This article offers an initial analyses the mass protests that began in Belarus following the presidential elections of August 2020. Written ‘in the heat of events’ it has the character of preliminary observations. The authors begin with the background and context of events and the outcomes of the economic and social development of the Republic of Belarus during the 25 years of rule by Lukashenko. A preliminary analysis of the social and class make-up both of the protesters and of those who at the time of writing remained a ‘silent majority’ is situated in the context of the contradictions within the Belarusian ‘power elite’. We attempt to distinguish the main factors behind the developments in Belarus and point to initial lessons of these events for social and humanitarian-oriented networks and organisations.

本文初步分析了自2020年8月总统大选后在白俄罗斯开始的大规模抗议活动。该书写成“事件热”，具有初步观察的特征。作者从卢卡申科（Lukashenko）统治25年期间事件的背景和背景以及白俄罗斯共和国的经济和社会发展成果开始。对抗议者和写作时仍保持“沉默多数”的人的社会和阶级构成的初步分析是在白俄罗斯“权力精英”内部的矛盾背景下进行的。我们试图区分白俄罗斯事态发展背后的主要因素，并为面向社会和人道主义的网络和组织指出这些事件的初步教训。