The Belarusian Polesie as an object of Poland’s ethnocultural engineering in the 1930s: Media aspects (based on the materials of the State Archive of Brest Region)

The article analyzes the most important aspects of ethno-cultural policy interwar Poland in relation to indigenous East Slavic population Polesie region 1930s on example publications local Russian-language periodicals and attitude towards them by Polish authorities. Particular attention is given newspaper Pod nebom Poles’ya, published Russian literary language late 1931 – early 1932 Pinsk, Voivodeship Poland. Poles’ya actively promoted all-Russian identity culture, considering Belarusians, Ukrainians, Russians from point view triune people. In addition, voiced cautious criticism national authorities census encourage preserve their language, identity. Since content was unacceptable authorities, striving for complete final Polonization Belarusian eastern provinces Poland, administration pursued a administrative pressure newspaper. As result, closed, despite its high popularity with A similar strangulation objectionable carried out other newspapers Polesie. Thus, ethnocultural media sphere based systemic suppression press, which defended ideas civilizational unity peoples.