Negocjacje A. Gołowińskiego z S. Zanderem w latach 1921–1923 (eserowcy białoruscy versus poselstwo sowieckie na Litwie)
A. Golovinski’s negotiations with S. Zander in 1921–1923 (Belarusian Socialist Revolutionaries versus the Soviet Embassy in Lithuania)

Summary/Abstract: This article is dedicated to the unknown part of the history of Soviet-Belarusian relations.Since 1921, the emigrants themselves, including members of the Rada of the BelarusianPeople’s Republic, the unrecognized Belarusian government in exile, have soughtcontacts with Soviet diplomats, mainly for fi nancial reasons. For the Soviet leaders,these contacts became more attractive after 1923: the fi nal recognition of the SovietPolish border by the Council of Entente Ambassadors buried the hopes of emigrants forthe realization of the idea of an independent Belarusian state. The search for a way outof this situation led them to either move to the BSSR, where they hoped to implementat least part of their ideas, or to work closely with Soviet diplomacy, which, in turn,used this channel to access the Belarusian minority. But there were some contactsbefore 1923: the member of Belarusian Socialist-Revolutionary Party, A. Gołowinski, hadsome meetings with Soviet mission secretary, S. Zander, in 1921- 1922. He thought thatSoviet support would be more eff ective than Lithuanian one, in the fi ght for Belarusianunited independent state. The material was prepared on the base of their conversationsrecorded in the diaries and reports of Soviet diplomats.

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