Soldiers of the BNR

Oleg Latyshonka’s book “Soldiers of the BNR” hides under its cover the author’s many years of work in the field of Belarusian military affairs. Its basis was the translation of his candidate thesis on Belarusian military formations in 1917-1923. published in Polish in 1995. The next block opens with a large popular science essay about Gen. S. Bulak Balakhovich. Essays are complemented by scientific articles devoted to various aspects of the general’s life and activities. These two blocks are supplemented by numerous articles dedicated to individual Belarusian formations in various armies and outstanding Belarusian soldiers of that time, as well as to the political aspect of the struggle for the BNR. A separate block is created by articles dedicated to the participation of Belarusians from Bialystok region in the struggle for independent Belarus. The fourth edition of the book is supplemented by the “Foreword” by Yuri Hrybowski, professor of Warsaw University.