NATIONAL IDENTITY FORMATION IN BELARUS (XIX - EARLY XX CENTURIES)
Issues of national identity formation in Belarus in the XIX - early XX centuries are examined in the article. The forms of social identity are shown, their characteristic is given. The stages and features of their evolution in the Russian Empire on the example of Belarusian provinces are marked. The mechanisms due to which transformational process of identities are singled out. General conclusion about the conditionality of problems in the development of Belarusian national identity of the early XX century by the specificity of the initial stage of its formation is made.