Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Historical Background -- 2 The Formation of the Belorussian Republic -- 3 The Partition of Belorussia -- 4 Belorussia & the Formation of the USSR -- 5 Belorussia under the New Economic Policy -- 6 A Golden Age of Belorussian Culture -- 7 Collectivization & Industrialization -- 8 The Liquidation of Belorussian Nationalism -- 9 West Belorussia under Poland -- 10 The Reunion of West & East Belorussia -- 11 Belorussia under German Occupation -- 12 Belorussia after World War II -- 13 Belorussia & War Diplomacy -- 14 Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Few European nations are so little known to the world at large as Belorussia. For centuries this Eastern European country has served as a pawn in the power plays of predatory neighbors. In this, the first detailed study of Belorussia's recent history, the author depicts the successive invasions of German, Polish, and Russian armies in two world wars and the upheavals stemming from the Russian Revolution. The Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, established in 1919, progressed culturally, educationally, and economically during Lenin's lifetime. Under Stalin, however, her leaders were liquidated in a series of purges, and hundreds of thousands of her people were shot or exiled to Siberia. Thousands more died in the famine that followed the forced collectivization of agriculture. Although Stalin gained the admission of Belorussia to the United Nations, the author concludes that Russian hegemony over Belorussia is as complete today under the Communists as it was for a century under the tsars.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.