Source: cafepress.com

For a researcher like myself Belarus is definitely a unique country. It has two official languages, Belarusian and Russian. However, the latter one enjoys the privileged position. It also has also two flags, the red-and-green official one,  and the other, red-white-red recognised by the political opposition.

Yes, divisions may appear in every society. They mean rather a normal thing – people differ, therefore, their world views differ, too.

However, it seems that political views often determine what, when and with whom to celebrate even the beginnings of the Belarusian statehood. That can be either on 25 March, 7 July or 27 July. We could go on and on.

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