Chronicle from Belarus
On 13 August 2020, following three days of terror, when it seemed that all might have been lost, tens of thousands of women, dressed in white and carrying flowers, came out onto the streets. They have come out continually since then, rejecting violence and demanding accountability. A fearless seventy-three-year-old woman, the diminutive, white-haired Nina Baginskaya, has become the emblematic figure of a feminist revolution of a new kind.
Texts are posted in their original language, with their titles translated into English and a link to a translation of the whole text when available. Postings are listed chronologically, with the most recent material first
- Original RU Дочери Евы [evalution.today] – this is a link to a project about women and their role in political and social events in modern Belarus.
- Liza Moroz
Original RU Революционерки [Revolutionaries] – a podcast about Belarusian women, who are changing the country for the better right now.
- Hanna Komar
Original EN Sisterhood behind bars, Eurozine.com, August 9, 2021. - Elena Fanailova in Interview with philosopher Olga Shparaga
Original RU “Надзирать и наказывать”
["To discipline and to punish"], RFE/Radio Liberty, July 12, 2021. - Marina Naprushkina in Interview with philosopher Olga Shparaga
Original DE „Die Frauen haben die Proteste geprägt durch horizontale Beziehungen und Empathie“ Ein Gespräch mit Olga Shparaga
["The women shaped the protests through horizontal relationships and empathy" A conversation with Olga Shparaga], Kultur Mitte Magazin, July 6, 2021. - Vladimir Korkunov in Interview with poet and translator Hanna Komar
Original RU «Меня взяли во время марша…»
["They took me during the march ..."], paradigma #3/21, July 2021. - Yana Karpova in Interview with philosopher Olga Shparaga
Original RU Философ о белорусской революции: Общество заговорило на языке феминизма
[Philosopher about the Belarusian Revolution: Society started to speak on the language of feminism], Deutsche Welle, June 30, 2021. - Natasha Chichasova
Original RU Антонина Стебур: «Свобода — это те усилия, которые мы делаем каждый день»
[Antonina Stebur: "Freedom is the effort we make every day"], artslooker, June 29, 2021. - Yulia Mitskevich in Interview with philosopher Olga Shparaga
Original RU Шпарага: Феминизм в Беларусі, Протесты и роль Женщина в Будущем Страны
[Shparaga: feminism in Belarus, protests and role of Woman in the future of the country], FRIIDA BELL channel - YouTube, May 19, 2021. - Olga Shparaga, Elena Ogolerysheva
Original RU Как фемреволюция в Беларуси изменила журналистику
[How feminism revolution in Belarus has changed journalism], MediaMasterskaya at zautra.by, May 17, 2021. - DW Belarus in Interview with Belarusian singer Rusya
Original BE "Тыран, які "кастрыруе" беларускіх мужчын" - спявачка Руся пра Лукашэнка, пераезд у Кіеў і жыццё
["Tyrant, who emasculates "Belarusian men" - singer Rusya about Lukashenko, moving to Kyiv and life], Deutsche Welle Belarus - YouTube, May 16, 2021. - Deutsche Welle Belarus with Belarusian activist Nasta Bazar
Original BE "Самае страшнае - невядомасць": як актывістка з Беларусі дапамагае беларускім эмігрантам ва Ўкраіне
["The worst is unknown": how an activist from Belarus helps Belarusian emigrants in Ukraine], Deutsche Welle Belarus - YouTube, May 14, 2021. - Hanna Sous in Interview with Belarusian human right defender Natalya Satsunkevich
Original BE «Быць чалавекам — небясьпечна ў Беларусі», — праваабаронца пра крытэры прызнаньня палітвязьнямі і справядлівы суд для тых, хто чыніць гвалт
["Be a man is dangerous in Belarus", - human rights activist about the recognition of political prisoners and fair judgment for those who make violence], RFE/Radio Liberty, May 13, 2021. - Radio Liberty
Original BE У Менску звольнілі яшчэ адну кіраўніцу мэдыцынскай установы, якая бараніла падначаленых ад рэпрэсій
[In Minsk fired another manager of the Medical Institution, which defended colleagues from repression], RFE/Radio Liberty, May 5, 2021. - Press Club Belarus about journalist and activist Yulia Slutskaya
Original RU with EN subtitles Слово. Сила. Юля
[Integrity. Strength. Yulia (ENG SUBS)], Press Club Belarus - YouTube, May 3, 2021. - Aleksandr Delfinov with Hanna Komar and Dmitry Strotsev
Original RU "Сдулся" ли протест в Беларуси?
[Is the protest in Belarus going down?], Deutsche Welle, May 3, 2021. - spring96 about human rights activist Tatyana Gatsura and other women, with whom she was in prison
Original BE «Канцэнтрацыя самаадданасці і сілы волі». Гацура была ў адной камеры з Борыс, Рабковай і Слуцкай
["Concentration of Devotion and Willpower." Gatsura was in the same cell with Boris, Rabkova and Slutska], spring96.org, April 17, 2021. - Olga Shparaga
Original RU Итоги Беларуси 2020: женщины обретают новые силы - Ольга Шпарага
[Results of Belarus 2020: women gain new strength - Olga Shparaga], Fem Group - YouTube, April 16, 2021. - Hanna Sous in Interview with Member of the Presidium of the Coordinating Council Olga Kovalkova
Original BE «Ніхто ў ружовых акулярах ня ходзіць, але мяккая сіла пераможа», — Вольга Кавалькова пра вяртаньне і помсту ўладаў
["Nobody wears pink glasses, but soft power will win," - Olga Kovalkova on the return and revenge of the authorities], RFL – Radio Liberty, April 9, 2021. - City Dog about women from Minsk who suffered domestic violence due to politics
Original RU «Если муж замечал вещи по “схеме БЧБ”, приходил в ярость». Почитайте истории минчанок, которые из-за политики пострадали от домашнего насилия
["If the husband noticed things according to the "BWB scheme", he was furious." Read stories of women from Minsk who suffered domestic violence due to politics], CityDog.by, March 29, 2021. - Petr Lokhov, Volya
Original RU Белые котики в красных плащах Как белорусские женщины превратили свои вещи и повседневную одежду в политическое высказывание — и как их за это преследуют. Фотографии, meduza.io, March 25, 2021.
EN Flowers against bullets Belarusian women are turning everyday objects in protest symbols — and facing persecution for it, meduza.io/stories, March 26, 2021. - Tamara Vysotskaya
Original RU «Напиши мне, когда доберешься до дома»: колонка о насилии над женщинами как мировой социальной норме
["Text Me When You Get Home": a column on violence against women as a global social norm], Chips Journal, March 19, 2021. - Tatiana Khomich
Original RU #лістволі: письмо Марии Колесниковой читает её сестра Татьяна Хомич
[#listvolі: Maria Kolesnikova's letter is read by her sister Tatyana Khomich], Honest People - YouTube, March 19, 2021. - CityDog.by
Original RU «Я хочу домой – а это очень большая мотивация». Совсем скоро в Киеве может появиться «Беларускі хаб» – вот что там будет и для чего все это
["I want to go home - and this is a very big motivation." Very soon, a "Belarusian Hub" may appear in Kyiv - that's what will be there and for what is all this], CityDog.by, March 18, 2021. - Yevgeniia Dolgaia
Original RU «На Володарского в камерах под 80% политзаключенных». Ольга Павлова — о женщинах и быте в СИЗО
["On Volodarsky in cells under 80% of political prisoners." Olga Pavlova - about women and life in a pre-trial detention center], Reformation - reform.by, March 8, 2021. - Svetlana Tikhanovskaya
Original RU Светлана Тихановская поздравила беларусок с 8 марта
[Svetlana Tikhanovskaya congratulated Belarusians on March 8], Svetlana Tikhanovskaya - YouTube, March 8, 2021. - Marisha Korzh
Original RU Постоять в сцепке и стать президенткой. Как изменилась роль женщины после выборов?
[Stand in the hitch and become a president. How has the role of women changed after the elections?], Coordination Council – YouTube, March 7, 2021. - Interview with philosopher Olga Shparaga
Original RU and BE Ці атрымаецца запалохаць беларусак рэпрэсіямі? | Получится ли напугать белорусок репрессиями?
[Will it be possible to intimidate Belarusian women with repressions? | Will it be possible to frighten a Belarusian with repressions?], Euroradio Live – YouTube, February 23, 2021. - Tatjana Skaptsova-Petrowskaja
Original RU Эти белоруски уехали за рубеж, чтобы заниматься наукой. Поговорили с ними о работе и стереотипах
[These Belarusians went abroad to study science. Talked to them about work and stereotypes], 42.TUT.BY, February 11, 2021.
- Hanna Sous in Interview with journalist and kyky.org director Sasha Ramanava
Original BE and RU Дырэктарка KYKY.org: Нас не заблякуеш / Саша Романова: Нас не заблокируешь
[Dyrektarka KYKY.org: We will not be blocked], "], Свабода Premium, RFE/Radio Liberty – YouTube, February 9, 2021. - Talk NN
Original RU Три заложницы Лукашенко: за что сажают журналистов в Беларуси / Ток НН
[Three hostages of Lukashenka: why journalists are imprisoned in Belarus / Tok NN], Наша Ніва – nn.by, February 8, 2021. - Natalia Lubnevskaia in Interview with TV-anchor Katerina Pytleva
Original RU and BE «На меня поступил анонимный донос». Ведущая Катерина Пытлева рассказала, как с семьей уехала из Беларуси
["I received an anonymous denunciation." Host Katerina Pytleva told how she and her family left Belarus], Наша Нина - nina.nn.by, February 2, 2021. - Ekaterina Panteleeva in Interview with activist Inna Zaitseva
Original RU «В какой-то момент, уже в Украине, я перестала спать». Как дела у БЧБ-невесты, которая переехала в Киев
["At some point, already in Ukraine, I stopped sleeping." How are things with the bride in "flag colors", who moved to Kyiv], news.tut.by, January 29, 2021. - Ales' Burakou
Original RU Как быть феминисткой и не умереть? (выпуск 8)
[How to be a feminist and not die? (issue 8)], БСДП News - YouTube, January 27, 2021. - Victoria Kovalchuk in Interview with basketball player Ekaterina Snytina
Original RU Топ-баскетболистка Беларуси не верит, что в стране все останется как есть. И вот почему
[The top basketball player in Belarus does not believe that everything in the country will remain as it is. And that's why], sport.tut.by, January 26, 2021. - Hanna Sous in Interview with goalkeeper Natalia Vaskabovitch
Original BE and RU «Ня страшна страціць працу – страшна жыць у гвалце»
["It's not scary to lose a job - it's scary to live in violence"], Свабода Premium, RFE/Radio Liberty - YouTube, January 25, 2021. - Hanna Komar
Original BE «Словы мацней» – Ганна Комар/Францішак Аляхновіч
["Words are stronger" - Anna Komar / Franciszek Alekhnovich], Будзьма Беларусамі! - YouTube, January 25, 2021. - Interview with postwoman Larysa Tankashkur
Original BE «Няхай мне будзе горш, але я пайду іншых абараняць». Асуджаная на арышт паштарка пра сябе і сям’ю
["Let it be worse for me, but I will go to protect others." A postwoman, who has been sentenced to arrest, talks about herself and her family], RFE/Radio Liberty, January 25, 2021. - Hanna Sous
Original RU and BE Хакеістка-айцішніца – пра адмену чэмпіянату і турніры Лукашэнкі
[The hockey player is talking about the cancellation of the championship and Lukashenka's tournaments], Свабода Premium, RFE/Radio Liberty - YouTube, January 21, 2021. - Interview with Tikhanovskaya´s Foundation leader Maria Moroz
Original BE «Быў страх, што падарвёмся ў машыне разам са Святланай». Знаёмімся з Марыяй Мароз, якая жыве з Ціханоўскай у Вільні і кіруе новым фондам
[“There was a fear that we with Svetlana would explode in the car.” Meet Maria Moroz, who lives with Tikhonovskaya in Vilnius and manages a new foundation], Наша Ніва – nn.by, January 17, 2021. - Original RU Жанчыны супраць гвалту | Женщины против насилия
[Women against violence], RFE/Radio Liberty, January 16, 2021. - Original RU and EN СЕСТРЫ ПРОТЕСТА | Документальный фильм 34mag | + Eng Sub
[SISTERS OF PROTEST | Documentary 34mag | + Eng Sub], 34mag.net – YouTube, January 14, 2021. - Original RU and BE Жаночыя маршы давялі сілавікоў да істэрыкі | Женские марши довели силовиков до истерики
[Women’s marches brought security officials to hysteria], BELSAT LIFE – YouTube, January 14, 2021. - Inna Shilina in Interview with philosopher Olga Sparaga
Original RU Философ Ольга Шпарага. «К нам обращено лицо — мы не можем не отвечать»
[Philosopher Olga Shparaga. “A face is turned to us – we cannot but answer”], lrt.lt, January 12, 2021. - Original RU “Вясна прыйдзе”#16. Голос Марфы. Выпуск посвящен правозащитнице “Весны” и политзаключенной Марии Рабковой
[“Viasna pryidze”#16. Martha’s voice. The issue is dedicated to the human rights activist “Viasna” and political prisoner Maria Rabkova], Вясна прыйдзе – SoundCloud podcast, December, 2020. - Polina Kuzmitskaia in Interview with activist Olga Khizhinkova
Original RU «Я не могу себя уважать, когда молчу». Ольга Хижинкова о том, что она пережила за последние месяцы
[“I cannot respect myself when I am silent.” Olga Khizhinkova about what she went through in recent months], LADY.TUT.BY, December 31, 2020. - Original RU Свободные, сильные, вдохновляющие. Топ-10 белорусок года по версии редакции
[Free, strong, inspiring. Top 10 Belarusians of the year according to the editorial board], LADY.TUT.BY, December 29, 2020. - Original BE «Напісала, што ад свайго не адступіцца». Што новага ў палітвязьняў-жанчын
[“She wrote that she would not back down.” What’s new with female political prisoners], RFE/Radio Liberty, December 25, 2020. - Nadzeia Budhzan about photographer Shura Pilipovich-Sushchyts
Original BE «Я зразумела, што ёсць толькі адзін варыянт — здавацца». Маналог Шуры Піліповіч-Сушчыц пра падрыхтоўку да 7 сутак на Акрэсціна ФОТАГІСТОРЫЯ
[“I realized that there was only one option – to give up.” Shura Pilipovich-Sushchyts’s monologue about preparation for 7 days to Akrestina jail PHOTO HISTORY], baj.by – Belarusian Association of Journalisms, December 21, 2020. - Nastia Krasilnikova
Original RU Настя Красильникова Low battery: почему феминистки выгорают
[Nastya Krasilnikova Low battery: why feminists burn out], she-expert.org, December 8, 2020. - Original RU and BE “Если ты не в Беларуси — ни к чему не призывай” и другие уроки переезда в Киев
[“If you are not in Belarus – do not call for anything” and other lessons of moving to Kyiv], euroradio.pl, December 5, 2020.
Mezhdu prochem program - Original RU Женское лицо минского протеста – Вероника Иванова: про детей, задержания и пропаганду в СМИ
[The female face of the Minsk protest – Veronika Ivanova: about children, detentions and propaganda in the media], 12 / 52 – YouTube, December 15, 2020. - Original BE Хто тыя 23 жанчыны, якіх праваабаронцы прызналі палітзняволенымі
[Who are the 23 women whom human rights activists have recognized as political prisoners], Viasna news, December 15, 2020. - Pavel Mylnikov
Original RU Марии Колесниковой присуждена немецкая премия в области прав человека
[Maria Kolesnikova awarded the German Human Rights Prize], Deutsche Welle, December 12, 2020. - Natallia Lubneuskaia in Interview with activists
Original BE 100-бальніца, мастачка, стараста групы. Хто тыя студэнткі-палітвязні, якіх дзяржава кінула на Валадарку
[100-hospital, artist, group head. Who are the student-political prisoners, whom the state threw at Valadarka?], nn.by, December 5, 2020. - Olga Shparaga
Original EN Revolution by Sisterhood. Letters from Belarus, Versopolis/Review, December 4, 2020. - Andreas Rostek, Nina Weller, Thomas Weiler, Tina Wünschmann
Original DE Belarus! Das weibliche Gesicht der Revolution
[Belarus! The feminine face of the revolution], edition.fotoTAPETA_Flugschrift, December 2020. - Virtual Exhibition Fotografiska Tallin
Original RU and BE Виртуальная выставка “Беларусь будущего. Сила женской воли”
[Virtual exhibition “Belarus of the Future. The power of a woman’s will”], artssteps.com, November 27, 2020. - Video Original BE Пэнсіянэркі пра ўдзел у акцыях пратэсту
[Pensioners about participating in protests, Hrodna], RFL – Radio Liberty, November 25, 2020. - Video Original RU Девушки-фотографы беларуских протестов | Жилетка «Пресса» – мишень?
[Female photographers of Belarusian protests | Is the “Press” vest a target?], YouTube Maksimalno, November 23, 2020. - Yulia Mitskevich
Original RU #Сиделазасвободу – роль женщины в беларуской революции
[#Сиделазасвободу (Was in Jail For Freedom) – the role of women in the Belarusian revolution], Coordination Council, November 11, 2020. - Alesia Pesenko in Interview with philosopher Olga Shparaga
Original RU “Под голову клали бутылки с теплой водой”. Философ Ольга Шпарага про арест, лекции в камере и сестринство, лекции в камере и сестринство
[“They put bottles of warm water under their heads.” Philosopher Olga Shparaga about arrest, lectures in the cell and nursing, lectures in the cell and nursing], lady.tut.by, November 5, 2020. - Polina Sadovskaya (Kovaleva) in Interview with poet Valzhyna Mort
Original EN The PEN Ten: an Interview with Valzhyna Mort, PEN America, November 5, 2020. - Slawomir Sierakowski
Original EN The Women´s March of Belarus, The New York Review of Books, October 21, 2020. - Poems by Hanna Komar and photos by Urbanparadox
Original BE and EN Unprotected (Неабароненая), translated from Belarusian into English by Hanna Komar for IWM Chronicle from Belarus, October 11, 2020. - Julia Mironova
Interview Original RU Женские протесты в Беларуси. Редакционный подкаст 34mag
[Women’s protests in Belarus. 34mag editorial podcast], 34mag Editorial Podcast, October 8, 2020. - PyLai
Video Original RU Женщины не гуляют (2020)
[Women don’t walk], YouTube Video – PyLai Music, October 2, 2020. - Milaya Zlodeyka
Video Freedom Belarus 2.0. Belarus has a woman’s face, YouTube Video – Freedom Belarus, September 30, 2020. - Lidiia Akryshora in interview with artist and painter Yana Chernova
Original RU Автор картины «Белорусская Венера» художница Яна Чернова: «Люди просто бояться говорить. А хочется жить, а не бояться», for IWM Chronicle from Belarus, September 22, 2020.
EN Yana Chernova, the author of the painting “Belarusian Venus”: “People are Simply Afraid to Speak. But We Want to Live and not be Afraid”, translated from Russian by Kamila Orlova for IWM Chronicle from Belarus, October 4, 2020.
DE, Norma Schneider über #Belarusianvenus Versehrte Venus auf blutrotem Grund, Neues Deutschland, October 5, 2020. - Alesya Pesenko in Interview with artist Nadya Sayapina
Original RU «Боялась грубости и применения силы». Художница Надя Саяпина нарисовала камеру и сокамерниц
[“I was afraid of being rude and using force.” Artist Nadya Sayapina drew a camera and inmates], lady.tut.by, October 3, 2020. - Elena Fanailova in interview with philosopher Olga Shparaga
Original RU «Авторитаризм – не такая простая штука». Беларусь и женский протест
[“Authoritarianism is not an easy thing.” Belarus and the female protest], Radio Liberty, September 20, 2020. - Original RU Video interview with Nina Baginskaya (Belarusian activist), Dozhd TV, September 20, 2020.
- Shaun Walker
Original EN Belarus´s female revolution: how women rallied against Lukaschenko, The Guardian, September 19, 2020. - Olga Tokarczuk
Essay Original EN A free Belarus is a woman.
Olga Tokarczuk, Nobel prize laureate, sends a message of solidarity with opposition leaders in Belarus, Gazeta wyborcza, September 9, 2020. - Original RU Нина Багинская в творчестве беларусских (и не только) художников
[Nina Baginskaya in the works of Belarusian (and not only) artists], chrysalis mag – Belarusian contemporary art magazine, September 4, 2020. - Bernard-Henri Levy in Interview with politician and human rights activist Svetlana Tikhanovskaya
Original FR EXCLUSIF. BHL raconte sa rencontre avec l’opposante biélorusse Svetlana Tikhanovskaïa
[“Jeanne d’Arc involuntarily: interview with Svetlana Tikhanovskaya”], Le Journal du Dimanche, August 27, 2020.
RU Жанна д’Арк поневоле: интервью со Светланой Тихановской, MBK news
EN Belarus’s Unlikely Opposition Leader, WSJ, September 4, 2020. - Ingo Petz
Original DE Ein gewaltfreier Protest getragen vom Zorn der Frauen, Mütter und Großmütter
[A non-violent protest cared by the anger of women, mothers and grandmothers], for IWM Chronicle from Belarus, August 14, 2020.
