Polesie (association)

Polesie
Полісьсе
FormationApril 14, 1988 (1988-04-14)
FounderNikolai Shelyagovich
Dissolved1995 (1995)
TypeNGO
PurposeRecognition of Polesie Residents of as a minority
National and Cultural autonomy of Western Polesie
Revival of the Western Polesie language
Location
Region
Western Polesie
Official language
Polesian, Belarusian

Polesie was a cultural association whose aim was the recognition of the local residents of West Polesie (Referred to by the group as Yotvingians) as a separate national minority and the autonomy of Western Polesie within Belarus.