Belarusian Smolensk Region

Belarusian Smolensk Region. Records of the TABG named after V. Lastovsky. Issue 2.

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The organizing committee of the Society of Lovers of Belarusian History named after Vaclav Lastovsky, as part of its activities to popularize Belarusian history, has published the second issue of the Records. This issue is entirely dedicated to the Belarusian Smolensk Region.

Belarusian Smolensk Region

Independent Belarus, as is known, occupies just over half of the Belarusian ethnic lands. Unfortunately, having found themselves in another country, Belarusians have forgotten their true history, forgotten who their ancestors were, and the ethnic Belarusian culture has been actively destroyed. For us, Belarusians of an independent state, it is very important to restore the historical memory of our brothers who, by the will of fate, have become part of another state. The first step towards bringing back from oblivion the great historical, cultural, ethnic, and social layer of Belarusian border territories was this book.

We hope that the actions of the organizing committee of the TABG named after Vaclav Lastovsky will continue, and similar books will appear about the Belarusian Bryansk region, Pskov region, Chernihiv region, Bialystok region, Dvina region, and Vilnius region.

Below is the complete list of articles included in this book:

Part 1.

  • A Brief History of Smolensk Region According to Encyclopedias.

  • Legends of Smolensk Region. (A. Veremovsky)

  • Belarusians of Western Smolensk Region. (S. Kochanenkov)

  • How the Russians Appropriated Smolensk Region. (V. Deruzhinsky)

  • The Greatness and Fall of Smolensk. (N. Klenov)

  • The Rise and Fall of Belarusian Smolensk. (M. Lakhov)

  • Belarusian Facets of Two Diamonds from Smolensk Region. (I. Shumskaya)

Part 2.

  • Smolensk Region – the Eternal Land of the Belarusian People. (U. Siadura)

  • Belarusian East: Our Smolensk Region. (Yu. Karetnikov)

  • The Genesis of the Belarusian Movement in Smolensk Region. (F. Padnikolski)

  • The Belarusian National-Cultural Movement in Smolensk Region. 1920-30s. (F. Berreshad)

  • The Belarusian Cultural and Educational Movement in Smolensk Region. (P. Romanenko)

  • On the Peculiarities of Yurian Customs and Rituals of the Inhabitants of Smolensk Region. (A. Litvinovich)

  • Ethnicity of the Upper Eastern Dnieper Region. (Zm. Kanaplyanikov)

  • Belarusian Alsace and Lorraine. (Interview with A. Trusavym)

Part 3.

  • A Special Marker of Belarus – Proper Names. (O. Kravtsov)

  • On the Childish Disease of Chauvinism in Sovereignty. (V. Egorov)

Author: Administration of the Institute of Belarusian History and Culture.