Return to Article The Dictator A protest sign from the mass demonstrations in Minsk, 2020. Rally for Tikhanovskaya Rally in support of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in Minsk on July 30, 2020. Tikhanovskaya is walking on the left. House of Government Protestors in Minsk gather around a statue of Lenin with the symbolic white and red flag aloft, 2020. Protestors in the Streets Protest rally against Alexander Lukashenko on October 18, 2020 in Minsk, Belarus. Destroyed Villages The names of destroyed villages displayed on a memorial at the Khatyn National Memorial Complex. Demonstration Rufina Bazlova, Demonstration. From the artist’s Instagram page. Used with permission. Svetlana is My President Rufina Bazlova, Svetlana is My President. From the artist’s Instagram page. Used with permission. Vladimir Tsesler’s Flag Vladimir Tsesler. Do not wash. From the artist's Instagram. Used with permission. Don’t Break, Don’t Stop, Don’t Hold Back Vladimir Tsesler. Don't break, Don't stop, Don't hold back. From the artist's Instagram page. Used with permission. Reboot Vladimir Tsesler. Reboot. From the artist's Instagram page. Used with permission. Marat Kazei Monument A screenshot from Vladimir Tsesler's Instagram page showing the Marat Kazei Monument. Eva Chaim Soutine’s Eva, 1928. Unbowed Man The “Unbowed Man” statue shows Yuzif Kaminsky, Khatyn’s only adult survivor, holding the body of his dead son. Cemetery of Villages Cemetery of Villages in Khatyn with 185 tombs. Each tomb symbolizes a particular village in Belarus that the Nazis burned. Brest Fortress The Kholm Gate at the Brest Fortress. Courage Monument A wide view of the Courage Monument, constructed in 1971, at the “hero fortress” in Brest, Belarus. 2020 Elections A banner in Minsk stating the date of the 2020 presidential election. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya The Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, 2020. Rally in Vitebsk Svetlana Tikhanovskaya at a rally in Vitebsk on July 24, 2020, shortly before the presidential election. Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Lukashenko has been the president of Belarus since 1994 and recently claimed victory in a fraudulent election. We Want Honest Elections Protestors in Minsk demand honest elections from the Belarusian government after the fraudulent 2020 presidential election. The Soviet-Polish War A caricature illustrating the partition of Belarus between Poland and the Bolsheviks after the Soviet-Polish War and Peace of Riga, 1921. Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a news conference in 2002. The Pahonia A protestor in Minsk wraps their shoulders in the flag of the BNR with the Pahonia—a knight on horseback— displayed in the center, 2020. Police Line A lone protestor holds the BNR flag in front of a police line in Minsk, 2020. German Prisoners March An image of the German Prisoners March on July 17, 1944, in Moscow. This march of about 57,000 German soldiers and officers, mainly captured in Belarus, demonstrated to the Soviet people—and to the Allies—the defeat of Nazi troops in the Belorussian SSR. Belarusian Girls Rural Belarusian girls dressed in traditional garb pose for a photograph in 1908. Belarus, like many of the former regions of the Habsburg and Russian Empires, began the twentieth century as a rural, agrarian society. White and Red Protest rally against Lukashenko on August 23, 2020, in Minsk. The white and red flag can be seen prominently throughout the crowd. Passport The passport of the Belarusian People's Republic featuring the Pahonia, 1918. Pahonia Stamp A stamp from the Belarusian People’s Republic, 1918. Return to top