Abstract
The research project 'Belarusian Anzacs' concentrates on the destiny of about forty Belarusian natives who entered the ranks of the Australian army during WWI. Earlier, pre-revolutionary Belarusian emigration remains outside the purview of both Soviet and contemporary historians, due to conflicting political sympathies and the scarcity of records. This project is an attempt to study a representative group of early emigrants using a prosopographical method. In close connection with the history of the recipient country, it examines individual life stories and studies questions of ethnic and political identity, patriotism and assimilation
Translated title of the contribution | Belarusian Anzacs |
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Original language | Russian |
Pages (from-to) | 53-108 |
Journal | Bialoruskie zeszyty historyczne |
Volume | 40 |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |