Lukashism

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Lukashism (lukashenkoism) is a name for political and economic system implemented in Belarus by its president Alexander Lukashenko and also an authoritarian political ideology, which is based on cult of his personality and nostalgia for Soviet times among certain groups of population.

It is not known where the term was first used, though the earliest documented use was in 1998. The use was in the context of opening of a museum to memorialize vicitims of Communism with a wing dedicated to Lukashism. [1]. The term has been used mostly by groups who oppose Lukashenko, such as Zubr [2] and the political party United Civil Party of Belarus.

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• What is lukashism? (Deutsche Welle) (Russian)
• Lukashism (article by politologist Andrei Suzdaltsev) (Russian)
• Lukashism will live as long as Lukashenko (Russian)
• "Lukashism" has the potential to spread beyond Belarus (English)
• Regime and Revolution (Belarusian)

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