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In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, different states arose competing for legitimacy amid the Russian Civil War, ultimately ending with the consolidation of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, which became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union when it was founded in 1922.
The name Belarus is closely related with the term Belaya Rus', i.e., White Rus'. [15] There are several claims to the origin of the name White Rus'. [16] An ethno-religious theory suggests that the name used to describe the part of old Ruthenian lands within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that had been populated mostly by Slavs who had been Christianized early, as opposed to Black Ruthenia ...
A programme of reconstruction and development was started in 1922. By 1924 there were 29 factories in operation; schools, museums, theatres, libraries were opening. In 1921 Belarusian State University, now a major university of Belarus, was founded in Minsk. In 1929 an electric tramway was put into operation, and in 1934 the airport (Minsk-1 ...
The flag of the People's Republic of Belarus in 1918 and of the Republic of Belarus in 1991-1995 (from History of Belarus) Image 20 View of Novogrudok , by Napoleon Orda (from History of Belarus ) Image 21 Svetlana Alexievich was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature (from Culture of Belarus )
City becomes capital of Republic of Belarus. [3] City "becomes the headquarters of the successor to the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States." [25] [35] State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus (KGB HQ) formed. Belarusian Nature and Environment Museum and Academy of Public Administration founded.
Among all CIS countries, Belarus has the greatest rights to such a relationship due to its geographical location, its contacts with Russia, our friendship and the progress of its reforms." [6] The integration process was launched on 2 April 1996 and exactly a year later, the Union of Belarus and Russia was founded.
Belarus: 28 November 1996: ... The historiography of some nations, such as the Bulgarians, even separates the different states founded by these nations ...
Belarus 7.99 million [1] ... Of these, the Krivichs played the most important role; Polotsk, founded by them, was the most important cultural and political center ...