Belarusian authors on the pages of the journal “sotsiologicheskie issledovaniia”

The journal became both an educational and a discussion platform. It developed the basics of understanding sociological science, its methodology and research procedures, and studied current problems of modern society. The journal “Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniia” (“Sociological Studies”) was founded in 1974 at the Institute of Sociological Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, and it was not easy to get started. Since the first issues of the journal, Belarusian sociologists have been actively collaborating with it. The paper reveals the cooperation of Belarusian sociologists of different generations with the journal (for more information, see the publications of G. P. Davidyuk, E. M. Babosov, G. N. Sokolova, L. G. Titarenko). The experience of the sociologists in the regions and in the specific enterprises has been in the centre of attention since the first issues of the journal. The journal survived and maintained its high status and authority despite the collapse of the USSR, the severing of scientific ties and the disintegration of the once unified research space. In these difficult conditions, the role of the journal in the maintenance of scientific relations has increased dramatically, and new names have been discovered, including those of Belarusian sociologists. In 1998 a special thematic issue “Belarus. The Time of Hope” (No. 9) was published. It was entirely devoted to the development of sociology in Belarus. The journal makes it possible to publish the contents of the “Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology”. Besides the works of experienced authors, the journal publishes articles written by the younger generation of professional Belarusian sociologists.