Belarusian studies

Research on the language, ethnography and history of Belarusian lands was conducted from the beginning of the 19th century, initially within the framework of Polish and Russian studies.

[1] Belarusian studies acquired legal forms after the revolution of 1905, when it became possible to support research by its own national periodical (headed by the Nasha Niva).

[1] Outside the territories of Soviet Belarus, including Poland, Belarusian research was the domain of nationally conscious intelligentsia.

[3][4] The first issue of the journal started with an introduction by Oxford professor Robert Auty about "a little-known East European people and its contribution to civilisation"[5] and included articles by Alexander Nadson, Guy Picarda, Leo Haroška and Vera Rich as well as a book review and a chronicle of main events related to Belarus and the Belarusian communities abroad.

As Rainer Lindner wrote, "In 1991, national historiography attempted to provide the historical reasoning behind the Declaration of Independence, an event that was more of an accident than the result of internal democratization or a demand for sovereignty.

Now, as states with their own foreign policies, they have received visits from the American president and entered into alliances with Western European and international organizations.