Аб навуковых даследваннях аддзела нацыянальных і міжнародных адносін Беларусі Інстытута гісторыі НАН Беларусі (1960 - 1990-я гг.)

Abstract

The article analyses the development of studies in the sphere of foreign policy of Belarus, its international connections and Belarusian diaspora, which were carried out in 1960s—90s by the members of national and international relations department of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Institute of History. The article shows political and scientific organizational conditions of the establishment of the division of the European socialist countries history at the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR in 1969. It also reveals the reasons for the transformation of its field into the studies of international connections of Belarus (BSSR). The article shows, that in the beginning of the 1990s there occurred the department's transition towards the development of topical and unfamiliar issues of history regarding foreign policy and diplomacy of Belarus in the XX century, Belarusian diaspora and emigration. The article also analyses the most significant academic works of the department members and their contribution to the development of historical and international studies in Belarus.