National holidays - Historical background
The 25th March is in Belarus had never been an official bank holiday or memorial day. During the Soviet period was undesirable to commemorate Belarusian independence movement and in the wake of the disintegration of the Soviet Union was the 27th July, 1990, the day the Supreme Soviet of the BSSR for independence within the Soviet Union declared, made a national holiday. In November In 1996 the National was a controversial referendum on the 3rd July, the anniversary of the liberation of Minsk by the Red Army in 1944 relocated.
In the BSSR was the memory of the date of incorporation of BNR on 25 March 1918 no meaning. The short history of Belarusian independence did not fit into the history of Soviet design and was therefore hidden. So the day was mentioned, for example in the Soviet period, only in a single history textbook. Present was the "Freedom Day" almost exclusively in Belarusian émigré circles in the U.S. and Canada. Not until the early 90s, the day came gradually into the social and political consciousness, for example, appeared in 1990 in the acclaimed magazine "Svoboda" (Freedom) an article on Independence Day. However, the day in the 90's was more of a presence in the press and journalism, as in public spaces. For culture of protest and public manifestations of the commemoration was on the nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl 26th April far more important.
Only in the wake of the protests against the increasing Autoritarisierung system of government in the spring of 1996, which followed the constitutional amendment and the dissolution of Parliament by Alexander Lukashenko, won the 25th March, an important alternative as the date of onset of public opinion. In recent years, the 25. March for a violation committed by the political opposition National advanced alternative. He gained special importance by the violent demonstration ended after the presidential elections in 2006.
0 comments:
Post a Comment