Belarus in the Geopolitics and Diplomacy of the Period of Wold War II

Раздел - "Международное право", рубрика - "Международное частное право"The article considers the foreign policy planning and diplomatic activity of the USSR, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Great Britain and the USA, involving Belarus, in the years of World War II. The role and place of Belarus (the Belarusian card) in the Soviet-German relations of 1939—1941 is analysed. The issue of the transfer of Vilno region and other Belarusian territory to Lithuania by Soviet government is covered and the plans of the nazi Germany regarding Belarus and its occupation policy there are disclosed. The article examines the problem of fixing Soviet-Polish border at its Belarusian section. The results of World War II for Belarus from the angle of its international status and international relations are summed up