ISBN:
9783838266749
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3838266749
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xxi, 403 pages)
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illustrations, map.
Series Statement:
Soviet and post-soviet politics and society 1614-3515 v. 124
Series Statement:
Soviet and post-soviet politics and society v. 124
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Marples, David R "Our glorious past"
DDC:
306.09
Keywords:
Lukashenko, Aleksandr 1954- Lukashenko, Aleksandr 1954-
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German Occupation of Belarus (1941-1944)
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World War (1939-1945)
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1939 - 1945
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Lukashenko, Aleksandr
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Lukašėnka, Aljaksandr R
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Lukashenko, Aleksandr
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Collective memory Belarus
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World War, 1939-1945 Historiography
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Political aspects
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Belarus
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Memorialization Belarus
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World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns
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Belarus
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World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns
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Collective memory
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World War, 1939-1945 Historiography
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Political aspects
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Memorialization
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Collective memory
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Historiography ; Political aspects
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Memorialization
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Military campaigns
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Geschichtspolitik
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Nationalbewusstsein
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Weltkrieg
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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History
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Military history
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Belarus History
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German occupation, 1941-1944
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Belarus History, Military
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Belarus
;
History
;
Military history
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Belarus History, Military
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Belarus History German occupation, 1941-1944
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Weißrussland
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Belarus
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
CHAPTER FOUR: VETERAN HEROESIntroduction; Pilot Heroes; Heroes of the Soviet Union; Non-Belarusians; Young Heroes; MVD, Espionage; Fighting the War from the Beginning to the End; Late War Heroes; Heroes on Distant Fronts; Zhukov and Belarus; Surviving Veterans; Female Veterans; Patriotic Education; CHAPTER FIVE: LIBERATION AND VICTORY; Introduction; Part One: Liberation of Belarus; School Textbooks; Narratives on the Liberation of Belarus; Part Two: Aerial Warfare; Part Three: Victory; CHAPTER SIX: HISTORIC SITES AND MEMORIALS; Chatyń (Khatyn); The Brest "Hero" Fortress.
Abstract:
Liniya Stalina (The Stalin Line)Monuments; a) Minsk; b) Other Areas of Belarus; c) Monuments Outside Belarus; Finding the Dead; CHAPTER SEVEN: PUBLICIZING THE WAR; Museums; Conferences; Concerts and Public Displays; Commemorations; Books and Documentaries; The Fortress of War Movie; The 65th Anniversary of Liberation of Belarus, 2009; The 65th Anniversary of the Victory, 2010; CHAPTER EIGHT: HISTORICAL REVISIONISM; Background; Victory Day; War Losses; The Vilnius Declaration; Political Officers and Penal Battalions; Treatment of Veterans; Illia Kopyl and the Partisans; CONCLUSION.
Abstract:
PREFACE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION OF NAMES; INTRODUCTION: LUKASHENKA'S BELARUS; CHAPTER ONE: THE START OF THE WAR; Introduction; School Textbooks; Interlude: Soviet Rule Extends to Western Belarus; The Start of the Great Patriotic War; Evacuations; The View from the Military; CHAPTER TWO: THE GERMAN OCCUPATION REGIME; Introduction; School Textbooks; Life Under Occupation; Camps; Collaboration; The Holocaust; CHAPTER THREE: THE PARTISANS; Introduction; School Textbooks; Vasily Korzh; Sydir Kovpak; Organizing Partisans; The NKVD and NKGB; Operations.
Abstract:
This timely book examines how the regime of President Aliaksandr Lukashenka has used the Great Patriotic War' (1941-45) as a key element in state and identity formation in Belarus. The campaign was discernible from 2003 and intensified after a rift with Russia that led to a re-examination of the earlier policy of close political and economic partnership. David R. Marples focuses in particular on the years 2009 and 2010, which commemorated two 65th anniversaries: the liberation of Minsk (3 July 1944) and the end of World War II in Europe (9 May 1945). Using a variety of sources, this unique bo
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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