Dismissal of Hrodna lecturers is a political order
Historian Ales Krautsevich
This is the opinion of
doctor of historical sciences Ales Krautsevich.
Mr. Krautsevich offers his sympathies to his colleagues who have been recently
dismissed from Hrodna State University. "Lecturer Ihar Kuzminich, docent
Andrei Charniakevich and professor Viachaslau Shved became victims of their
professional activities. They suffered for the historical reality," says
Ales Krautsevich.
"This is a political case on the part of the authorities, there was no
politics on the part of the authors of the textbook "Hrodna Studies".
They are not members of any political parties and don't take part in the
political life under the command of the opposition. They just write the history
of their city and became victims of persecution occasionally. They didn't write
about the history of Hrodna after 1994 and soldiers in their photos walk under
white-red-white flags. Of course, this is a political case against the will of
the book's authors," commented Ales Krautsevich.
Reference:
In March 1995 Ales Krautsevich had to leave the position of provost at Hrodna
State University due to the change of the political situation in the country.
Now he teaches history at the higher educational establishments of Poland. In
2001 he was elected the head of the executive committee of the Council of the
Belarusian Historical Society.
