Historical Dictionary of Belarus

(Hardback, Third Edition)

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Belarus is one of fifteen successor states of the former Soviet Union. Its the only post-Soviet state that is in full of control of its territory and has no territorial conflicts with its neighbors. Its squeezed between Russia and the European Union. Belarus had never been an independent nation prior to the Soviet Unions disintegration and its identity is still evolving. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Belarus contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Belarus.

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"The Historical Dictionary of Belarus is an important and weighty contribution to English-speaking scholarship on Belarus. It is written in comprehensible language, draws on sources, and includes an extensive bibliography. It provides a much-needed broad perspective on Belarusian history that is reinforced by a detailed chronology." --Journal of East Central Europe

Author Bio

Grigory Ioffe is a professor in the Geospatial Science program at Radford University. He is the author of Understanding Belarus and How Western Foreign Policy Misses the Mark (2008) and of Reassessing Lukashenka: Belarus in Geopolitical and Cultural Context (2014). He has also published several peer-refereed articles and a couple hundred essays about Belarus for the Eurasia Daily Monitor, the flagship publication of the Jamestown Foundation. Vitali Silitski directed the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies. He was a civil activist and a blogger. He co-authored the last edition of Historical Dictionary of Belarus, Second Edition (2007). He passed away at the age of 38 from kidney cancer.