The importance of Belarus to European security has increased in recent years, but the history and identity of the country have yet to be uncovered by the broader public. Throughout the centuries, the various rulers of Belarus have intentionally silenced its national history to distance Belarus from its European context. This historical book aims to demonstrate that Russian assimilation policies and the labeling of Belarus as "Russia's little brother" have been elements of a deliberate imperialistic policy, as Belarus shares most of its history with Poland and Lithuania. The Russian invasion of Ukraine dominated international headlines in 2022. Belarus officially supported Russia in the war, yet hundreds of Belarusian volunteers enlisted in the Ukrainian army. Meanwhile, the Belarusian opposition organized itself in Poland and Lithuania, and a concrete wall emerged along the border with Belarus. Is Belarus destined to remain isolated from Europe and an extension of Russian geopolitics, or can it restore its historical connections to Poland and Lithuania? How have Belarusians defined their identity, and how have their international relations evolved over the centuries? Toni Stenström provides a new and unique insight into one of Europe's most unknown countries.
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Belarus - A Silenced History
A Chronological History Book about Belarus from the Middle Ages to the War in Ukraine in 2022
- 257 pages
- English
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eBook - PDF
Belarus - A Silenced History
A Chronological History Book about Belarus from the Middle Ages to the War in Ukraine in 2022
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Table of contents
- Foreword
- Map of Belarus
- Introduction
- 1. Kyivan Rus and the Principality of Polatsk
- 2. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- 3. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth(1569–1795)
- 4. The Russian Empire (1772–1917)
- 5. The First World War (1914–1918)
- 6. The Polish-Soviet War (1919–1921)
- 7. Divided Belarus (1921–1939)
- 8. The Second World War (1939–1945)
- 9. Post-war Belarus (1945–1991)
- 10. Independent Belarus (1991– )
- 11. The Reinstatement of Totalitarianism(2020–2021)
- 12. War in Ukraine (2022– )
- 13. The Future of Belarus
- Disclosure
- Timeline
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