Belarus: From Soviet Rule to Nuclear Catastrophe

by David R. Marples

Release Date: August, 1996

Edition: Hardcover

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Solid Review of Economic and Social Problems of Belarus

Author Marples has taken an exceptionally difficult topic, the emergence of the Republic of Belarus, and developed a highly informative report on the emergence of a very tortured nation. His assessment of Chernobyl-related problems, the country's and the world's response and the implications for future generations of Belarusians was especially well documented and portrayed an assessment of the country that could only have been developed by an author who was especially familiar with the day-to-day grass-roots response to the Chernobyl disaster. His book showed an especially strong understanding of relief work in the Gomel oblast. Perhaps the only weakness of this book was that it was written as Alexander Lukashenko was coming to power and, as such, provided a backdrop but not a full assessment of subsequent events. It would be very informative to view this author's assessment of the implications of Lukashenko's regieme on Belarus.