This article describes the history of the icon of the Virgin Mary from Fashchevka / Faščaŭka village (Shklov district, Mogilev region, Belarus) ◆◆◆ У гэтым артыкуле выкладзена гісторыя абраза Панны Марыі з Фашчаўкі (Шклоўскі раён,... more
This article describes the history of the icon of the Virgin Mary from Fashchevka / Faščaŭka village (Shklov district, Mogilev region, Belarus) ◆◆◆ У гэтым артыкуле выкладзена гісторыя абраза Панны Марыі з Фашчаўкі (Шклоўскі раён, Магілёўская вобласць, Беларусь) ◆◆◆ В этой статье изложена итория иконы Девы Марии из Фащевки (Шкловский район, Могилёвская область, Беларусь) ◆◆◆ W tym artykule jest opisana historia obraza Matki Boskiej z Faszczówki (rejon Szkłowski, region Mohylewski, Białoruś)
Сёлета Беларускі дзяржаўны ўніверсітэт адзначае сваё стагоддзе. У сувязі з гэтым актывізавалася вывучэнне яго гісторыі, асабліва ранняга перыяду дзейнасці - 1921-1941 гг. Адным з маладаследваных з'яўляецца пытанне лакалізацыі будынкаў... more
Сёлета Беларускі дзяржаўны ўніверсітэт адзначае сваё стагоддзе. У сувязі з гэтым актывізавалася вывучэнне яго гісторыі, асабліва ранняга перыяду дзейнасці - 1921-1941 гг. Адным з маладаследваных з'яўляецца пытанне лакалізацыі будынкаў універсітэта (выключэнне - спроба стварэння мапы даваеннага БДУ Віктарам Цемушавым). На аснове архіўных матэрыялаў, даследаванняў па гісторыі БДУ, шматлікага фотаматэрыялу, а таксама публікацый і звестак мінскіх краязнаўцаў паспрабуем рэканструяваць карту ўніверсітэта 1921-1941 гг.
This year the Belarusian State University celebrates its centenary. In this regard, the study of its history has intensified, especially the early period of its activity - 1921-1941. One of the little-studied is the issue of localization of university buildings (the exception is an attempt to create a map of the pre-war BSU by Viktar Tsemushau). Based on archival materials, research on the history of BSU, numerous photographic materials, as well as publications and information from Minsk local historians, we will try to reconstruct the map of the university in 1921-1941.
Беларускі гістарычны часопіс №10 (267), кастрычнік 2021. Старонкі 18 - 27
The analysis of the Minsk agreements implementation (a common name for a package of documents adopted in September 2014 and February 2015 aiming to resolve a current crisis in the Eastern region of Ukraine) demonstrates that despite a few... more
The analysis of the Minsk agreements implementation (a common name for a package of documents adopted in September 2014 and February 2015 aiming to resolve a current crisis in the Eastern region of Ukraine) demonstrates that despite a few steps forward, the systematic violation of certain clauses as well as serious manipulation of the others by the so-called ‘Donetsk People Republic’/ ‘Luhansk People Republic’ (‘DPR’/‘LPR’) combatants and the Russian Federation has been observed and confirmed by the international community. Lifting international sanctions seems the only incentive for Russia to comply with the Minsk agreements. Its current tactic involves partial implementation, which would help to apply for easing sanctions and thus to decrease the cost of its waging war against Ukraine. At the same time, Russia preserves the possibility to re-escalate the currently low-intensity-conflict at any convenient moment.
""The article addresses post-Soviet transformation of urban public space as part of the society’s public sphere. Drawing from an actor-network theory and concepts of social production of space (Lefebvre, de Certeau) and territorial... more
""The article addresses post-Soviet transformation of urban
public space as part of the society’s public sphere. Drawing from
an actor-network theory and concepts of social production of
space (Lefebvre, de Certeau) and territorial production (Kärrholm),
the authors analyze the transformations of public places
in Minsk, Vilnius and Kazan. The focus of the study is the idea of
«fence» as a means of regulating a city’s symbolic – and public
space. The article argues that the use of barriers and, notably,
bodies as barriers has led to developing a specific set of strategies
of «disciplining» of the public sphere and practices of resisting
them in post-Soviet cities.""
Autor bada specyfikę marketingu medialnego oraz promocji mediów audiowizualnych w warunkach państwa autorytarnego, a mianowicie Białorusi, gdzie rynek mediów jest zmonopolizowany przez media państwowe. Autor poddał analizie... more
Autor bada specyfikę marketingu medialnego oraz promocji mediów audiowizualnych w warunkach państwa autorytarnego, a mianowicie Białorusi, gdzie rynek mediów jest zmonopolizowany przez media państwowe. Autor poddał analizie charakterystykę marketingu medialnego, promocji, klasyfikację technik promocyjnych dla TV oraz radia. Praca opisuje także sytuację na rynku medialnym Białorusi, w tym ograniczenia, z którymi się spotykają media niezależne od władz. W rozdziale praktycznym proponuje się projekty dwóch kampanii promocyjnych dla Radia Svaboda oraz Biełsat TV z uwzględnieniem warunków na Białorusi.
В статье рассматриваются основные мероприятия по подготовке Первой Всебелорусской сельскохозяйственной и промышленной выставки в Минске. Первая Всебелорусская выставка планировалась как масштабное мероприятие экономического и... more
В статье рассматриваются основные мероприятия по подготовке Первой Всебелорусской сельскохозяйственной и промышленной выставки в Минске. Первая Всебелорусская выставка планировалась как масштабное мероприятие экономического и политического характера, на котором будут продемонстрированы достижения государственного, экономического и научно-культурного строительства в БССР за 10 лет ее существования. Созданные при правительстве БССР структуры в 1927-1929 гг. занимались разработкой концепции выставки, выбором терри-тории, формированием бюджета.
Preparation of the First All-Belarusian agricultural and industrial exihibition in 1927–1929. Forming concept and planning.
The article discusses the main activities for the preparation of the First All-Belarusian Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition in Minsk. The first All-Belarusian exhibition was planned as a large-scale event of an economic and political significance, which will demonstrate the achievements of state, economic, scientific and cultural construction in the BSSR over 10 years of its existence. Created under the government of the BSSR, the Main Exhibition Committee and its departments in the period 1927-1929 were engaged in developing the concept of the exhibition, choosing the territory, and forming the budget for the construction of exhibition pavilions, the selection of exhibits for the exhibition and the organization of mass excursions of citizens from all regions of the BSSR.
Independence in 1991 and the need to construct a new national identity have drawn the attention of national post-Soviet political elites to the capital cities. Minsk was unique in this process because the set of possible cultural... more
Independence in 1991 and the need to construct a new national identity have drawn the attention of national post-Soviet political elites to the capital cities. Minsk was unique in this process because the set of possible cultural interpretations was initially limited there to post-war architecture that represented the Soviet power and its attributes. In this study, I analyzed cultural narratives in the space of Minsk as represented by the names of the places, the outer look and decorations of the city. For this purpose, I conducted content-analysis of historical and modern names of the city objects, and interpreted the strategies of building new nat ional identity by the authorit ies. I found that the current narrative of national identity in Minsk is constructed on the basis of the 1945 Victory of WWII and the pre-communist 19th century history of the city’s development. These are symbolically promoted and legitimized strategies to interpret Minsk. Moreover, the current project of national identity in Minsk strives for a monopoly, thus cutting down on the sources of other identities of the city. However, new capitalist features are increasingly including Minsk into global capitalist dynamics.
The paper Dynamics of space and population characters of Minsk by Anna Shirokanova desciribes several aspects of the soviet and post-soviet development in the city. The author pays a special attention to the ways by which the city gains... more
The paper Dynamics of space and population characters of Minsk by Anna Shirokanova desciribes several aspects of the soviet and post-soviet development in the city. The author pays a special attention to the ways by which the city gains in importance under the postcommunist period: the street renaming, construction of new symbols of power, restauration of some historical buildings, and keeping the city comfortable for its inhabitants. At the same time, the author shows the problems related to some neglection to the long history of Minsk (poor historical memory of some part of the Minsk population has been confirmed by the survey data), some provincialist attitudes of the people (bad knowledge of foreign languages, non-representation of national heros in the map of the city). The author shows that Minsk is a unique capital city in comparison to other neighbour capitals (Vilnius or Warsaw): the buildings constructed during the last 20—40 years totally prevail here. The old historical centre has been rebuilt many times, so that the old history is not well represented in Minsk. On the contrary, its present time is visible everywhere. Minsk was called “the soviet city of the Sun” as it represented the sweet dreams of the soviet people about the communist future. Of course, it is only a metaphore; however, Minsk still keeps some unique features in its architecture, design, atmosphere that differ this city from other regional capitals.
This paper gives a historical overview of the shaping of Minsk as a capital in comparison to the capital cities of neighbouring countries and during different periods of the city's history. The article features a curious and rather... more
This paper gives a historical overview of the shaping of Minsk as a capital in comparison to the capital cities of neighbouring countries and during different periods of the city's history. The article features a curious and rather comprehensive table of street renaming and monumental buildings in Minsk and an empirical attempt to zone the city centre basing on the epochs represented in the city's taxonomy.
The article addresses the issue of cultural identification of Minsk as an Eastern European post-Soviet capital. In order to understand the city's present it is necessary to consider the radical changes it underwent in the 20th century,... more
The article addresses the issue of cultural identification of Minsk as an Eastern European post-Soviet capital. In order to understand the city's present it is necessary to consider the radical changes it underwent in the 20th century, including almost a total destruction, radical change in ethnic structure, rapid after-war spatial expansion and, lately, the intensive symbolic production as a post-Soviet capital. To identify the characteristic features of Minsk through the sociological lens, cultural theory as well as historical reconstruction and cross-national comparison are employed. The article seeks to reflect the organisation of space and cultural narrative produced in Minsk today, as well as to consider the common strategies of thinking about Minsk. The changing statuses of Minsk and its symbolic role in the last century necessitate a profound reconceptualization of Minsk as a phenomenon. The authors argue that the analysis of the ongoing changes in post-Soviet capitals (both in and out of the European Union (EU)) presupposes the reconstruction of their socio-cultural context.
Vor mehr als 900 Jahren wurde am rechten Ufer des Flusses Svisloč, da wo er auf den Fluss Njamiha trifft, die Stadt Minsk gegründet. Die erste schriftliche Erwähnung findet Minsk in Zusammenhang mit der kriegerischen... more
Vor mehr als 900 Jahren wurde am rechten Ufer des Flusses Svisloč, da wo er auf den Fluss
Njamiha trifft, die Stadt Minsk gegründet. Die erste schriftliche Erwähnung findet Minsk in
Zusammenhang mit der kriegerischen Auseinandersetzung des Polocker Fürstentums mit den
Söhnen des Fürsten Âroslav am Ufer der Nemiga am 3. März 1067. Minsk wurde an diesem
Tag zerstört, die Männer getötet und die Frauen und Kinder in Gefangenschaft genommen. Der
Polocker Fürst Vseslav rettete sich durch Flucht. Über den Tod „der russischen Söhne“ wird in
der Schrift „Slova o polku Igoreve“ berichtet.
Minsk wurde in seiner Geschichte immer wieder zerstört und anschließend wiederaufgebaut.
Dadurch finden sich in der Architektur und dem Aufbau der Stadt viele Epochen und
verschiedenste kulturelle Einflüsse wieder.
Nachfolgend möchte ich darstellen, wie sich die Stadt seit dem Frühmittelalter bis 1917, dem Zeitpunkt der Oktoberrevolution entwickelt hat.
This study supplements the function-topological model of analysis of city organization and development with a sectoral model of administrative-territorial division. The function-topological model allows revealing unique features of... more
This study supplements the function-topological model of analysis of city organization and development with a sectoral model of administrative-territorial division. The function-topological model allows revealing unique features of objects of the same profile, located in different space sectors. Besides, significant objects are usually placed in strictly defined sectors. Identification of general principles of spatial arrangement at all levels from geopolitics to the structure of private farmsteads on the cases of various cities, metropolitan areas and architectural ensembles is of great general scientific significance. It deals with the principles described in regional traditions: the Indian Vastu Vidya and the Chinese Feng Shui. The analysis shows that, on an intuitive level, the same principles are implemented in the activities of specialists, designers, who make decisions about the location of industries, residential areas and architectural complexes. Recognition and study of these principles are hindered by the materialistic attitudes of twentieth-century science. The results of the study lead to a radical step in recognizing many spatial elements of the mythological picture of the world as reliable ones.
This study supplements the function-topological model of analysis of city organization and development with a sectoral model of administrative-territorial division. The function-topological model allows revealing unique features of... more
This study supplements the function-topological model of analysis of city organization and development with a sectoral model of administrative-territorial division. The function-topological model allows revealing unique features of objects of the same profile, located in different space sectors. Besides, significant objects are usually placed in strictly defined sectors. Identification of general principles of spatial arrangement at all levels from geopolitics to the structure of private farmsteads on the cases of various cities, metropolitan areas and architectural ensembles is of great general scientific significance. It deals with the principles described in regional traditions: the Indian Vastu Vidya and the Chinese Feng Shui. The analysis shows that, on an intuitive level, the same principles are implemented in the activities of specialists, designers, who make decisions about the location of industries, residential areas and architectural complexes. Recognition and study of th...
This study supplements the function-topological model of analysis of city organization and development with a sectoral model of administrative-territorial division. The function-topological model allows revealing unique features of... more
This study supplements the function-topological model of analysis of city organization and development with a sectoral model of administrative-territorial division. The function-topological model allows revealing unique features of objects of the same profile, located in different space sectors. Besides, significant objects are usually placed in strictly defined sectors. Identification of general principles of spatial arrangement at all levels from geopolitics to the structure of private farmsteads on the cases of various cities, metropolitan areas and architectural ensembles is of great general scientific significance. It deals with the principles described in regional traditions: the Indian Vastu Vidya and the Chinese Feng Shui. The analysis shows that, on an intuitive level, the same principles are implemented in the activities of specialists, designers, who make decisions about the location of industries, residential areas and architectural complexes. Recognition and study of th...
The text is devoted to the relationships of the Polish army and members of national groups that inhabited western and central Belarus during the Polish-Bolshevik War (1919-1920) [mainly Belarusians, Poles and Jews].
Minsk, Belarus: The official press and media are completely manipulated by the authorities, according to media experts. Only entertainment and fashion programs and the President’s speech about the greatness of Hitler and Stalin are... more
Minsk, Belarus: The official press and media are completely manipulated by the authorities, according to media experts. Only entertainment and fashion programs and the President’s speech about the greatness of Hitler and Stalin are broadcast on TV.
The article is focused on the doors and the windows as a kind of architectural and artistic decoration of facades. It examines the decorative descriptions and the expressiveness of the doors and the windows, which were preserved in the... more
The article is focused on the doors and the windows as a kind of architectural and artistic decoration of facades. It examines the decorative descriptions and the expressiveness of the doors and the windows, which were preserved in the monuments of civil architecture in Minsk, as well as the forms of their transformation.
Główną ideą artykułu jest pokazanie zmian historycznych, które miały miejsce w społeczno-etnicznej strukturze w Mińsku w ciągu ostatnich dwóch stuleci i omawia, jak te zmiany wpływają na kapitał społeczny miasta. W XIX wieku Mińsk zmienił... more
Główną ideą artykułu jest pokazanie zmian historycznych, które miały miejsce w społeczno-etnicznej strukturze w Mińsku w ciągu ostatnich dwóch stuleci i omawia, jak te zmiany wpływają na kapitał społeczny miasta. W XIX wieku Mińsk zmienił się radykalnie, ponieważ nastąpiła zmiana cywilizacji: od obwodowego europejskiego politycznego i kulturalnego środowiska Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej Mińsk został siłą włączony do rosyjskiego miasta prowincjonalnego. Następnie, przez cały wiek XX, Mińsk doświadczył bardziej radykalnej przemiany i nowego przejścia: od kapitalizmu do socjalizmu, i z powrotem. Współcześnie Mińsk, wciąż typowe miasto pogranicza Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, można uznać za jedno z wielu innych miast tego regionu. Słowa kluczowe: kapitał społeczny, grupy społeczne, przemiany, skład etniczny, pogranicze.