Yury Turonak usually explores interesting and prohibited topics in Belarus' modern history. Among his subjects are people deliberately ignored or whose role is downplayed by official historians in Belarus. One of such figures is Vatslau Ivanouski, a Belarusian nationalist. The title Vatslau Ivanouski and the Rebirth of Belarus emphasizes his role in the nation's self-determination process. The book contains detailed information about Iv... More »

People of BYU Yury Turonak Soviet historians viewed the Belarusian Youth Union as a group of Nazi collaborators and traitors. After the collapse of the Soviet Union some researchers represented the BUY as one of the most progressive movements in Belarus. History cannot be black and white. This is the problem with many researchers. For clearly subjective reasons, Yury Turonak's People of BYU has not been published in Belarus. The cou... More »

The collection of works by outstanding Belarusian historian Yury Turonak is an excellent source of information about obscure and secret pages of Belarusian history. Naturally, the fact that the historian is based in Poland explains his focus on Podlasie and the Bialystok province. Turonak selected research papers for the collection based on merits. He studies in great detail education in the ethnic Belarusian territories in the Bialysto... More »

Нямецкая ўлада на Беларусі даволі скептычна ставілася да беларускага нацыянальна-вызваленчага руху. Па-першае, у 1940-я гады беларуская інтэлігенцыя была даволі малалікай і разрозненай (да гэтага спрычыніўся сталінізм і рэпрэсіі, а таксама тысячныя расстрэлы). Па-другое, значная частка інтэлігенцыі была з Расіі. Таму і перыядычны друк на Беларусі, і кнігавыдавецтва падчас нямецка-фашысцкай акупацыі былі на нязначным узроўні. Але гэта не... More »