The documentary book, “The Death Penalty in Belarus”, was prepared in the framework of the campaign, “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus”. The book contains information on the death penalty in Belarus from 1998 to 2016, as it was in 1998 when the mother of Ivan Famin, a man who was executed for someone else’s crimes, appealed to the Human Rights Center “Viasna”. Among the exclusive materials presented in this pu... Болей »

Матэрыялы канфэрэнцыі «Геапалітычнае месца Беларусі ў Эўропе і сьвеце» – гэта збор спавешчаньняў грамадзка-палітычных дзеячоў і прадстаўнікоў сучаснай беларускай культуры, якія правялі двухдзённыя дэбаты за «круглым сталом», а таксама адбытую па іх дыскусію. Яны дазволяць чытачам – студэнтам і навукоўцам, а таксама супрацоўнікам міністэрстваў, адказных за кантакты зь Беларусьсю, – пазнаёміцца з досыць шырокай інтэрпрэтацыяй сучаснай пал... Болей »

This issue of the Journal of Belarusian Studies features articles of established academics and young researchers, Belarusian and Western authors covering a rangę of topics - from the history of Belarusian statehood to relations between Belarus and Iran, and activities of government-organised NGOs in Belarus. It also includes four book reviews by authors from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Poland. Dorota Michaluk of Ni... Болей »

The 2015 issue of the Journal of Belarusian Studies is almost entirely about history. It focuses on the Belarusian-Polish-Lithuanian borderland and the period stretching from the uprising of 1863 to the inter-war period of the 20th century when the territory of today’s Belarus was split between the Soviet Union and Poland. Two longer articles are followed by several essays which resulted from a conference held by the Anglo-Belarusian So... Болей »

During the ll-14th centuries, no less than four Kipcak Turkic speaking groups settled in Eastern Europe: (a) the Tatars and Karaites settled in Byelorussian- and Ukrainian-speaking territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 14th century; (b) Kipcak-speaking members of the Armenian Church settled in Galicia and Podolia beginning with the 11th century; (c) the Cumans settled in Hungary in the 11th century. Of these four groups, on... Болей »

Editor's note. The first three articles in this issue were given as papers at a conference on 'Francis Skaryna and the Renaissance in Byelorussia, held jointly by the Anglo-Byelorussian Society and the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London on 28-29 September 1985. The fourth article, by Professor U.V. Anicenka, was also due to be given as a paper at that conference, but unfortunately Professor Aničenka was i... Болей »

This volume contains reports which were presented at the international conference "The Orthodox Church in the Balkans and Poland Connections and Common Tradition". The conference was organized by The Chair of the History of East-Central Europe of the University of Bialystok in cooperation with the University of Athens and the Christian Theological Academy in Warsaw. This book presents articles which are an introduction to the history of... Болей »

Прэзыдэнцкія выбары выклікалі вялікае напружаньне і ўзрушэньне ў беларускіх масах. Цягам летніх месяцаў наконт іх вынікаў выказваліся самыя незвычайныя прагнозы. У дзеяньне былі прыведзеныя агромністыя людзкія і матэрыяльныя рэсурсы. У нейкі момант здалося, што 9 верасьня мы станем сьведкамі сьмяротнай сутычкі дзьвюх найважнейшых у краіне сілаў — сыстэмы ўлады і сыстэмы апазыцыі. Значэньне гэтай даты дружна падкрэсьлілі абодва палітычны... Болей »

In making available to the general public the manuscript of the Slavonic-Latin Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, the original of which is to be found in the Byelorussian Library of Francis Skaryna in London, we hope to acquaint a wider circle of liturgists with an authentic text of the pontifical celebration of the Divine Liturgy and its ceremonies which were celebrated according to the order (ustau) of the Eastern Catholic Church of the ... Болей »

ON the 25th of March 1918 the representatives of the United Councils of the First Byelorussian Convention, implementing the decision of the All-Byelorussian Congress held in Miensk in December 1917, issued the following Proclamation in that city: "A year ago, the peoples of Byelorussia, together with all the peoples of Russia, threw off the yoke of Russian Tsarism which, without consulting the people, had plunged our land into the blaz... Болей »