Pahonia, the coat of arms of Belarus
Pahonia (Пагоня in Belarusian and Pogoń in Polish, translated as “the chase” or “the pursuit”) is the state symbol of Belarus since the Middle Ages.
Tagged: History of Belarus
100th anniversary of the Sluck Defence: official address by President I. Survilla
My dear fellow Belarusians! One hundred years ago, the Belarusian people arose to defend their homeland from the invasion of the East. The Sluck brigade – ten thousand people under the flag of the...
“These heroes unite our three nations” – address by President Survilla
Address by President Ivonka Survilla at the reburial of the insurgents of 1863-1864 in Vilnia/Vilnius on 22 November 2019. My dear fellow Belarusians, Our dear Polish and Lithuanian neighbours and friends, Today we are...
The BNR Rada as the oldest Belarusian democratic advocacy group
The BNR Rada in exile has several important practical functions as a legal safeguard of the first democratic Belarusian statehood, as a representation of Belarus in the Free World and as an association of...
The History of the Statehood of Belarus
The traditions of the Belarusian statehood date back to more than a thousand years. Under different names, the independent Belarusian state has existed for many centuries.
The Belarusian Popular Front in 1988—1996: photo and video
The Belarusian Popular Front (Беларускі Народны Фронт) was a nationwide Belarusian democratic movement in the late 1980s and 1990s in favour of the Belarusian national revival and the restoration of the independence of Belarus as a...
Government in Exile: Explorations of the Belarus Enigma
Presentation by Ivonka J. Survilla, President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic in Exile, at the Conference of the Canadian Association of Slavists (Ottawa, 24 May 2009) If the sovereigns of my...
First visit of a US President to Belarus – 15.01.1994
The first official visit of the President of the United States to Belarus took place on January 15, 1994. President Bill Clinton had meetings with the leadership of Belarus, spoke at the Academy of Sciences of...