{"id":115062,"date":"2024-11-22T16:03:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T13:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/115062\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"history-textbooks-on-information-ministrys-harmful-register","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/115062\/","title":{"rendered":"History textbooks on information ministry\u2019s “harmful” register"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November 22, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Belarusian history textbook Narysy Historyji Bie\u0142arusi<\/em> (1795-2002), published in 2003 by the Minsk-based Encyk\u0142apiedyks opens the list of 35 new print publications that the Belarusian information ministry has declared \u201charmful to national interests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though the author was not named, Belarusian historian Zachar \u0160ybieka, currently based in Israel, is known to have published a book with the same title in 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book presented Belarus\u2019 history from the national viewpoint based on \u201cthe existence of Belarusian ethnicity as a subject of historical study\u201d for many centuries, say the Belarusian digital library kamunikat.org<\/em> about the textbook. \u201cThe authors put the historical path of the Belarusian people in a new perspective.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list features two other history books by Vadzim Dzieru\u017eynski and Kastu\u015b \u0106virka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the books branded as \u201charmful\u201d were published in Moscow. This may be linked to Information Minister Marat Marka\u016d’s concerns about an influx of books that \u201ccan be considered extremist\u201d from Russia. The list of extremist products already contains about 7,000 entries and is constantly expanding, the official noted yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, the information ministry instructed book and print media traders to remove items \u201charmful to national interests\u201d from sale. The ministry’s definition of \u201charmful\u201d covers \u201cprint publications distorting historical truth and justice\u201d among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, authorities threatened merchants with revoking their licenses should they sell publications branded as \u201charmful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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