Stalin era voting in Hrodna Region. Sapotskina Case, 1948
Stalin era voting in Hrodna Region. Sapotskina Case, 1948
Author(s): Andrei PachobutSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Палітычная сфера
Keywords: Elections; local elections; Western Belarus; Joseph Stalin; falsification; Ministry of State Security; All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks; Sapotskina.
Summary/Abstract: The year of 1948. Western Belarus. Local elections are taking place. Some undesirables became witnesses of falsification in one of polling places. As a result of their complaint, the Communist party’s institutions became interested in the case. The article is dedicated to an analysis of one case from the election practice in Belarus in the late 1940’s.
Journal: Палітычная сфера. Часопiс палiтычных даследаванняу
- Issue Year: 2008
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 124-129
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English