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(Redirected from Zyanon Paznyak)
Dr. 'Zianon Paźniak' (Belarusian: ''Зянон Пазьняк'',
★ April 24, 1944) is a famous Belarusian nationalist politician and public activist, one of the founders of the Belarusian Popular Front and leader of the Christian Conservative Party of the BPF.
Zianon Pazniak was born in Subotniki, Hrodna Province.
In 1967, he graduated from the Belarusian Academy of Arts (at that time — the Belarusian State Institute of Theatre and Arts). Upon completion of his university studies, Pazniak worked as an arts researcher. After a wave of Soviet political-administrative repressions in 1974 resulting in the loss of his work at the Arts Institute, Pazniak worked as an archaeologist at the Archaeological Division of the History Institute of the Belarusian Science Academy. His specialisation was the Late Middle Ages in Belarus. He was heavily involved in efforts to preserve the remaining section of the historic centre of Minsk, which was considerably damaged by the redevelopment efforts undertaken by the Soviet administration after the end of the Second World War. In 1981 Pazniak successfully defended a doctoral dissertation on the history of the theatre.
In 1988 Zianon Pazniak made public his researches of alleged NKVD mass executions in the forest of Kurapaty near Minsk. At that time he became a leader of the Belarusian national revival movement. In 1988, along with Vasil Bykau, he was one of the founders of the Belarusian Popular Front and the Belarusian Martyrologue.
From May, З 1990 till January 1996, Pazniak was a deputy of the Belarusian parliament. As parliamentary deputy, he led a fraction of the BPF that was involved in conducting public investigations of the Chernobyl accident (1989 – 1990), making the declaration of independence of Belarus (1991), restorating Belarusian national symbols - the white-red-white banner and the Pahonia, and returning Belarusian military forces from conflicts in foreign regions of the territory comprising the former USSR.
In 1992, the BPF fraction under Pazniak created an independence-oriented "Concept of the economic development of the democratic independent Belarus".
In 1996, Zianon Pazniak chose to leave Belarus, citing a potential arrest (or even liquidation) by the forces of the Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenka. He was granted political asylum in the United States.
Following emigration, Zianon Pazniak is still very active in leading the CCP-BPF, and continues to be an eminent public activist. Pazniak is still considered one of the most charismatic opposition leaders. His endeavour to participate in the presidential elections of 2006 was set back when he was unable to gather the requisite number of signatures.
Pazniak and his followers refuse to join in the oppositional coalition led by Alaksandar Milinkievic.
★ Bielarus.net: Bielaruskaja Salidarnasc
★ ZianonPazniak.de
★ Pazniak.com
★ Martyrologue of Belarus
★ Christian Conservative Party of the BPF
Zianon Pazniak
Dr. 'Zianon Paźniak' (Belarusian: ''Зянон Пазьняк'',
★ April 24, 1944) is a famous Belarusian nationalist politician and public activist, one of the founders of the Belarusian Popular Front and leader of the Christian Conservative Party of the BPF.
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Biography
Zianon Pazniak was born in Subotniki, Hrodna Province.
In 1967, he graduated from the Belarusian Academy of Arts (at that time — the Belarusian State Institute of Theatre and Arts). Upon completion of his university studies, Pazniak worked as an arts researcher. After a wave of Soviet political-administrative repressions in 1974 resulting in the loss of his work at the Arts Institute, Pazniak worked as an archaeologist at the Archaeological Division of the History Institute of the Belarusian Science Academy. His specialisation was the Late Middle Ages in Belarus. He was heavily involved in efforts to preserve the remaining section of the historic centre of Minsk, which was considerably damaged by the redevelopment efforts undertaken by the Soviet administration after the end of the Second World War. In 1981 Pazniak successfully defended a doctoral dissertation on the history of the theatre.
In 1988 Zianon Pazniak made public his researches of alleged NKVD mass executions in the forest of Kurapaty near Minsk. At that time he became a leader of the Belarusian national revival movement. In 1988, along with Vasil Bykau, he was one of the founders of the Belarusian Popular Front and the Belarusian Martyrologue.
The historical flag of Belarus restored by the attempts of Pazniak-led parliamentary opposition
From May, З 1990 till January 1996, Pazniak was a deputy of the Belarusian parliament. As parliamentary deputy, he led a fraction of the BPF that was involved in conducting public investigations of the Chernobyl accident (1989 – 1990), making the declaration of independence of Belarus (1991), restorating Belarusian national symbols - the white-red-white banner and the Pahonia, and returning Belarusian military forces from conflicts in foreign regions of the territory comprising the former USSR.
In 1992, the BPF fraction under Pazniak created an independence-oriented "Concept of the economic development of the democratic independent Belarus".
In 1996, Zianon Pazniak chose to leave Belarus, citing a potential arrest (or even liquidation) by the forces of the Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenka. He was granted political asylum in the United States.
Following emigration, Zianon Pazniak is still very active in leading the CCP-BPF, and continues to be an eminent public activist. Pazniak is still considered one of the most charismatic opposition leaders. His endeavour to participate in the presidential elections of 2006 was set back when he was unable to gather the requisite number of signatures.
Pazniak and his followers refuse to join in the oppositional coalition led by Alaksandar Milinkievic.
External links
★ Bielarus.net: Bielaruskaja Salidarnasc
★ ZianonPazniak.de
★ Pazniak.com
★ Martyrologue of Belarus
★ Christian Conservative Party of the BPF
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