Sjanon Pasnjak
| Cyrillic ( Belarusian ) | |
|---|---|
| Зяно́н Пазьня́к | |
| Łacinka : | Zianon Paźniak |
| Transl. : | Zjanon Paz'njak |
| Transcr. : | Sjanon Pasnjak |
| Cyrillic ( Russian ) | |
| Зено́н Станисла́вович Позня́к | |
| Transl .: | Zenon Stansilavovič Poznjak |
| Transcr .: | Senon Posnyak |
Sjanon Pasnjak ( Belarusian Зяно́н Пазьня́к , Russian Зено́н Станисла́вович Позня́к , born April 24, 1944 in Subotniki , Hrodna district ) is a Belarusian nationalist politician and activist leader of the Belarusian People's Front (BNF) and one of the leader of the Belarusian nationalist politician and activist .
biography
Sjanon Pasnjak was born in Subotniki, Hrodna District ( Russian Grodno ). His grandfather was the leader of the Belarusian Christian Democrats in his thirties, his father was killed in the Battle of Warsaw in 1944 in World War II .
In 1967 he graduated from the Belarusian Academy of Arts (then: Belarusian State Institute of Theater and Arts). After completing his studies, he worked as an art historian. After losing his job in 1974 in a wave of purges by the Soviet administration, he began to work as an archaeologist in the archaeological department of the History Institute of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences . His specialty was the late Middle Ages in Belarus . He was heavily involved in the efforts to preserve the historic center of Minsk , which had been severely damaged by the war and the Soviet post-war reconstruction programs. In 1981 he successfully defended his dissertation on the history of the theater.
In 1988, Pasnjak published his research on mass executions by the NKVD in the Kurapaty Forest , near Minsk. During this time he also became the leader of the "National Resurrection Movement " ( Belarusian адраджэньне ). In 1988, together with the writer Wassil Bykau , he was one of the founders of the Belarusian Popular Front (BNF).
From May 3, 1990 to January 1996, Pasnjak was a member of the Belarusian parliament. As a member of parliament, he was the parliamentary group leader of the BNF and dealt with the investigations into the Chernobyl disaster of 1989–1990, the Belarusian declaration of independence in 1991, the return of the Belarusian national symbolism that had been abolished in the Soviet Union (white-red-white flag and Pahonia coat of arms) and the return of the Belarusian army personnel who were still in the operational areas of the former Soviet army.
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In 1996, Pasnjak was forced to leave Belarus because he feared an arrest by the forces of the new Belarusian President, Aljaksandr Lukashenka . He was granted political asylum in the United States .
After emigrating, Sjanon Pasnjak continued to lead the Christian Conservative Party of the BNF and remained a well-known public activist in Belarus. He is still considered the most charismatic - albeit most controversial - opposition leader in recent Belarusian history. His request to take part in the presidential election in 2006 failed because he refused to submit the required number of signatures that would have been necessary for his candidacy.
Pasnyak and his supporters refuse to join the opposition coalition of the Democratic Forces led by Alyaksandr Milinkevich .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Зянон Пазьняк: “Нацыяналізм і дэмакратыя - сынонімы” , February 26, 2006.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pasnjak, Sjanon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Пазьня́к, Зяно́н (Belarusian); Позня́к, Зено́н Станисла́вович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belarusian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Subotniki , Hrodna District |