Lukashenka’s regime might have halted publication of Nasha Niva, (see Nasha Niva post), but it could not stop people from organizing another flash-mob in support of this newspaper. The Radio Liberty reports that about three hundred people, took part in a symbolical march that started on the October square and finished around the Victory Square […]

The ruins decay - the vultures fly away
No longer flocking round the gore.
But painful and unhealing stay
The ever-gnawing wounds of war.
Michaś Vasilok
The cold autumn wind sweeps over the ground driving the withered leaves under the zavalinkas* and sways the wet branches in the small garden. It prances mischievously from round the corners into the […]

New wave of arrests came down on Belarusian opposition in the past few days. And by saying a “wave” I really mean it because literally all opposition leaders found themselves behind the bars under similar circumstances. It seems that Lukashenka’s regime decided not to waste any time and get down to their dirty business of […]

Belarus has marked the 20th anniversary of Chernobyl catastrophe. 10,000 thousands of Belarusians took to the streets of Minsk for a traditional Charnobylski Shlyakh (The Path of Chernobyl). This year the rally was held under the motto “Freedom. Truth. Justice”. The Belarusians protested not only against the official policy of hushing up the aftermaths of […]

For people unfamiliar with history of Bielarus, it might seem that since day one, Soviet communists tried to suppress ideas of national revival in this country. In the way, they are right; the ideology of communism could not co-exist peacefully with ideas of nationalism, not in the same boat at least. Numerous examples of the […]

Not long ago, belarus. blogsome.com published an article titled “Almost an Open Letter To Hollywood Producers”. In one instance, an author writes:
“But revolution or, say, democratization could be somewhat profitable, if some guy like Steven Spielberg decided to make a movie about it. Let us face the facts – we are interesting. We are an […]

The few days ago, I was “chilling” in the New York Research Library browsing through archives of “Nasha Niva”, the first Belarusian newspaper with illustrations. I was about to write an article about history of this newspaper since it is a truly unique periodical that featured new ideas and new writers - young, […]

The photo chronicles of “Belarusian fight for freedom” are widely available on Internet. By looking at those images, a viewer can see a full story behind “The Denim Revolution”. It sort of unveils in front of his eyes in full colors and details, giving a viewer a chance to get an extra sense of what […]

“Claims on White Russia…” This is a title of a letter sent to The New York Times and published by the paper on July 4, 1920. By reading it, the very first questions should be: who pretends on it? to whom it belongs? Moreover, these questions bundled together with the title present […]

Living in New York for short time I have already witnessed so many parades that probably, I could have written a reference titled “Annual parades held in NY”. For example, Puerto Rican, Irish, Turkish, and Chinese…All these parades have their unique history, backgrounds and purposes. Generally speaking, they are all aimed to show their cultural […]