Place

Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with its capital at Minsk, bordered by Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Its lands belonged to Kievan Rus' and then for centuries to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, before passing to the Russian Empire in the partitions of Poland. After serving as the Byelorussian Soviet Republic it became independent in 1991, and it has been ruled by Alexander Lukashenko since 1994.

Belarus
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Kievan Rus'Impact, SummaryGrand Duchy of LithuaniaSummaryRussian SFSRDeclineSoviet UnionFoundation, DeclineKievan Rus'Impact, Summary

Mentioned in 7 state histories

RadimichsDregovichsKievan Rus'Socialist Soviet Republic of ByelorussiaByelorussian SSRSoviet UnionReichskommissariat Ostland

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Belarus. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/belarus
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“Belarus.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/belarus. Accessed .
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