Bibliography of Belarusian history

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This is a select bibliography of English language books (including translations) and journal articles about the history of Belarus. A brief selection of English translations of primary sources is included. Book entries have references to journal articles and reviews about them when helpful. Additional bibliographies can be found in many of the book-length works listed below. The External links section contains entries for publicly available select bibliographies from universities.

Inclusion criteria

Geographic scope of the works include the historical areas and contemporary Belarus. Works about other regions are included when they contain substantial material related to the history of Belarusa.

Included works should either be published by an academic or notable publisher, or be authored by an independent notable subject matter expert and have reviews in significant independent scholarly journals. This bibliography specifically excludes non-history related works; self-published works; magazines and newspaper articles;[a] works produced as propaganda; and works produced by non-academic government entities.

Formatting and citation style

This bibliography uses APA style citations. Entries do not use templates; references to reviews and notes for entries do use citation templates. Where books which are only partially related to the history of Belarus are listed, the titles for chapters or sections should be indicated if possible, meaningful, and not excessive.

If a work has been translated into English, the translator should be included and a footnote with appropriate bibliographic information for the original language version should be included.

When listing book titles with alternative English spellings, the form used in the latest published version should be used and the version and relevant bibliographic information noted if it previously was published or reviewed under a different title.

General surveys

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  • Savchenko. (2009). Belarus: A Perpetual Borderland. Leiden: Brill.[1]

Regional studies

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This sections contains works about Eastern Europe[b] with significant content about Belarus.

  • Applebaum, A. (2013). Iron Curtain. The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944–56. New York: Penguin.[2][3]
  • Fritz, V. (2007). State-Building: A Comparative Study of Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia (1st ed.). Budapest: Central European University Press.
  • Hoffman, E. (1993). Exit into History: A Journey Through the New Eastern Europe. New York: Viking Press.[4]
  • Howard, A. (Ed.). (1993). Constitution Making in Eastern Europe. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press.[5]
  • Kenney, P. P. (2013). The Burdens of Freedom: Eastern Europe since 1989 (Global History of the Present). London: Zed Books.[6][7]
  • Geremek, B. (1996). The Common Roots of Europe. Cambridge: Polity Press.[8]
  • Snyder, T. (2004). The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569–1999. New Haven: Yale University Press.[9][10][11]
  • Ther, P. (2016). Europe Since 1989: A History (C. Hughes-Kreutzmüller, Trans.). Princeton: Princeton University Press.[12][13]
  • Wolff, L. (1994). Inventing Eastern Europe: The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press.[14][15][16]

Borderland studies

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Period studies

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Early Slavs and Belarusians

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  • Bocek, V., Jansens, N., & Klir, T. (Eds.). (2020). New Perspectives on the Early Slavs and the Rise of Slavic: Contact and Migrations. Heidelberg: Universitatsverlag Winter.
  • Dolukhanov, P. (2016). The Early Slavs: Eastern Europe from the Initial Settlement to the Kievan Rus. London: Routledge.I[21][22]
  • Dvornik, F. (1956). The Slavs: Their Early History and Civilization. Boston, MA: American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[23][24]
  • Halperin, C. J. (2010). National Identity in Premodern Rus'. Russian History, 37(3), 275–294.
  • Plokhy, S. (2010). The Origins of the Slavic Nations: Premodern Identities in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.[25][26][27]
  • Pritsak, O. (1991). The Origin of Rus. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press.[28][29]

Pre-Soviet times

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Soviet Byelorussia

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World War II

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The Holocaust

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Chernobyl

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Independent Belarus

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Russia-Belarus Union

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Topical studies

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Political

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Social

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Violence and terror

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Religion

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Economics

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Rural studies and agriculture

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Urban studies and industry

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  • Under construction

Historiography, identity, and memory studies

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Historiography

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Identity and language

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Memory studies

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Biographies

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Works below should strictly follow the guidelines for this bibliography. To avoid abuse, works here should have independent English language academic journal reviews, be published by a major independent company or organization, or reviews by major English language publications (e.g. New York Times, The Atlantic).

  • Under construction

Primary sources

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Academic journals

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See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Except as references to reviews.
  2. ^ This article uses the United Nations definition for the Eastern Europe geographic region.

Citations

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  1. ^ Shlapentokh, Dmitry (2011). "Reviewed work: Struggle over Identity: The Official and the Alternative 'Belarusianness', Nelly Bekus; Belarus–A Perpetual Borderland. Russian History & Culture, Andrew Savchenko". Europe-Asia Studies. 63 (7): 1302–1304. JSTOR 41302144.
  2. ^ Makhotina, Ekaterina (2013). "Reviewed work: Iron Curtain. The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944—1956, Anne Applebaum". The Hungarian Historical Review. 2 (3): 676–681. JSTOR 43264460.
  3. ^ Pease, Neal (2013). "Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944–1956". The Polish Review. 58 (4): 105–108. doi:10.5406/polishreview.58.4.0105.
  4. ^ Burke, Claudia (1996). "Reviewed work: Exit into History: A Journey Through the New Eastern Europe, Eva Hoffman". Current History. 95 (599): 140. JSTOR 45317552.
  5. ^ Caldwell, Peter C. (1995). "Reviewed work: Constitution Making in Eastern Europe., A. E. Dick Howard". Slavic Review. 54 (1): 225–226. doi:10.2307/2501204. JSTOR 2501204. S2CID 164759780.
  6. ^ Rybar, Marek (2009). "Reviewed work: The Burdens of Freedom: Eastern Europe since 1989, Padraic Kenney". The Slavonic and East European Review. 87 (2): 387–389. doi:10.1353/see.2009.0123. JSTOR 40650387. S2CID 247622063.
  7. ^ Lundgreen-Nielsen, Kay (2008). "Reviewed work: The Burdens of Freedom: Eastern Europe since 1989, Padraic Kenney". The International History Review. 30 (1): 211–212. JSTOR 40110019.
  8. ^ MacKenney, Richard (1998). "Reviewed work: The Common Roots of Europe, Bronisław Geremek, Jan Aleksandrowicz". The American Historical Review. 103 (1): 165. doi:10.2307/2650813. JSTOR 2650813.
  9. ^ Liber, George O. (2001). "Reviewed work: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF NATIONS: POLAND, UKRAINE, LITHUANIA, BELARUS, 1569-1999, Timothy Snyder". Harvard Ukrainian Studies. 25 (3/4): 293–297. JSTOR 41036838.
  10. ^ Porter, Brian (2005). "Reviewed work: The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569-1999, Timothy Snyder". Slavic Review. 64 (1): 166–167. doi:10.2307/3650072. JSTOR 3650072. S2CID 164557521.
  11. ^ Weeks, Theodore R. (2004). "Reviewed work: The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569-1999, Timothy Snyder". The Russian Review. 63 (1): 160–161. JSTOR 3664710.
  12. ^ Pfeiffer, Peter C. (2017). "Reviewed work: Europe Since 1989. A History, Philipp Ther, Charlotte Hughes-Kreutzmüller". German Politics & Society. 35 (3): 104–107. JSTOR 48561501.
  13. ^ Cary, Noel D. (2017). "Reviewed work: Europe Since 1989: A History, Philipp Ther, Charlotte Hughes-Kreutzmüller". Central European History. 50 (2): 267–270. doi:10.1017/S0008938917000504. JSTOR 26291523. S2CID 148914521.
  14. ^ Hagen, William W. (1997). "Book Reviews Inventing Eastern Europe: The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment. By Larry Wolff. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1994. Pp. Xiv+419. $49.50". The Journal of Modern History. 69 (2): 401–404. doi:10.1086/245527. S2CID 151827249.
  15. ^ Kitromilides, Paschalis M. (1997). "Reviewed work: Inventing Eastern Europe. The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment, Larry Wolff; Kaunitz and Enlightened Absolutism 1753-1780, Franz A. J. Szabo; the Landed Estates of the Esterhazy Princes. Hungary during the Reforms of Maria Theresia and Joseph II, Rebecca Gates-Coon". Eighteenth-Century Studies. 30 (4): 456–458. doi:10.1353/ecs.1997.0033. JSTOR 30053876. S2CID 162008053.
  16. ^ Anderson, M. S. (1997). "Reviewed work: Inventing Eastern Europe. The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment, Larry Wolff". The English Historical Review. 112 (446): 490–491. doi:10.1093/ehr/CXII.446.490. JSTOR 578260.
  17. ^ a b Rubenstein, Joshua (November 26, 2010). "The Devils' Playground (review of Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder)". The New York Times. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  18. ^ a b Moorhouse, Roger (November 8, 2010). "Review: Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin". History Extra. BBC. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  19. ^ Weeks, T. R. (2022). "Review of The Tsar, the Empire, and the Nation: Dilemmas of Nationalization in Russia's Western Borderlands, 1905–1915". The Russian Review. 81 (3): 566–598. doi:10.1111/russ.12378. S2CID 248954384.
  20. ^ Solonari (2015). "Review: The Dark Side of Nation-States: Ethnic Cleansing in Modern Europe". Slavic Review. 74 (2): 371. doi:10.5612/slavicreview.74.2.371.
  21. ^ Todd, Malcolm (1997). "Reviewed work: The Early Slavs: Eastern Europe from the Initial Settlement to the Kievan Rus, Pavel M. Dolukhanov". The Slavonic and East European Review. 75 (2): 359–360. JSTOR 4212385.
  22. ^ Bogucki, Peter (1997). "Reviewed work: The Early Slavs: Eastern Europe from the Initial Settlement to the Kievan Rus., Pavel M. Dolukhanov". Slavic Review. 56 (3): 551–552. doi:10.2307/2500930. JSTOR 2500930. S2CID 164411075.
  23. ^ Dvornik, Francis; Betts, R. R. (1957). "Review of The Slavs: Their Early History and Civilization". The Slavonic and East European Review. 35 (85): 584–587. JSTOR 4204865. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  24. ^ Dvornik, Francis; MAGUIRE, ROBERT A. (1957). "Review of The Slavs. Their Early History and Civilization". The Polish Review. 2 (4): 102–104. JSTOR 25776150. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  25. ^ Drozd, Andrew M.; Plokhy, Serhii (2008). "Review of The Origins of the Slavic Nations: Premodern Identities in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus". The Slavic and East European Journal. 52 (2): 326–327. JSTOR 20459696. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  26. ^ Plokhy, Serhii; Kaiser, Daniel H. (2007). "Review of The Origins of the Slavic Nations: Premodern Identities in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus". Slavic Review. 66 (4): 749–750. JSTOR 20060402. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  27. ^ Boeck, Brian J.; Plokhy, Serhii (2009). "Review of The Origins of the Slavic Nations: Premodern Identities in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 39 (4): 587–588. doi:10.1162/jinh.2009.39.4.587. JSTOR 40263564. S2CID 142632446. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  28. ^ Liberman, Anatoly; Pritsak, Omeljan (1983). "Review of The Origin of Rus'". Speculum. 58 (4): 1079–1082. doi:10.2307/2853820. JSTOR 2853820. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  29. ^ Pritsak, Omeljan; Wilson, David M. (1978). "Review of The Origin of Rus'". The Slavonic and East European Review. 56 (1): 155–156. JSTOR 4207628. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  30. ^ Crisp, Olga (1963). "Book Review: Lord and Peasant in Russia by J. Blum". The Slavonic and East European Review. 41 (97): 559–561. JSTOR 4205488.
  31. ^ Anderson, M. S. (1962). "Book Review: Lord and Peasant in Russia by J. Blum". The Economic History Review. 15 (1): 180–181. doi:10.2307/2593312. JSTOR 2593312.
  32. ^ Rutland, Peter (1993). "Reviewed work: An Algebra of Soviet Power: Elite Circulation in the Belorussian Republic, 1966-86., Michael e. Urban". Slavic Review. 52 (1): 158–159. doi:10.2307/2499625. JSTOR 2499625. S2CID 164434567.
  33. ^ Johannes Due Enstad (2015). "Review: Marching into Darkness: The Wehrmacht and the Holocaust in Belarus". The Slavonic and East European Review. 93 (3): 580. doi:10.5699/slaveasteurorev2.93.3.0580.
  34. ^ Rein, Leonid (2015). "Reviewed work: Marching into Darkness: The Wehrmacht and the Holocaust in Belarus, Waitman W. Beorn". German Studies Review. 38 (3): 686–688. doi:10.1353/gsr.2015.0109. JSTOR 24808981. S2CID 162722718.
  35. ^ Shepherd, BEN H. (2015). "Reviewed work: Marching into Darkness: The Wehrmacht and the Holocaust in Belarus, Waitman Wade Beorn". The English Historical Review. 130 (545): 1046–1048. doi:10.1093/ehr/cev177. JSTOR 24474594.
  36. ^ Kühne, Thomas (2015). "Reviewed work: Marching into Darkness: The Wehrmacht and the Holocaust in Belarus, Waitman Wade Beorn". The American Historical Review. 120 (2): 743–744. doi:10.1093/ahr/120.2.743. JSTOR 43696868.
  37. ^ Bassler, Gerhard P. (2006). "Reviewed work: Collaboration and Resistance during the Holocaust: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, David Gaunt, Paul A. Levine, Laura Palosuo". The Slavonic and East European Review. 84 (2): 364–366. doi:10.1353/see.2006.0076. JSTOR 4214301. S2CID 247621056.
  38. ^ Reichelt, Katrin (2006). "Reviewed work: Collaboration and Resistance During the Holocaust. Belarus, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, David Gaunt, Paul A. Levine, Paula Palosuo". Journal of Baltic Studies. 37 (2): 233–236. doi:10.1080/01629770608628882. JSTOR 43212711. S2CID 147175232.
  39. ^ Richmond, Colin (2007). "Reviewed work: Collaboration and Resistance During the Holocaust: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, David Gaunt, Paul A. Levine, Laura Palosuo". The English Historical Review. 122 (498): 1066–1068. doi:10.1093/ehr/cem213. JSTOR 4494015.
  40. ^ a b Arnold Mcmillin (2012). "Reviewed: The Last Dictatorship in Europe: Belarus under Lukashenko". The Slavonic and East European Review. 90 (4): 782. doi:10.5699/slaveasteurorev2.90.4.0782.
  41. ^ Marples, David R. (2013). "Reviewed work: The last dictatorship in Europe: Belarus under Lukashenko, Brian Bennett". International Affairs. 89 (1): 217–219. JSTOR 23479367.
  42. ^ Main, Steven J. (2013). "Reviewed work: Belarus. The Last European Dictatorship, Andrew Wilson". Europe-Asia Studies. 65 (1): 159–160. doi:10.1080/09668136.2012.730878. JSTOR 23438726. S2CID 154546358.
  43. ^ Savchenko, Andrew (2011). "Struggle over Identity: The Official and the Alternative "Belarusianness." by Nelly Bekus. Budapest: Central European University Press, 2010. 306 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Illustrations. Figures. $45.00, hard bound". Slavic Review. 70 (3): 723–724. doi:10.5612/slavicreview.70.3.0723. S2CID 164719423.
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