COLLECTIVE PORTRAIT OF VETERANS OF THE CPZB AS A SOCIAL COMMUNITY IN THE BSSR IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XX CENTURY.

Abstract

On the basis of a wide range of sources, a collective portrait of veterans of the Communist Party of Western Belarus (CPZB) as a social community in the BSSR in the second half of the 20th century was compiled and analyzed. The research is focused on the biographical data of the KPZB veterans, including their social origin, education level, refugee status during the First World War, participation in the national liberation movement in Western Belarus in 1921-1939, in the Great Patriotic War, and the conditionality of their career trajectory in the second half of the twentieth century. The materials and conclusions of the article can be used in further study of both the interwar history of Western Belarus and the socio-political history of the BSSR in the second half of the twentieth century, in the preparation of textbooks, lecture courses and generalizing works on the modern history of Belarus.