PARTISAN MOVEMENT IN WESTERN BELARUS IN THE EARLY 1920s: STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE STUDY

Guerrilla struggle of the Belarusian people against the Polish occupation after the Polish-Soviet War aroused great interest in the company and is reflected in the pages of periodicals and scientific publications. However, the subject has not acquired a thorough case study that requires its historiographical reflection and discovery of scientific-theoretical bases of source and the objective to create a monographic study. In the article the basic scientific and methodological development of indicators of national historiography history of the guerrilla movement in Western Belarus in the first half of the 1920s. Based on a wide range of historiographical and archival sources identified the stages in the development of the issue of historiography, the main approaches to the study of the history of guerrilla warfare, the formulation and evaluation of the various trends of the partisan movement, concluded that there was scientific-theoretical and source base for the monographic study of the topic.

historiography, sources, methodology, Western Belarus, the guerrilla movement, political parties, rebellion

1. Savіch, A. A. (2012) Natsyyanal’na-vyzvalenchy rukh u Zakhodnyai Belarusі (1921-1939 gady): gіstaryyagrafіya prablemy: managrafіya [The national liberation movement in Western Belarus (1921-1939 years): historiography of the problem: monograph], BrSU, Brest, BY

2. Natsyyanal’ny arkhіў Respublіkі Belarus’ [National Archive of the Republic of Belarus] (NARB). F.   60p. L. 3. C. 576.

3. NARB. F. 60p. L. 3. C. 582.

4. Byadulya, Z. (1925) “Partisan movement in Western Belarus”, Zakhodnyaya Belarus’ [Western Belarus], DBV, Mensk, BY, rr. 48-68.

5. (1925) Zakhodnyaya Belarus’ [Western Belarus], DBV, Mensk, BY

6. Tsentral’ny navukovy arkhіў NAN B [Central Scientific Archive of NAS B]. F. 68. L. 1. C. 3.

7. Vakhtomaў, G. V. and Mіkhnyuk, U. M. (1988) “Formation of historiography of revolutionary movement in Western Belarus”, Vestsі AN BSSR Ser. gramad. Navuk, [Lead Academy of Sciences BSSR. Series of Social Sciences], no. 5, rr. 118-125.

8. Luchanіn, M. (1926) Zakhodnyaya Belarus’ pad panavannem Pol’shchy [Western Belarus under the rule of Poland], Belarusian State Publishing, Mensk, BY

9. (1925) “The death penalty partisans”, Pravda [Truth], 13 maya.

10. (1925) “Activities partisans”, Savetskaya Belarus’ [Soviet Belarus], 29  maya.

11. (1925) “In Western Belarus. The trial of the partisans”, Savetskaya Belarus’ [Soviet Belarus], 7 snezh.

12. NARB. F. 60p. L. 3. C. 587.

13. Egorov, G. (1939) Zapadnaya Belorussiya [Western Belarus], Gos. izd-vo polit. lit-ry, Moscow, RU

14. Garbunoў, C. (1940) God pad stsyagam savetaў [Year under the banner of Soviet], Dzyarzh. vyd-va pry SNK.Red. palіt. lіt-ry, Mіnsk, BY

15. (1940) Zakhodnyaya Belarus’ pad panskіm gnetam і yae vyzvalenne [Western Belarus under the landlord yoke and its liberation], Vyd-va AN BSSR, Mіnsk, BY

16. Savіch, A. A. (2012) “M. S. Arjehva as the organizer of the study Western Belarus”, Lichnost’ v istorii: geroicheskoe i tragicheskoe: sbornik materialov Pyatoi mezhdunar. nauch.-prakt. konf., posvyashch. 20-letiyu istor. fakul’teta, Brest,23-24 noyabrya 2011 g. [Person in history: the heroic and tragic: a collection of materials of the Fifth international scientific and practical conference dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Faculty of History, Brest, 23-24 November 2011], Brest, rp. 196-200.

17. NARB. F. 1440. L. 3. C. 1103.

18. Poluyan, V. A. (1962) Revolyutsionnoe i natsional’no-osvoboditel’noe dvizhenie v Zapadnoi Belorussii v 1920-1939 gg. [The revolutionary and national liberation movement in Western Belarus in 1920-1939 gg.], Gosizdat, Minsk, BY

19. (1966) Revolyutsionnyi put’ Kompartii Zapadnoi Belorussii (1921-1939 gg.) [A revolutionary way of the Communist Party of Western Belarus (1921-1939)], Belarus’, Minsk, BY

20. Sorokin, A. A. (1970) Revolyutsionnoe i osvoboditel’noe krest’yanskoe dvizhenie v Zapadnoi Belorussii (1920-1939 gg.) [The revolutionary and liberation peasant movement in Western Belarus (1920-1939], BGU, Minsk, BY

21. Stashkevich, N. S. (1985) Prigovor revolyutsii: krushenie antisovetskogo dvizheniya v Belorussii. 1917-1925 [The verdict of the revolution: the collapse of the anti-Soviet movement in Belarus. 1917-1925], Universitetskoe, Minsk, BY

22. Vaўpshasaў, S. A. (1963) Na razgnevanai zyamlі [In the angry earth], Dzyarzhvyd. BSSR, Mіnsk, BY

23. Borisov, I. (1991) Chelovek iz legendy: dokum. povest’ [The man from the legend: documentary story], Mastatskaya lіtaratura, Minsk, BY

24. Ladyseў, U.F. (1994) “Hard Way Test”, Belarus. gіst. chasop. [Belarusian Historical Journal], no. 1, pp. 81-88.

25. Fadzeeў, L. (1994) “Kіryla Arloўskі: hero or a thug?”, Svaboda [Freedom], 13-19  dec.

26. Stasevіch, Yu. (1995) “Partisan Western Belarus”, Pagonya [Pagonja], 17-23 marc., 24-30 marc.

27. Grytskevіch, A. (1994) “The history of geopolitics Belarus”, Spadchyna  [Heritage], no. 4, pp. 48-61.

28. Mezga, M. (1996) “The border confrontation (the position of Western Belarus after the signing of the Treaty of Riga 1921)”, Belarus. mіnuўshchyna [Past Belarus], no. 2, pp. 29-31.

29. Kastsyuk, M. P. (2000) Sіstema bal’shavіtskai ulady na Belarusі [Systems of Bolshevik power in Belarus], VP “Jekaperspektyva”, Mіnsk, BY

30. Koўkel’, І. І. (1994) “Polish-Lithuanian conflict and the role in it of Belarusian political parties and organizations”,in Mal’dzіs, A. (exec. ed.) Belarusіka=Albaruthenica: Kn. 3 : Natsyyanal’nyya і regіyanal’nyya kul’tury, іkh uzaemadzeyanne [Belarusika = Albaruthenica: Bk. 3: National and regional cultures and their interaction], Navuka і tekhnіka, Mіnsk, BY,pp. 259-269.

31. Koўkel’, І. І. and Charnyakevіch, A. M. (2002) “Partisan movement in the Grodno region in 1921-1925 years”in Kren’, I. P. (ed.) Slonіmshchyna vachyma navukoўtsaў і krayaznaўtsaў: materyyaly regіyan. gіst.-krayazn. kanf., prysvech. 750-goddzyu gorada Slonіma і 70-goddzyu zasnavannya Slonіmskaga raennaga krayaznaўchaga muzeya іmya І. І. Stabroўskaga [Slonimschina eyes of scientists and local historians: the materials of the region. Local History Conference dedicated to the 750th anniversary of the town of Slonim, and the 70th anniversary of founding of the Slonim District Local History Museum named after II  Stabrovskaya], Slonіm, BY, pp. 254-259.

32. Khvіrysyuk, V. M. (1999) “Organization Guerrilla warfare in Western Belarus against the Polish authorities in 1921-1922”, Berastseiskі khranograf [Brest chronograph], ed. 2, BY, rp. 92-100.

33. Stuzhynskaya, N. І. (2011) Belarus’ myatsezhnaya: z gіstoryі ўzbroenaga antysavetskaga supratsіvu ў 20-ya gg. XX stagoddzya. Vydanne drugoe, pashyranae [Belarus rebellious: from the history of the armed anti-Soviet resistance in the 20-ies. XX century. Second edition, expanded], Nasha buduchynya, Vіl’nya, LT

34. Tatarenko, A. (2006) Nedozvolennaya pamyat’. Zapadnaya Belarus’ v dokumentakh i faktakh: 1921-1954-e gody [Unauthorized memory. Western Belarus in the documents and facts: 1921-1954], Arhiv AT, S-Peterburg, RU

35. Taras, A. E. (2012) Anatomiya nenavisti [Anatomy of hate], Kharvest, Minsk, BY

36. Śleszyński, W. (2007) Bezpieczeństwo wewnętrzne w polityce państwa polskiego na ziemiach północno-wschodnich II Rzeczypospolitej [The internal security policy of the Polish state on the lands of the north-east of the Second Republic], RYTM, Warszawa, PL

37. Cichoracki, P. (2012) Stołpce - Łowcza - Leśna 1924: II Rzeczpospolita wobec najpoważniejszych incydentów zbrojnych w województwach północno-wschodnich [Stołpce - Lowcza - Leśna 1924: II Republic against the most serious armed incidents in north-eastern], LTW, Łomianki, PL

38. Linder, I. and Churkin, S. (2005) Krasnaya pautina: tainy razvedki Kominterna. 1919-1943 [Red spider’s web:the mystery of the Somintern intelligence. 1919-1943], RIPOL klassik, Moscow, RU

39. Gіmzhaўskas, E. (2013) Belaruskі faktar pry farmavannі lіtoўskai dzyarzhavy ў 1915-1923 gg. [Belarusian factor in the formation of the Lithuanian state in 1915-1923. 2nd ed.], Іnbelkul’t, Smolensk, RU

40. Kasparavіchus, A. (2009) “The political role of the Belarusians in the diplomatic game Kovno and Moscow in 1920-1925 years”, ARCHE Pachatak [ARCHE Home], no. 9, pp. 221-253.

41. (1997) Materialy osoboi papki Politbyuro TsK RKP(b)-VKP(b) po voprosu sovetsko-pol’skikh otnoshenii. 1923-1945 [Materials special folder of the Politburo of the RCP(b)-VKP(b) on the issue of Soviet-Polish relations. 1923-1945], Institute of Slavic and Balkan Studies of the RAS, Moscow, RU

42. (1998) Arkhіvy Belaruskai Narodnai Respublіkі, T. 1, Knіga 1 [Archives of the Belarusian People’s Republic. T.   1. V. 1], Belaruskі іnstytut navukі і mastatstva, Tavarystva belaruskaga pіs’menstva, Nasha Nіva, Vіl’nya-N’yu-Erk-Mensk-Praga, LT, US, BY, CS

43. (1998) Arkhіvy Belaruskai Narodnai Respublіkі, T. 1, Knіga 2. [Archives of the Belarusian People’s Republic. T. 1. B. 2], Belaruskі іnstytut navukі і mastatstva, Tavarystva belaruskaga pіs’menstva, Nasha Nіva, Vіl’nya-N’ju-Erk-Mensk-Praga, LT, US, BY, CS

44. (1999) Komintern protiv fashizma: dokum. [Somintern against fascism: doc.], Nauka, Moscow, RU

45. (2004) Politbyuro TsK RKP(b)-VKP(b) i Komintern, 1919-1943: dokumenty [Politburo of the RCP(b)-VKP(b) and the Communist International, 1919-1943: documents], Rosspen, Moscow, RU

46. Pashkevіch, A., Vashkevіch, A. and Charnjakevіch, A. (ed.) (2009) Karotkі narys belaruskaga pytannya [A brief sketch of the Belarusian issue], IP Logvinov, Mіnsk, BY

47. Rasіiskі dzyarzhaўny arkhіў satsyyal’na-palіtychnai gіstoryі [Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History] (RSASPH). F. 17. L. 63. C. 16.

48. RSASPH. F. 495. L. 123. C. 249.

49. Dzyarzhaўny arkhіў Brestskai voblastsі [State Archives of Brest Region] (SABR). Fond 67. L. 4. C. 27.

50. SABR. F. 92. L. 1. C. 130.

51. SABR. F. 2028. L. 1. C. 37.

52. Dzyarzhaўny arkhіў Grodzenskai voblastsі [State Archives of Grodno Region] (SAGR). Fond 200. L. 2. C. 7.

53. SAGR. F. 551. L. 1. C. 126.

54. NARB. F. 60p. L. 3. C. 587.

55. NARB. F. 242p. L. 2. C. 11.

56. NARB. F. 242p. L. 2. C. 12.

57. NARB. F. 325. L. 1. C. 57.

58. Charnyakevіch, A. and Pashkevіch, A. (2009) “A brief sketch of the history of relations of the Belarusian national movement and II Department General Command (General Staff) of the Polish Army in 1918-1923” ARCHE Pachatak [ARCHE Home], no. 8, rp. 22-73.

59. Sych, R. (2011) “Organization “Green Oak”: anti-Polish aspect of the activities”. Moўnakul’turnaya prastora Brestska-Pіnskaga Palessya: zb. navuk. art.: u 2 ch. [Lingvo-kultural space Brest-Pinsk Polesye: Coll. scientific articles: At 2  pm.], Brjest, BY, ch. 2, rp. 135-138.