The current situation in Belarus raises the question as to whether there is a unity of the Belarusian people as a group of individuals sharing common features that contribute to a collective self-consciousness and a common attitude to national culture and history, namely, is there a national consciousness? The study examines the national identity of Belarusians in 2023 through the prism of Belarusian societys values, its existing social contradictions, and its foreign policy orientations.