Lithuania's Image in Modem History Schoolbooks of Russia by Nerijus Šepetys

“…In Russian schoolbooks of modern history, two passages are granted exceptional attention: the events related to the circumstances and results of the so-called Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the collapse of the Soviet Union. …”
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‘LONG-SUFFERING LANDS’ BETWEEN POLAND AND BELARUS. POLITICS OF STATE HISTORY IN BELARUS ABOUT SEPTEMBER 17TH, 1939, WORLD WAR II, AND BUILDING THE NATION by Florin ANGHEL

“…The idea that the Soviet aggression of September 17th, 1939, a fulfillment of the secret Additional Protocol to the Molotov– Ribbentrop Pact, is a turning point and a founding moment of the Belarusian nation (even though it involved the dissolution of Polish statehood) is a relevant aspect of the political and ideological use of memory by Alyiaksandar Lukashenka’s regime.…”
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