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dc.contributor.authorKasmach, Lizaveta
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-13T12:09:32Z
dc.date.available2023-11-13T12:09:32Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/85024
dc.description.abstractThe proclamation of Belarusian independence on March 25, 1918, and the rival establishment of the Soviet Belarusian state on January 1, 1919, created two distinct and mutually exclusive national myths, which continue to define contemporary Belarusian society. This book examines the processes that resulted in this dual resolution in the context of World War I and the subsequent Russian Revolutions. Based on original archival material, Lizaveta Kasmach scrutinizes the development of competing concepts of Belarusian nationhood in the context of rivaling national aspirations and imperial policies. The analysis convincingly demonstrates the divisions within the nationalist movement, both politically between the moderates and socialists, and geographically between German-occupied territory with Vilna as a center versus Russian-controlled territory around Minsk. Besides the case study of Belarusian nation-building efforts, the book is a contribution to the study of the First World War in East Central Europe, approaching the war and its aftermath as a mobilizational moment in the region.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subject.otherBelarus; Nation-Building; Empire; Nationalism; War; Borderlnds; Eastern Europeen_US
dc.titleBelarusian Nation-Buildingen_US
dc.title.alternativein Times of War and Revolutionen_US
dc.typebook
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy5427f84f-0815-48ff-aac8-56f6200fccaben_US
oapen.relation.isFundedBy32b67c16-7387-40c4-b2d0-66bb8374acccen_US
oapen.relation.isbn9789633866337en_US
oapen.pages291en_US


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