International Relations History Studies in Belarus in 1980- 1990: Main Directions (Alexandr Gyrin)

Раздел - "Международные отношения"Belarusian historical studies development in the 1980s was characterized by the extension of the range of research, stronger coordination and the growing number of studies. At the same time these studies were a part of Soviet social studies, that is why, international relations which were Moscow's prerogative were undertaken in Belarus only sporadically. A totally new period in the development of Belarusian historical science began at the turn of the 1980s, which was connected with the USSR's collapse and the establishment of independent Belarus. The formation of the Belarusian school of international studies was a part of the revised vision of Belarusian historical conception. The article reviews the main directions of Belarusian historians' research in the fields of international relations and overseas policy of foreign countries in the 1980—1990s. The research issues and historians' specialization are analyzed with reference to main publications