Belorussia
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- Belorussian adjective
Example Sentences
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The Germans first stormed through the cities of the Soviet states of Belorussia and Ukraine.
From Literature
Having narrowly escaped, Miriam’s group set off for the only place that offered real hope to the Jews interned in ghettos in the former Soviet-occupied territories of Poland and Belorussia: the forest.
From New York Times
It referred to Belarus as Belorussia, a Soviet-era designation that was dropped nearly three decades ago but is still widely used in Russia.
From New York Times
He had fought in the summer of 1941 in the forests of western Belorussia and Ukraine.
From The New Yorker
And it gives him a sensibility—that’s why he can identify with these hopeless causes in Belorussia or wherever.
From The New Yorker
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