L/BLiving Belarus Atlas
PUBLIC RESEARCH PILOT · 2026LIVE INDEX

What disappeared from the web — and who is speaking now?

A provenance-first map of endangered Belarusian digital heritage and contemporary Belarusian-language voices: archives, podcasts, video, music commentary, short-form creators, and learning resources.

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verified seed records
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Honest pilot

This is a curated seed index and functional search interface — not yet a comprehensive archive or an autonomous AI researcher.

See the method ↓
01BELARUSIAN VOICES DIRECTORY

One door into a scattered cultural web.

Search across formats and topics without erasing the original source. Every result opens the creator, publisher, museum, or directory that made it available.

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Descriptions are concise research annotations. Ownership remains with the linked sources.

Know a Belarusian-language creator or endangered project?

Suggest the original source. Nothing is copied into the index without a visible link, status, and research note.

Suggest a source ↗
02FIRST PRESERVATION DOSSIER

The same lands. Different states.

Explore which states governed the lands of present-day Belarus, including periods of division. Keep the modern outline as a reference, or switch to the wider region. Inspired by Alexey Cherenkevich and the original MAPA team.

1067156919181991 MAPA ↗
Independent reconstructionOpen to explore
Original
The Interactive Map of Belarusian History · map.letapis.by
Use it now
Choose a historical date, read the territorial affiliation, and compare places. Use the regional view for surrounding states and the source notes for limits and disputed detail.
Current coverage
A sourced chronology with territorial views and place checks, plus ten historical events. Dates with mapped geometry are distinguished from context-only transitions.
About this edition
A new implementation with independently sourced history and openly licensed geometry. It does not restore all 63 original maps. Unresolved boundaries and differences between sovereignty, occupation and claims remain visible.

Original project credits

Alexey Cherenkevich (Аляксей Чаранкевіч)idea and design

Yauhen Shpileuski (Яўген Шпілеўскі)front-end

Hanna Shyrayeva (Ганна Шыраева)texts and translations

Viktar Yakunin (Віктар Якунін)management

Pavel Kedzich (Павел Кедзіч)advice

03METHOD & PROVENANCE

Follow every entry back to its source.

Use this directory to discover a resource, then read or listen on the original publisher’s page. Our short annotations explain what you can find there; the map adds independently written historical context.

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    Find

    Locate the original source, live page, archive capture, or creator documentation.

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    Verify

    Separate what the source proves from what remains an inference or research lead.

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    Credit

    Name the original creators and link to their surviving pages before adding interpretation.

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    Ask

    Request written permission before mirroring or adapting protected content.

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    Connect

    Turn approved material into searchable context and provenance-aware research records.

Status language used across the atlas

Original workLinked directly to its creator or publisher.

Attributed recordOur annotation about a source; the source is not copied.

Independent reconstructionNew research work based on verifiable facts, clearly separated from the original.

Permissions pendingIdentified for preservation, but protected material is not publicly mirrored.

NEXT RESEARCH PASS

Ask the people who built the culture where the gaps are.

The next review will invite cultural practitioners — including Siarhei Budkin, Volia Broman, and other domain experts who choose to participate — to identify missing archives, creators, genres, regions, and ethical risks. Their participation is not presumed.

Return to the research agenda ↗Explore Unmute Belarus ↗