Пошукі Айчыны: “Літва” і “Русь” у сучаснай беларускай гістарыяграфіі
Search for Homeland: “Litva/Lithuania” and “Rus’” in Contemporary Belarusian Historiography

Summary/Abstract: In contemporary Belarusian historiography (since the end of the 1980s) the question of ethnopolitical structure of the Grand Duchy of Lithuanian became one of the canonical themes. Th e main debatable issues are: 1) Location of the “annalistic Lithuania” (Mikola Jermalovič’s conception, its critics and adherents, Aliaksandr Kraŭcevič). 2) Correlation between terms “Žamojć” (Samogitia) and “Litva” (Lithuania) (Paval Urban). 3) Evolution of concepts “Litva”and “Rus’” during the 13th-16th centuries (Aliaksandr Rohalieŭ, Michail Spirydonaŭ, Viachaslaŭ Nasievič, Oleg Łatyszonek, Alieś Biely’s “Civilisation concept”). 4) Ethnic meaning of the terms (Ihar Čakvin and Paviel Cieraškovič, Hieorhi Halienčanka, Viachaslaŭ Nasievič, discussion between Ihar Маrzaliuk and Hienadź Sahanovič). Th e very fact of active discussions on “Litva” and “Rus’” problem proves that Belarusian history of the late Middle Ages and early Modern Time can be understood as interaction of these two factors. Exclusion of one of these factors from Belarusian history will make it absolutely diff erent.

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