Soft Belarusization
Soft Belarusization or soft Belarusification (Belarusian: мяккая беларусізацыя, romanized: miakkaja biełarusizacyja, Russian: мягкая белорусизация, romanized: myagkaya belorusizatsiya) is an element of the domestic policy of President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko aimed at the gradual increase of the presence of Belarusian language and partial reversal of the ages of Russification of Belarus. == History == Elements of the renewed Belarusization were seen when the Soviet Union started to collapse in late 1980s, known as the Second Belarusization.