Transformation of the institutional matrix of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania within the Russian Empire
... is given by the admission of a part of Rzeczpospolita (Grand Duchy of Lithuania lands) into the Russian Empire. Those events had a major impact on the ensuing historical path of Belarus, which makes it more urgent to be studied. Herein, we employ the institutional approach supplemented with the recently developed theory of institutional matrices. It is revealed that when a state is formed out of elements with essentially different institutional matrices, there becomes possible a transplantational dysfunction ...
