The Union of Belarusian Patriots or UBP ( be, Саюз беларускіх патрыётаў or Зьвяз беларускіх патрыётаў) was a youth organization active in West and Northern

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

from 1946–1947. The main objectives were to improve welfare,

Belarusian national revival The Belarusian national revival ( be, Беларускае нацыянальнае адраджэнне) is a social, cultural and political movement that advocates the revival of Belarusian culture, language, customs, and the creation of the Be ...

, protect national and civil rights and saving the Belarusian language from

Russification Russification (russian: русификация, rusifikatsiya), or Russianization, is a form of cultural assimilation in which non-Russians, whether involuntarily or voluntarily, give up their culture and language in favor of the Russian cultur ...

. The ultimate goal was to build an independent Belarusian state.

History

The Union of Belarusian Patriots was founded in early 1946 in the

Hlybokaye Hlybokaye or Glubokoye ( be, Глыбокае, translit=Hłybokaje, russian: Глубокое, translit=Glubokoye, pl, Głębokie, lt, Glubokas, yi, גלובאָק, Glubok) is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus, the capital of Hlybokaye Raion ( ...

and

Pastavy Pastavy ( be, Паставы, lt, Pastovys, russian: Поставы, pl, Postawy) is a city in the Vitebsk Region of Belarus, an administrative center of Pastavy District. Location Pastavy is located on the river Myadelki. Postavy Air Base ...

. In the summer of 1946, an underground patriotic organization formed in

Slonim Slonim ( be, Сло́нім, russian: Сло́ним, lt, Slanimas, lv, Sloņima, pl, Słonim, yi, סלאָנים, ''Slonim'') is a city in Grodno Region, Belarus, capital of the Slonimski rajon. It is located at the junction of the Ščar ...

whose conspiratorial name was "Seagull". It was founded by young teachers and activists. During this year, these communities were in

Baranavichy Baranavichy ( ; be, Бара́навічы, Belarusian Latin alphabet, Łacinka: , ; russian: Бара́новичи; yi, באַראַנאָוויטש; pl, Baranowicze) is a city in the Brest Region of western Belarus, with a population (as of ...

Brest Brest may refer to: Places *Brest, Belarus **Brest Region **Brest Airport **Brest Fortress *Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria *Břest, Czech Republic *Brest, France **Arrondissement of Brest **Brest Bretagne Airport ** Château de Brest *Brest, ...

Navahrudak Novogrudok ( be, Навагрудак, Navahrudak; lt, Naugardukas; pl, Nowogródek; russian: Новогрудок, Novogrudok; yi, נאַוואַראַדאָק, Novhardok, Navaradok) is a town in the Grodno Region, Belarus. In the Middle A ...

and Zhyrovichy. In the summer of 1946 the communities of

and

united in the center of Belarusian Liberation Movement under the leadership of Vasil Suprun. In the summer of 1947 a regional management structure was founded. It was headed by Alyaxandar Bareyka (

Baranavichy Region russian: Барановичская область , common_name = Baranavichy , subdivision = Voblasts , nation = Byelorussian SSR , p1 = Navahrudak Region , flag_p1 ...

), Mikola Makarevich (

Brest Region Brest Region or Brest Oblast or Brest Voblasts ( be, Брэ́сцкая во́бласць ''(Bresckaja vobłasć)''; russian: Бре́стская о́бласть (''Brestskaya Oblast)'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative cent ...

), Syarhei Yanousky (

Molodechno Region russian: Молодечненская область , conventional_long_name = Maladzyechna Voblast , common_name = Maladzyechna , subdivision = Voblast , nation = Byelorussian SSR , year_start ...

) and Mikola Lyaskavets (

Pinsk Region Pinsk Region (Pinsk Voblast, be, Пінская вобласць, russian: Пинская Область) was a territorial unit in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic created after the annexation of West Belarus into the BSSR in November ...

). At the same time, the final name of the movement was decided – "The Union of Belarusian Patriots". In the winter of 1947 the organization was liquidated by Soviet security organs. Two military tribunals were held, in

and in

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

. Members of the organisation were accused of anti-Soviet activity and punished by executions, camps and prison.100 пытанняў і адказаў з гісторыі Беларусі / Уклад. І. Саверчанка, Зм. Занько. ― Мн.: рэдакцыя газеты "Звязда", 1993. ― с. 70

Members

Alesia Furs Alesia Furs (, née Umpirovič; 11 January 1925 - 19 August 2017) was a member of the Belarusian independence movement and Anti-Soviet resistance and a Gulag prisoner. Early life Alesia Umpirovič was born into a large peasant family in the v ...

References

External links

Валеры Мазынскі зьняў фільм «Глыбоцкая змова» пра «Саюз беларускіх патрыётаў» (Глыбокае-Паставы)
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