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White Russia

American  

noun

  1. Byelorussia.


White Russia British  

noun

  1. another name for Belarus

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The great offensive in White Russia reduced the Finnish campaign, which had started last fortnight, to the status of a side show.

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They helped soften the Wehrmacht for last summer's great defeat in White Russia.

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This cry is rising from all parts of Russia; from the Volga district, from Siberia, from White Russia, from Central Asia and from the Ukraine black dirt country.

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Territory in the dispute covers roughly 74,000 sq. mi., including the Polish Ukraine and "White Russia," which the U.S.S.R. seized in 1939 when Germany attacked Poland from the west.

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Kmita knew the Kyemliches well, for the father and two sons had served under him when single-handed he had carried on war in White Russia with Hovanski.

From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk