com.
Download or read book Belarus written by Andrew Savchenko and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Belarus is known as the last dictatorship of Europe , yet its president enjoys public support. Its economy remains largely Soviet, yet exhibits high growth rates. Belarus styles itself as a European country yet clings to Russia as the only ally. The book explains these paradoxes by delving into history of Belarusian national institutions, including civil society, and the state.The book starts with an analysis of Belarusian national development from the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to the short-lived Belarusian People s Republic of 1918. The discussion turns to the crucial interwar period, when all national institutions of modern Belarus had taken shape. Belarus s surprising ability to cope with post-Soviet economic and geopolitical changes is discussed in the final chapter.
Download or read book Minority Rights in a Contemporary Dictatorship written by Elzbieta Szumanska and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Eastern Europe, grade: 1,5, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), language: English, abstract: The master thesis is related to significant problems in contemporary Europe - not only from the perspective of Polish people living in Belarus but also from the international perspective. Belarus is arguably the least democratic country in Europe. As such it has posed problems for the EU and other European and Western institutions, especially on the field of minority protection. Minorities are among the most contested issues in political life because they speak to an inherent tension in human affairs between competing desires for freedom and belonging. The diversity, aimed by the Western political actors, simply contradicts the principle that legitimates a political community in an authoritarian state. In the case of the Belarusian dictatorship it leads to enhanced conformity resulting in minority discrimination. The paper presents different kinds of the external influence in order to assess the most effective one(s) when defending minority rights in a dictatorship. The 1st chapter the Author presents the ways of understanding and considering the problems of minorities, minority rights, their protection as well as the relationship between minorities and dictatorship. The Author is highlighting research methods too. In the 2nd chapter Ms. Szumanska concentrates on presenting the origins of dictatorship in Belarus and on how Polish minority functions there. The Author tries to examine the situation of Poles in the contemporary Belarus. The 3rd chapter gives a good overview of regulations (internal, bilateral and international standards) related to the treatment of minorities in Belarus. She states that practices of Belarusian authorities towards Polish minority in Belarus is incompatible with democratic standards. The 4th chapter is an attempt to present and analyze the imp
Download or read book Minority Rights in a contemporary dictatorship written by Elzbieta Szumanska and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2010-04-21 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - Region: Eastern Europe, grade: 1,5, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), language: English, abstract: The master thesis is related to significant problems in contemporary Europe – not only from the perspective of Polish people living in Belarus but also from the international perspective. Belarus is arguably the least democratic country in Europe. As such it has posed problems for the EU and other European and Western institutions, especially on the field of minority protection. Minorities are among the most contested issues in political life because they speak to an inherent tension in human affairs between competing desires for freedom and belonging. The diversity, aimed by the Western political actors, simply contradicts the principle that legitimates a political community in an authoritarian state. In the case of the Belarusian dictatorship it leads to enhanced conformity resulting in minority discrimination. The paper presents different kinds of the external influence in order to assess the most effective one(s) when defending minority rights in a dictatorship. The 1st chapter the Author presents the ways of understanding and considering the problems of minorities, minority rights, their protection as well as the relationship between minorities and dictatorship. The Author is highlighting research methods too. In the 2nd chapter Ms. Szumanska concentrates on presenting the origins of dictatorship in Belarus and on how Polish minority functions there. The Author tries to examine the situation of Poles in the contemporary Belarus. The 3rd chapter gives a good overview of regulations (internal, bilateral and international standards) related to the treatment of minorities in Belarus. She states that practices of Belarusian authorities towards Polish minority in Belarus is incompatible with democratic standards. The 4th chapter is an attempt to present and analyze the impact of Western countries and international organizations on Belarusian authorities. Ms. Szumanska uses the following examples of foreign actors: USA, OSCE, EU, UUN, Russia and Poland. Ms. Szumanska has also mentioned the influence of NGO’s in Belarus and has examined some aspects of discrimination of the Polish minority (press, Catholic practices, education, labour market..etc.). In the last chapter “Conclusions” the Author tries to refer to aims posed in introduction, to answer the research questions and to find out why all this is taking place.
