New book by Dr Alena Marková The Path to a Soviet Nation. The Policy of Belarusization, Paderborn: Brill Schöningh, 2021, -p. 295, ISBN: 978-3-506-79181-8 has been published by Brill Schöningh publishing house. The book is available as a print copy and as an e-book.
The book sheds light on processes of Belarusian nation-building and identity formation during the interwar period. It provides a complete analysis of the Soviet policy of Belarusization in interwar Belarus (1924-1929). The analysis covers issues pertaining to the formation of national identity, the incorporation of the Belarusian national language into educational and administrative spheres within the policy of Belarusization and its acceptance by the different strata of the multi-ethnic society in the BSSR of that period. The monograph also sheds light on the reasons for the launching and ceasing of that policy as well as on the interrelation between the Communist Party and the Belarusian national intelligentsia.
Dr. Alena Marková is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Historical Sciences of the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University. Her main research interests cover contemporary history of Eastern Europe and post-socialist transformation. Dr. Marková is a main grantee and a project coordinator of many Czech and international academic projects (4EU+ European Universities Alliance, GAČR, SVV CU, and others). She is an Associate Editor of The Journal of Belarusian Studies (BRILL). She regularly contributes to the Czech and international media.
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