The world history knows no examples of such targeted genocide as our ancestors experienced during the Great Patriotic War, when entire nations were ordered to be destroyed, cities were swept off the earth's surface, villages were burned to the ground together with residents.
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Every year, June 22 in Belarus marks the anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. On the eve of this day, Trostenets memorial complex near Minsk holds a requiem meeting. With tens of millions of lives, the Soviet people liberated their homeland and the whole of Europe fr...
The Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus declared the 2022 the Year of Historical Memory. In this connection it is important to sum up some of the results of the passing year and identify trends characteristic of both the Belarusian memory policy and the memory policy of n...
On the eve of the next anniversary of the end of World War II, descendents of the winning countries again emphasize the need to protect the historical truth and resist the distortion of its outcomes. This is the issue of close attention not only in the West, but also in the East. The As...
Today, the issue of the historical past interpretation is not just important, it has acquired a new dimension. Under the existing political turbulence, historical coincidences are being sought for contemporary developments in more liberal, sometimes even irresponsible, way. Spatio-tempo...
The passing year was rich in events and commemorative historical dates, whose modern interpretations induced a significant public response not only in Belarus, but also far beyond. We can state with confidence the emergence of new trends in reviewing the events of the past, which direct...
The process of formation and development of the Belorussian statehood in the 1920s - 1940s was difficult and to some extent tragic. One of the main threats that prevented the successful implementation of the process of nation and state development was the ongoing activities of various a...
Memory of the victory
On July 3 we celebrate the most important date for each of us - the Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus. On this day in 1944 the capital of the country was liberated from the Nazi invaders. The liberated Minsk symbolized the beginning of a peaceful life an...
On the last day of January 2020, in Bielsk Podlaski (Poland), for the first time after canonization, the memory of 30 martyrs from the village of Starye Pukhaly who suffered for Christ as a result of terrorist acts by one of the units of the Polish anti-communist underground under the c...
Some researchers and experts call the modern Rada of the Belarusian People's Republic "the oldest operating government in exile". Others strongly disagree with this statement. Let's try to understand this issue by making a historical excursion.
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By the time of the liberation of the Belarusian SSR from the Nazi occupation, about 35 thousand members of various collaborationist parties, organizations and armed formations were working on its territory: the Belarusian Independent Party (BIP), the Belarusian Youth Union (BYU), the Be...
On 22 November, the remains of the participants of 1863-1864 uprising, including Kastus Kalinouski, are being reburied in Vilnius. This event was preceded by a rather significant information campaign, which caused a resonance in Belarusian society. Analysts of the Belarusian Institute f...