This paper intends to show that there was an intellectual process in the BSSR, and that Kalinoŭski’s personality was a ‘memory spot’ where one could talk about the Belarusian nation, national consciousness and statehood. But in order to remember Kalinoŭski, permission or, at least, the absence of the ban was not enough. There was a need for a reason to do it, such as an anniversary. The author tries to answer the question of how this anniversary influenced the formation of Kalinoŭski’s image in official discourse in the BSSR.
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