The
Journal of Byelorussian Studies
Vol. V, No.
3-4
V. LASTOŬSKI AS POLITICIAN
by J. Dingley
...A
consistent socialist or never one at all? Ambitious
only for his own ends or working solely for the good of the people of
his
country? Even after an examination of Lastoŭski's political
activity, it
will be impossible to give a single unambiguous answer to these
questions...
...Lastoŭski's
political activity cannot be assessed in
any normal sense as party politics...
...What
...Lastoŭski ...did achieve was to ensure an increasing
awareness of national identity among Byelorussians themselves; in
itself
this is no mean achievement...
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