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Amerikanka, the Glossary

The Pre-Trial Detention Centre of the KGB of Belarus (translit; translit, СИЗО КГБ, SIZO KGB, also informally called Amerikanka (lit; Американка) is a pre-trial prison in the centre of Minsk, operated by the KGB of Belarus. The prison is used for detaining persons against whom investigation is being carried out by the KGB of Belarus, in particular, in cases where state interests are involved.^[1]

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Ales Michalevic

Ales (Alaksiej) Anatoljevich Michalevic (Але́сь Мiхале́вiч, Aleś Michalevič, Ales Mikhalevich, born 15 May 1975 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR) is a Belarusian public figure and politician, candidate in the 2010 Belarusian presidential election.

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Alexander Lukashenko

Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, currently the longest in Europe.

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Anatol Volny

Anatol Iustsinavich Azhgirey (Анатоль Іўсцінавіч Ажгірэй; 1902 – 29 October 1937), better known by the literary pseudonym of Anatol Volny (Анатоль Вольны) was a Belarusian artist, poet, writer and journalist.

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Anatoly Lebedko

Anatoly Vladimirovich Lebedko (tranlsit; Анато́лий Влади́мирович Лебе́дько; born 27 June 1961) is a Belarusian politician and pro-democracy activist who is currently the head of the United Civic Party, an opposition party.

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Andrei Sannikov

Andrei Olegovich Sannikov (or Andrei Sannikau, Андрэй Алегавіч Саннікаў, Андрей Олегович Санников, born 8 March 1954) is a Belarusian politician and activist.

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Barys Rahula

Barys Rahula (Барыс Рагуля, Boris Ragula, 1 January 1920 – 22 April 2005) was a Belarusian political activist.

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BelaPAN

The Belarusian Private News Agency or shortly BelaPAN (БелаПАН) is a non-governmental independent Belarusian news agency, one of the main in the country.

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Belarus

Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe.

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Belarus–European Union relations

Mutual relations between the Republic of Belarus and the European Union (EU) were initially established after the European Economic Community recognised Belarusian independence in 1991.

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Charter 97

Charter'97 (Хартыя'97; Хартия'97) is a declaration calling for democracy in Belarus and a pro-human rights online news outlet taking its inspiration from the declaration.

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Cheka

The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (p), abbreviated as VChK (p), and commonly known as the Cheka (p), was the first Soviet secret police organization.

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Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment

Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (CIDT) is treatment of persons which is contrary to human rights or dignity, but is not classified as torture.

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Dzianis Urad

Dzianis Urad (also known as Denis Urad; born 23 June 1991) is a former special liaison officer of the Belarusian Armed Forces’ General Staff and a political prisoner.

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Ernst Sabila

Ernst (Ernest) Sabila (Эрнст Сабіла or Эрнэст Сабіла, 18 March 1932 – 5 February 2022) was a Belarusian Protestant religious leader, dissident and Gulag survivor.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Iryna Khalip

Iryna Uladzimirawna Khalip (Iрына Уладзіміраўна Халiп, translit; born November 12, 1967) is a Belarusian journalist, reporter and editor in the Minsk bureau of Novaya Gazeta, known for her criticism of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

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Kazimierz Świątek

Kazimierz Cardinal Świątek (translit; 21 October 1914 – 21 July 2011) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who was most known for his resistance to Cold War-era Soviet communism and for his service in Minsk, Belarus.

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KGB

The Committee for State Security (Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti (KGB)) was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 13 March 1954 until 3 December 1991.

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List of people and organizations sanctioned in relation to human rights violations in Belarus

Since the 1990s, Belarus has been actively criticized by the United States, the European Union, the OSCE and the United Nations for human rights violations and electoral fraud.

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Mikola Statkevich

Mikola Viktaravich Statkevich (Мікола Віктаравіч Статкевіч, translit; born 12 August 1956 – disappeared 9 February 2023) is a Belarusian lieutenant colonel, politician, and opposition leader who was a presidential candidate at the 2010 Belarusian presidential election.

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Minsk

Minsk (Мінск,; Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers.

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Nasha Niva

Nasha Niva (Naša Niva, lit. "Our field") is one of the oldest Belarusian weekly newspapers, founded in 1906 and re-established in 1991.

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Nasta Palazhanka

Nasta Palazhanka (Dashkevich) (Наста Палажанка, romanized: Nasta Pałažanka; born 1990) is an activist in the opposition youth movement in Belarus, which she joined at the age of 14.

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Natalya Radina

Natalya Radina (born 3 May 1979), also known as Natalya Radzina, is a Belarusian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the independent news site Charter 97, which publishes many articles critical of the regime of Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko.

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NKVD

The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyy komissariat vnutrennikh del), abbreviated as NKVD, was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union from 1934 to 1946.

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Okrestina

Okrestina Detention Centre, Akrestsina Detention Centre, officially, the Criminal Detention Centre of the Minsk Executive Committee’s Main Internal Affairs Directorate (Цэнтра ізаляцыі правапарушальнікаў ГУУС Мінгарвыканкама, Центр изоляции правонарушителей ГУВД Мингорисполкома), is a pre-trial detention centre in Minsk, Belarus. Amerikanka and Okrestina are buildings and structures in Minsk, prisons in Belarus and prisons in the Soviet Union.

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Panopticon

The panopticon is a design of institutional building with an inbuilt system of control, originated by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the 18th century.

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Paval Sieviaryniec

Paval Sieviaryniec (Павал Севярынец, born December 30, 1976) is a Belarusian journalist and Christian democratic politician and youth leader and one of the founders of the Young Front.

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Pishchalauski Castle

The Minsk Detention Center No. Amerikanka and Pishchalauski Castle are buildings and structures in Minsk and prisons in Belarus.

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Platon Halavach

Platon Halavach (Платон Раманавіч Галавач; Плато́н Рома́нович Голова́ч; 1903 – October 29, 1937) was a Belarusian writer and editor.

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Pre-trial detention

Pre-trial detention, also known as jail, preventive detention, provisional detention, or remand, is the process of detaining a person until their trial after they have been arrested and charged with an offence.

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Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic

The Rada of the Belarusian National Republic (Rada Biełaruskaj Narodnaj Respubliki, label) was the governing body of the Belarusian Democratic Republic.

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Sergei Tikhanovsky

Sergei Leonidovich Tikhanovsky (Серге́й Леони́дович Тихано́вский), also transliterated as Syarhey Leanidavich Tsikhanouski (Сярге́й Леані́давіч Ціхано́ўскі; born 18 August 1978), is a Belarusian YouTuber, video blogger,, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (15 June 2020).

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Slavamir Adamovich

Slavamir Henrykhovich Adamovich (born 8 March 1962 in Unezhma) is a Belarusian poet, publicist, and translator of Norwegian literature.

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Soviet invasion of Poland

The Soviet invasion of Poland was a military conflict by the Soviet Union without a formal declaration of war.

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Soviet repressions in Belarus

Soviet repression in Belarus (Saveckija represii w Biełarusi) refers to cases of persecution of people in Belarus under Soviet rule.

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State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus

The State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus (KGB RB; Комитет государственной безопасности Республики Беларусь, КГБ РБ; Kamitet dziaržaŭnaj biaspieki Respubliki Belarus', KDB RB) is the national intelligence agency of Belarus.

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Uladzimir Nyaklyayew

Uladzimir Prakopavich Nyaklyayew (Уладзі́мір Прако́павіч Някля́еў, Łacinka: Uładzimir Prakopavič Niaklajeŭ; Vladimir Prokofyevich Neklyayev; born 11 July 1946) is a Belarusian poet and writer, and a former head of the public campaign Tell the Truth! ("Гавары праўду!").

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Uralkali

Uralkali (p) is a Russian potash fertilizer producer and exporter.

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Valery Marakou

Valery Marakou (Валеры Маракоў; Валерий Дмитриевич Моряков; 29 October 1937) was a Belarusian poet and translator.

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Viktar Babaryka

Viktar Dzmitryevich Babaryka (Віктар Дзмітрыевіч Бабарыка or Viktor Dmitryevich Babariko; born 9 November 1963 – disappeared 28 April 2023) is a Belarusian banker, philanthropist, public and opposition political figure who intended to become a candidate in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election.

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Vital Rymasheuski

Vital Anatolyevich Rymasheuski (Віталь Анатольевіч Рымашэўскі, born 3 March 1975) is a Belarusian politician and one of the presidential candidates at the 2010 presidential elections in Belarus.

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Western Belorussia

Western Belorussia or Western Belarus (translit; Zachodnia Białoruś; translit) is a historical region of modern-day Belarus which belonged to the Second Polish Republic during the interwar period.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yakau Branshteyn

Yakau Anatolevich Branshteyn (Belarusian: Якаў Анатолевіч Бранштэйн, Яков Анатольевич Бронштейн, Yakov Anatolyevich Bronshteyn; November 10, 1897 - October 29, 1937) was a Belarusian literary critic.

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Zmitser Dashkevich

Dmitry "Zmitser" Vyachaslavavich Dashkevich (Дзмі́трый «Змі́цер» Вячасла́вавіч Дашке́віч; Дми́трий Вячесла́вович Дашке́вич; born July 20, 1981, in Yelsk District, Gomel Region) is a Belarusian politician and former leader of the unregistered youth opposition movement Young Front (from 2004 to 2017).

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1937 mass execution of Belarusians

In October 1937, there was a mass extermination of Belarusian writers, artists and statespeople by the Soviet Union occupying authorities.

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2010 Belarusian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 19 December 2010.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikanka

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Buildings and structures in Minsk

Prisons in Belarus

Prisons in the Soviet Union

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