Bielorussia

Republic of Belarus

Heir to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Belarus is the only country in Europe outside the Council of Europe and still applies the death penalty.

Torna alla mappa Vedi le statistiche Dibattiti Attualità collegate

Eredità

The Statute of Lithuania of 1588, written in Ruthenian, is one of the most advanced legal codes of the European Renaissance. Francysk Skaryna printed a Bible in Ruthenian in Prague as early as 1517, a year after Erasmus's Greek New Testament.

Storia

The Belarusian lands formed the heart of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, where Ruthenian served as chancery language. After the partitions of Poland-Lithuania the region passed to the Russian Empire and underwent a policy of Russification.

The territory was among Europe's most devastated in the twentieth century: a quarter of the population perished between 1941 and 1944, and most of its very large Jewish community was exterminated.

Independent in 1991, Belarus embarked from 1994 on a lasting authoritarian regime. The 2020 protests against Alexander Lukashenko's contested re-election were severely repressed; the country is excluded from the Council of Europe and subject to European sanctions, notably since its logistical role in the invasion of Ukraine.

Tappe

1517 Rinascimento e Riforme

Skaryna’s Bible

The first book printed in Ruthenian appears in Prague, a year after Erasmus.

1588 Rinascimento e Riforme

Statute of Lithuania

A code in the Ruthenian language, among the most advanced in Europe of its time.

1941 Età contemporanea

Occupation and destruction

A quarter of the population perishes; hundreds of villages are razed.

1986 Età contemporanea

Chernobyl fallout

Nearly 70 % of the radioactive fallout lands on Belarusian territory.

1991 Età contemporanea

Independence of Belarus

The Belavezha Accords, signed in Belarus, formalise the dissolution of the USSR.

2020 Età contemporanea

2020 protests

Contestation of the presidential election is repressed; the EU does not recognise the result.

Attualità collegate

Tutte le notizie →
Allargamento Bilaterale

DAL VIVO, guerra in Ucraina: almeno 700 abitanti di Olechky, città in prima linea, sono stati evacuati nel nord dell'Ucraina dopo un'operazione di aiuti umanitari

L’évacuation a été faite en bus ou en avion, en passant par la Russie puis la Biélorussie. « Je remercie la délégation américaine et la première dame…

Allargamento Europea

DAL VIVO, guerra in Ucraina: gli abitanti di Olechky, evacuati venerdì, sono arrivati nel nord del paese; Volodymyr Zelensky in Turchia per incontrare Recep Tayyip Erdogan

L’évacuation a été faite en bus ou en avion, en passant par la Russie puis la Biélorussie. « Je remercie la délégation américaine et la première dame…

Dibattiti

Tutto il forum →

Nessuna discussione aperta al momento.