1st Edition
Belarusian Nation-Building in Times of War and Revolution
By Lizaveta Kasmach
Copyright 2023
288 Pages
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Central European University Press
The proclamation of Belarusian independence on March 25, 1918, and the rival establishment of the Soviet Belarusian state on January 1, 1919, created two distinct and mutually exclusive national myths, which continue to define contemporary Belarusian society. This book examines the processes that resulted in this dual resolution in the context of World War I and the subsequent Russian... Read more
Acknowledgments, Notes on transliteration, translation, and calendars, List of abbreviations, Introduction, Chapter 1. The First World War on Belarusian Territories Chapter 2. Belarusians, Lithuanians, and Poles in the Lands of Ober Ost (1915 - 1917), Chapter 3. Common Homeland of the Grand Duchy: National Politics in Ober Ost, Chapter 4. The Political Organization of the Belarusian Movement in Non-Occupied Territories in 1917, Chapter 5. The First All-Belarusian Congress, Chapter 6. Belarusian Statehood in the Making: BDR and Soviet Belarus, Concluding Remarks, Bibliography Index.
Biography
Lizaveta Kasmach holds a PhD in History from the University of Alberta in Canada. Her areas of specialisationinclude Belarusian history of the 20th century, Soviet and post-Soviet history, and nationalism. She holds a MA degree in History and Politics from the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany and a BA degree in Translation Studies from the Minsk State Linguistic University.
