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The initial development of Scouting in Belarus took place within the [[Scouting in Russia|Russian Scout movement]], as part of the [[Russian empire]]. A Scout organization was founded in [[Kletsk]], and Scouts appeared in [[Nyasvizh]] and other nearby [[village]]s. In 1929, [[United States|American]] [[Methodists]] helped found a [[Girl Guides|Girl Scout]] organization in [[Vilna]]. It lasted until 1929, but by the end of the 1920s, Scouting had been banned by the [[Soviet Union]], and Scout activities ended, with many [[leaders]] and members arrested and imprisoned. | The initial development of Scouting in Belarus took place within the [[Scouting in Russia|Russian Scout movement]], as part of the [[Russian empire]]. A Scout organization was founded in [[Kletsk]], and Scouts appeared in [[Nyasvizh]] and other nearby [[village]]s. In 1929, [[United States|American]] [[Methodists]] helped found a [[Girl Guides|Girl Scout]] organization in [[Vilna]]. It lasted until 1929, but by the end of the 1920s, Scouting had been banned by the [[Soviet Union]], and Scout activities ended, with many [[leaders]] and members arrested and imprisoned. | ||
In the period following [[World War II]], ethnic Belarusians gathered in [[Scout troops in exile]] and in [[Scouting in displaced persons camps|Scout | In the period following [[World War II]], ethnic Belarusians gathered in [[Scout troops in exile]] and in [[Scouting in displaced persons camps|Scout troops]] in [[displaced persons camp]]s throughout Europe, as did their counterpart [[National Organization of Russian Scouts (Scouts-in-Exile)|Russians]], [[Plast|Ukrainians]] and [[Balts]]. Belarusian Scouts formed the organization ''Belarusian Scout Association Abroad'' (BSAA), which existed from 1945 to 1951 in [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Kroonenberg | first=Piet J. | authorlink=Piet J. Kroonenberg | title=The Undaunted - The Survival and Revival of Scouting in Central and Eastern Europe | publisher=Oriole International Publications | location=Geneva | date=1998 | page=43| isbn=2880520037 }}</ref> Unlike the other organizations, however, the BSAA did not survive to witness the [[collapse of the Soviet Union]]. Whereas Russia, [[Scouting in Poland#Polish Scouting abroad|Poland]] and Ukraine in particular had ready-made Scouting available once allowed in 1990-1991, Belarus had to start essentially from scratch. | ||
Emergence of democratic principles in the mid1980s made possible the creation of alternatives to the [[communist]] [[pioneer organization]]s. Close connections were formed with [[Girl Guide|Guide]] and Scout organizations of many [[Europe]]an countries, when [[children]] from areas affected by the [[Chernobyl accident]] were invited to summer camps abroad during the [[Chernobyl Children's Project]] in 1990. Especially close links were developed with [[Girl Guides Association of Cyprus|Cyprus]], and between [[Minsk]] and the [[Girlguiding UK|Guides]] of [[Lincolnshire]]. In 1992, Cyprus was officially appointed Link country to support the development of Guiding in Belarus, and in June 1993 the first conference of the [[Association of Belarusian Guides]] was held in Minsk. | Emergence of democratic principles in the mid1980s made possible the creation of alternatives to the [[communist]] [[pioneer organization]]s. Close connections were formed with [[Girl Guide|Guide]] and Scout organizations of many [[Europe]]an countries, when [[children]] from areas affected by the [[Chernobyl accident]] were invited to summer camps abroad during the [[Chernobyl Children's Project]] in 1990. Especially close links were developed with [[Girl Guides Association of Cyprus|Cyprus]], and between [[Minsk]] and the [[Girlguiding UK|Guides]] of [[Lincolnshire]]. In 1992, Cyprus was officially appointed Link country to support the development of Guiding in Belarus, and in June 1993 the first conference of the [[Association of Belarusian Guides]] was held in Minsk. | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
{{Portal|Belarus}} | {{Portal|Belarus}} | ||
*[[Belarusian Republican Youth Union]] | *[[Belarusian Republican Youth Union]] | ||
