On the example of the site Sputnik.by, we showed the main anti-Polish propaganda narratives. Analyzed the quantitative and qualitative indicators of the considered resource. Determined the ways, means and goals of presenting the main theses of pro-Russian propaganda in Belarus. Noted that the rhetoric in this media intended to form a negative image of Poland in Belarus. Indicated that the use of the “Polish threat” narrative for Belarus is aimed at creating an image of an enemy in Belarusian society.
The text introduces the figure of Ralph Cudworth, the leading representative of the Cambridge Platonist school. The presentation of the views of the English philosopher and theologian aims to draw attention to the original and almost completely forgotten intellectual tradition of 17th-century England – typically perceived as dominated wholly by the currents of empiricist and materialistic orientation.
The article presents the state of research on the circumstances of the creation of the Alexandrian Mouseion, as well as confronts current opinions on the creation of the Mouseion and the Library of Alexandria with the preserved ancient sources. In particular, the theses about the key role of Demetrius of Phaleron in the organization of the Mouseion and the Library of Alexandria were critically assessed.
The article discusses the question of the Volok Reform carried out in Bielsk in Podlasie in 1560 by Stanisław Dziewiałtowski Skoczek. It is supplemented by the source edition of the note made on the basis of the register of this reform, which has not been preserved in the original. The whole is a supplement to the plan of Bielsk in 1563, together with a commentary that will be published as part of the Historical Atlas of Poland.
The unprecedented wave of protests against A. Lukashenko in 2020 raises questions about the prospect of democratization in Belarus. The article introduces the theoretical issues related to the transformation of political systems and refers to the case of Belarus. Based on the experience of transitology and the science of transformation of political systems so far, it has been indicated that the future democratic success of Belarus is not obvious.
Нарратив “Польской угрозы” Беларуси в российских пропагандистских СМИ (на примере Sputnik.by)
