The Communist Party of Western Belarus: The State of Research

Abstract

This article examines the historiography of the Communist Party of Western Belarus. This organisation operated in the north-eastern part of the Second Polish Republic. The current state of research on its history is illustrated by several examples from Polish, Soviet, and Belarusian historiography. The author analyses the changes that have taken place in historiography from the 1950s to the present day, including the particular aspects that attracted the attention of
historians. The categories of publications (monographs, source publications) are described and research questions posed in the later part of the article.