title: Without Roots? The Historical Realm of Young Belarusians
abstract: The red and white colours of the old Belarusian flag characterised the large-scale demonstrations after the Belarusian presidential election of 2020. 1 For many commentators and citizens, the reappropriation of these colours symbolised a national awakening (Kulakevich 2020). The symbolic occupation of Belarus' public space has been manifold: protestersespecially female protestersdressed themselves in variations on the white-red-white theme, shops sold white-red-white cakes, and Belarusians arran