Byelorussian historical myth of the Polotsk Principality

Abstract. The article analyzes the state of the Byelorussian myth about Polotsk Principality. Polotsk Principality in the Middle ages is perceived as a Byelorussian state. The absence of Bye-lorussian identity and language in that period is ignored.

Key words: historical and political myth, Byelorussia, Polotsk Principality, school textbooks.

Gronsky Alexander Dmitrievich,
PhD in History,
Russian Academy of Sciences, National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations named after E.Primakov (Moscow)

Founder
Likhachev
Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural
Heritage

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Likhachev
Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural
Heritage

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4 issues per year

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online only

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date: 03.09.2014

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2014-2024.

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