Belarusian cooperative societies in Western Belarus (1921-1939): current state of the problem research
This article is devoted to the history of studies of Belarusian cooperatives activity in Western Belarus when it was a part of Poland. Main tendencies of studies in different historical periods have been traced. Research works of Belarusian and foreign historians dealing with the problem of Belarusian cooperative movement in the 2<sup>nd</sup> Polish Republic have been analyzed. Performed analysis has shown that nowadays national historiography lacked special investigations in this field. Most of the scientific works have been touched problems of Belarussian cooperatives by implication only. Representatives of Polish historical science have given some more attention to this problem.