The activities of Belarusian pro-Soviet organizations in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s Cover Image

Дзейнасць беларускіх прасавецкіх арганізацый y Чэхаславакіі ў 1920-я гады
The activities of Belarusian pro-Soviet organizations in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s

Author(s): Andrej Buca
Subject(s): Political history, Social history
Published by: Uniwersytet Warszawski - Katedra Studiów Interkulturowych Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej
Keywords: Czechoslovakia; Belarusian diaspora; interwar period

Summary/Abstract: In 1920s Prague was the political, intellectual, academic, scientific and research center of Belarusians abroad. Hundreds of Belarusian students studied in Czechoslovakia, also Belarusian public and political figures lived and worked there. In 1920s ideas of Smenovekhovtsy have gained much popularity among Prague Belarusians. During this period in Prague were a number of Belarusian pro-Soviet organizations. The CP(b)B and Soviet representative in the Czechoslovak Republic eff effectively fulfill development of the movement pro-Soviet orientation among Belarusian emigrants. After graduating from high schools of the Czechoslovak Republic the majority of pro-Soviet Belarusian associations moved to the Belarusian SSR.

  • Issue Year: 4/2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 449-478
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Belarusian