Originally from Minsk, before the collapse of the USSR Svetlana was the director of the student philharmonic orchestra at the Institute of Culture. Svetlana was also a co-founder of the “Alternative Cinema” club. She is a witness to the emergence of the first civil society structures in Belarus.
Svetlana Koroleva
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Currently living in Poland, until 1990 Ljavon was a university lecturer in Belarus, eventually joining the opposition and participating in the proclamation of an independent Republic of Belarus. He has been imprisoned several times under Lukashenko’s regime.
Ljavon Barshcheǔski
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Photographer Dmitry Borko looks back on the events of failed Soviet coup attempt in August 1991, as does Elena, who recognized herself in one of Dmitry’s photographs. Photographer Dmitry Borko has worked in the media since 1987 and for the Nezavisimaya Gazeta (The Independent Newspaper) in 1991. He has been an eyewitness for significant events
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