Bondarenko, E. V. The Problems of Political Developments in Western Belarus After the Defeat of Hramada (1928 - 1939)

Abstract: The present research article is devoted to the main tendencies of political developments, factors infl uencing political developments and transformation of political developments in Western Belarus after the crushing defeat of the Belarusian Peasants’ and Workers’ Union ‘Hramada’ under the conditions of the authorization of the political regime in the Second Polish Republic since 1928 till 1939.The researcher analyzes the main actors of the political process in the region and social aspects of their functioning as well as the infl uence of the policy implemented by the Polish government regarding Belarusian population living in Poland. All these aspects are being viewed taking into account the important geopolitical role of Western Belarus (northeastern Kresy). The researcher bases his research on the interdisciplinary approach and uses both general scientifi c research methods such as analysis, synthesis, induction and deduction and particular scientifi c research methods such as the systems approach and historical analysis methods. The scientifi c novelty of the research is defi ned by the fact that this research is the fi rst attempt made in Russian political science to describe political developments in Western Belarus under the conditions of the authorization of the political regime in the Second Polish Republic. The main conclusions made by the researcher are the following: Western Belarus after the crushing defeat of Hramada by the Polish government faced the decrease of intensity and at the same time quite a diversity of political developments. An important feature of the political developments in Western Belarus was a prevailing role of external factors compared to the internal factors triggering the development of the political process. That become possible as a result of a relatively low potential of ideological confl icts between Ukrainian and Belarusian societies.

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