Open AccessPolska we współczesnej polityce historycznej Białorusi
Author(s) -
Piotr Kościński
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sprawy międzynarodowe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2720-0361
pISSN - 0038-853X
DOI - 10.35757/sm.2019.72.4.09
Subject(s) - ideology , soviet union , politics , political science , power (physics) , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , china , economic history , political economy , economy , sociology , history , law , economics , philosophy , linguistics , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , computer science
In Eastern European countries, history plays an important role for social and political reasons. In Belarus, it is used instrumentally, and recent attempts to demonstrate the negative impact of Poland and Poles on the country’s history may, although not necessarily, be used in current political activities. The government and President Alexander Lukashenko treat the historical picture of the history of their country in relations with Poland as a derivative of the basic assumption: the first Belarusian state was the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR), which they assess positively, just like (with various reservations) the entire Soviet Union. The positive assessment of the USSR and the Belarusian SSR creates an ideological basis for strengthening their power inside the country and building positive assessments of today’s Russia and cooperation with Russia.