Belarus
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Belarus is also known as White Russia or Belorussia.
This former member of the Soviet Union declared its independence in 1991.
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Roughly spanning today’s Belarus, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine, the Central European theater stood on the grave of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, partitioned between Austria, Prussia and Russia in the late 18th century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
My own family legally immigrated to the U.S. from Soviet Belarus in the early 1990s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The crisis management centre later said an object had "likely" entered from Belarus and travelled across the country's territory before entering the airspace of Russia.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The group, which is celebrating its 25-year anniversary, brings together Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Iran, four Central Asian countries and Moscow-allied Belarus.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
I was born in Narewka, a rural village in northeastern Poland, near Białystok, not far from the border with Belarus.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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