Expert roundtable: “Soviet heritage: monuments, toponymy, architecture. Conservation? Interpretation? Liquidation?" within the frames of the project “Communist heritage in and EU countries: problems of interpretation and relevance of preservation”

Date: April 29th, 2021 Venue: online Time: 16:00-18:00 (GMT + 3) Language: Russian (there will be translation into English)

Experts:

Rasa Čepaitienė () Doctor of Humanities, European Humanities University, Lithuania

Oleksandra Gaidai (Ukraine) Candidate of Historical Sciences, Museum of the History of Kiev, Ukraine

Ivan Satsukevich (Belarus) Belarus State Economic University, Belarus

Siarhei Chareuski (Belarus) European Humanities University, Lithuania

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Joanna Kałużna (Poland) Doctor of Social Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland

Moderator:

Aliaksei Lastouski (Belarus) Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Associate Professor of State University

Welcome words:

Mikuláš Dzurinda Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies (Belgium) President

Jakob Wöllenstein Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Belarus Director

Interpreters:

Vadim Vileita (RU-ENG) Alina Stefanovich (RU-ENG) Sviatlana Kurs (PL-RU) Yury Likhtarovich (PL-RU)

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Programme

Thursday, April 29th, 2021

16:00 – 16:10 Welcome words by Mikuláš Dzurinda Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies (Belgium) President Jakob Wöllenstein Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Belarus Director

16:10 – 16:25 Two waves of demolition of Soviet monuments in Lithuania and what does it say by Rasa Čepaitienė (Lithuania) (RU)

16:25 – 16:40 Case of Ukraine: how did the Lenin monuments disappear by Oleksandra Gaidai (Ukraine) (ENG)

16:40 – 16:55 The landscape after the battle: the architecture of the Polish People's Republic after 30 years of systemic transformation by Joanna Kałużna (Poland) (PL)

16:55 -17:05 Break

17:05 – 17:20 Soviet legacy in the names of streets in Belarusian cities by Ivan Satsukevich (Belarus) (RU)

17:20-17:35 The architectural and artistic heritage of the BSSR through the prism of modern practices, 1991-2021 by Siarhei Chareuski (Belarus) (RU)

17:35 – 18:00 Discussion

The seminar receives financial support from the European Parliament. Sole liability rests with the organizer, the European Parliament is not responsible for the activity.

Auslandsbüro Belarus T +370 5 212 22 94 [email protected] www.kas.de/belarus Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V. F +370 5 212 22 94 Seimyniskiu Str. 1A, LT-09312 Vilnius