Coddle and Destroy by Ales Petrashkevich The historical drama by Ales Petrashkevich is about developments crucial for the Belarusian nation. In 1917, Bolsheviks dispersed Belarusians who assembled to decide on their future. A quote by Aristotle used by the author reflects the main purpose of his work: "The distinction between historian and poet is not in the one writing prose and the other verse…. It consists really in this, that the... More »

Ales Petrashkevich is a writer, scientist, a former Komsomol and Communist Party Central Committee-level functionary, one of the founders and leaders of encyclopedic research in Belarus, an architect of the 140-volume Pamyats series, the first rector, a lecturer and an honorary professor of the Belarusian State University of Culture. Ales Petrashkevich gives a critical, sarcastic and truthful account of events and describes people he m... More »