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3. Belarus: History The region now constituting Belarus was colonized by East Slavic tribes from the 5th to the 8th cent belarus history. US DEPT OF STATE Belarus Return of U.S. am ambassador http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0856895.html

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History Beginning in the 6th century the territory of modern Belarus was settled by East Slavic tribes, the ancestors of the Belorussians. In the 9th and 10th centuries several principalities emerged, the most important being centered around Polotsk (Polatsk) Through dynastic links they came to be part of Kievan Rus' and were converted to Orthodox Christianity. After the disintegration of Kievan Rus' in the 13th century, the Belorussian lands were incorporated into the expanding Grand Duchy of Lithuania. At first the Belorussians exerted a strong religious and cultural influence on the pagan Lithuanians; after the dynastic union of Lithuania and Poland in 1386, however, the Lithuanians converted to Latin Christianity, and the position of the Orthodox Belorussians began to decline. The Belorussian bishops accepted union with Rome in 1596. Most of the population adhered to the EASTERN RITE (Uniate) church, but the nobility largely adopted Latin Rite Catholicism along with the Polish language and culture. In the Partitions of Poland (1772, 1793, and 1795; see POLAND, PARTITIONS OF), Belarus was annexed to the Russian Empire. In the 19th century the Russians and Poles competed for the loyalty of the Belorussian (largely peasant) masses.Only in the late 19th century, after a peasant revolt led by Kastus Kalinouski (Konstantin Kalinovsky) in 1863, did a distinct Belorussian national awareness begin to develop.This was further stimulated by a literary revival,exemplified by the works of the Belorussian poets Yakub Kolas and Yanka Kupala.

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THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF BELARUS Training of the Scientific Personnel in Belarus: History through Ages Georgy V. Korzenko Training of the Scientific Personnel in Belarus: History through Ages. Minsk. 1998. 167 pages. In Russian. Papercover. ISBN 985-6007-37-2 Published by Beloruskoe Izdatelskoe Tovarishchestvo "Khata", Minsk, Belarus The monograph is devoted to the history of the process of forming the national scientific corps. The reader learns about the quantitative changes of the Belarusian intellectual potential in the XX century. This book broadens the already accumulated historical knowledge on the professional training system of scientific and pedagogic personnel, development of the postgraduate system, system of preparing and working for doctor's and other scientific degrees, other forms of improving the professional skills and efficiency level of the Belarusian scientists. Publisher's Mailing Address: 31 Fr.Skaryny Praspekt, Minsk BY-220029, Republic of Belarus Academy Return to The NASB Presidium Information Server Home Page Created, designed and maintained by

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History Beginning in the 6th century the territory of modern Belarus was settled by East Slavic tribes, the ancestors of the Belorussians. In the 9th and 10th centuries several principalities emerged, the most important being centered around Polotsk (Polatsk) Through dynastic links they came to be part of Kievan Rus' and were converted to Orthodox Christianity. After the disintegration of Kievan Rus' in the 13th century, the Belorussian lands were incorporated into the expanding Grand Duchy of Lithuania. At first the Belorussians exerted a strong religious and cultural influence on the pagan Lithuanians; after the dynastic union of Lithuania and Poland in 1386, however, the Lithuanians converted to Latin Christianity, and the position of the Orthodox Belorussians began to decline. The Belorussian bishops accepted union with Rome in 1596. Most of the population adhered to the EASTERN RITE (Uniate) church, but the nobility largely adopted Latin Rite Catholicism along with the Polish language and culture. In the Partitions of Poland (1772, 1793, and 1795; see POLAND, PARTITIONS OF), Belarus was annexed to the Russian Empire. In the 19th century the Russians and Poles competed for the loyalty of the Belorussian (largely peasant) masses.Only in the late 19th century, after a peasant revolt led by Kastus Kalinouski (Konstantin Kalinovsky) in 1863, did a distinct Belorussian national awareness begin to develop.This was further stimulated by a literary revival,exemplified by the works of the Belorussian poets Yakub Kolas and Yanka Kupala.

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home search help worldguide ... Related Weblinks Belarus History Evidence of human occupation in Belarus goes back to the early Stone Age. Eastern Slavs were certainly here in the 6th to 8th centuries AD, during the Slav expansion. Many Belarusian towns became Tatar vassals after the Mongols defeated the region's Slav rulers in Kiev in 1240. During the 14th century the area was taken over by Lithuania, a 'hands-off' ruler that allowed Belarus to hang onto its Orthodox religion and its language, despite imposing serfdom on most of the locals. Over the next 400 years, Belarus became a cultural entity distinct from Russia and Ukraine. When Poland unified with Lithuania in 1569, Polish culture became much more prominent in Belarus and the Belarusian church was brought under the authority of the Vatican. By the end of the 18th century, Poland was getting a bit doddery, so Russia stepped in and took charge of Belarus. Russia was determined to make Belarus part of the great fatherland: publishing in the Belarusian language was banned and the Russian Orthodox church instituted. During the 19th century Belarus started moving from agriculture to a more industrialised economy. In the 1860s the serfs were freed, but poverty in the countryside remained so high that 1.5 million people emigrated around the turn of the century. Since the Russians required Jews to live in designated areas - one of which was Belarus - the country's urban Jewish population increased dramatically during the 19th century, and in some towns more than half the population was Jewish. Most urban areas were largely populated by Jews and Russians, while the Belarusians remained on the land, having little political influence or access to resources.

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Country Ranks Introduction History Geography People Government Gov. Leaders ... [TOP] Belarus History Index http://workmall.com/wfb2001/belarus/belarus_history_index.html Source: The Library of Congress Country Studies History Introduction Historical Setting Early History Belorussia, Poland, and Catholicism ... Independent Belarus NOTE: The information regarding Belarus on this page is re-published from The Library of Congress Country Studies. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Belarus History information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Belarus History should be addressed to the Library of Congress. Please put this page in your BOOKMARKS - - - - - Enter your e-mail address to receive e-mail when this web site is updated. Your Internet e-mail address: http://workmall.com/wfb2001/belarus/belarus_history_index.html Revised 24-Jul-02 Photius Coutsoukis

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BACK TO THE FRONT PAGE BASIC INFO. ECONOMY GEOGRAPHY BACK TO THE FRONT PAGE BASIC INFO. ECONOMY GEOGRAPHY ... BELARUS Belarus has been inhabited since prehistoric times, and the first recorded settlements date back to the 6th century AD. The princes of Kiev ruled Belarus until the invasion of the Mongols in 1240, when most of its towns were destroyed. The region came under the control of powerful Lithuanians and, in 1386, under the Lithuanian-Polish Jagiellonian Dynasty. For centuries, the Poles and the Muscovites struggled bitterly over Belarus. In 1772, Catherine the Great gained control over part of the country, and, by 1795, Russia ruled all of Belarus. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the country again became a European battleground. Napoleon passed through Belarusand fought therein 1812, and the Germans fought the Soviets on Belarusian territory in World War I. Although a Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in January 1919, fighting with Poland continued until 1921. Belarus suffered heavy losses in World War II, when some 2.2 million inhabitants perished. The postwar period saw a significant rebirth especially in the economic sphere. On August 25, 1991, Belarus declared its independence from the Soviet Union.

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Country Info Belarus Introduction Belarus General Data Belarus Maps Belarus Culture ... Belarus Time and Date Belarus History Back to Top Since the late century, national activists have based their attempts to create an independent Belarusian state based on the Belorussian language, which had been kept alive over the centuries mainly by peasants. The stage was set for the emergence of a national consciousness by the industrialization and urbanization of the nineteenth century and by the subsequent publication of literature in the Belorussian language, which was often suppressed by Russian, and later Polish, authorities. It is ironic, then, that the first long-lived Belorussian state entity, the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (Belorussian SSR), was created by outside forcesthe Bolshevik government in Moscow. And it was those same forces, the communists, whose downfall in 1991 precipitated the existence of an independent Belarus, which has been torn between its desire for independence and a longing for integration with newly independent Russia. The population of the Belorussian SSR was jolted into national awareness in the late 1980s with the occurrence of one disaster and the discovery of another. The explosion at the Chornobyl' (Chernobyl') nuclear power plant in Ukraine not only entailed the physically damaging radiation carried by the winds but also came to represent the toll taken on the country's sense of its ethnic and cultural identity by years of Russification. These two sets of consequences affected both the daily lives of the Belarusians and national politics: how was the country to remedy the two kinds of damage?

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[Country Listing] The World Factbook Home] Belarus Belarus Introduction [Top of Page] Background: After seven decades as a constituent republic of the USSR, Belarus attained its independence in 1991. It has retained closer political and economic ties to Russia than any of the other former Soviet republics. Belarus and Russia signed a treaty on a two-state union on 8 December 1999 envisioning greater political and economic integration but, to date, neither side has actively sought to implement the accord. Geography [Top of Page] Location: Eastern Europe, east of Poland Geographic coordinates: 53 00 N, 28 00 E Map references: Commonwealth of Independent States Area: total: 207,600 sq km land: 207,600 sq km water: sq km Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Kansas Land boundaries: total: 3,098 km border countries: Latvia 141 km, Lithuania 502 km, Poland 605 km, Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km Coastline: km (landlocked) Maritime claims: none (landlocked) Climate: cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime Terrain: generally flat and contains much marshland Elevation extremes: lowest point: Nyoman River 90 m highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m Natural resources: forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas

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Gomel-Market by Richard Nebesky, John Noble, George Wesley, Nick Selby Paperback - 1000 pages 2nd edition (April 2000) Lonely Planet Russia, Ukraine and Belarus (Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit) by Richard Nebesky, John Noble, George Wesley, Nick Selby Paperback - 1200 pages (March 1996) Belarus (Cultures of the World) by Patricia Levy Library Binding 2nd edition (May 1998) by Lerner Geography Department Library Binding (April 1993) Historical Dictionary of Belarus Scarecrow Press, Hardcover - 336 pages (July 1, 1998) by Jan Zaprudnik Synopsis : Native Belarusan Jan Zaprudnik paints a vivid picture of Belarus's complex past, paving the way for his analysis of the challenges now facing the republic in the wake of a disintegrating Soviet Union. In recent years Belarus (formerly known as Belorussia) has been less visible to the world than the Baltic republics to the north or Ukraine to the south, yet this multiethnic republic has undergone a significant demographic social, cultural, and political evolution since 1956. A proclamation of state sovereignty in July 1990 combined with the

19. History Of 19th Century Belarus History of 19th century belarus. Your are here Pagewise Home History HistoryEvents19th Century History of 19th century belarus. http://tntn.essortment.com/historybelarus_rnql.htm

History of 19th century belarus The experiences of Belorus and the Belarussians in the 19th century led to the development of their national consciousness. Belorussians have been ruled by many nations. For the five hundred years before the 19th century Belarus had been controlled by the Polish state. Through the partitions of Poland in the late 18th century, Russia took control of the area. A new culture, a new language, and a new government were imposed upon the Belorussians. Was the coming of the Russians to the lands today known as Belarus an invasion of Polish lands, a retaking of Russian lands, or simply the transfer of rule over the Belorussians? Today Belarus is a separate state, but the question still remains, who are the Belorussians, and who should have a claim to their land? If the Belorussians are simply Polonized Russians as some claim, then possibly they should reunite with Russia. If they are Russified Poles, then they could reunite with Poland. However, if they are distinct as Belorussians they should maintain their sovereignty. bodyOffer(33145) During the 18th century the lands of Poland were partitioned three times, culminating in the disappearance of the Polish empire. The Russians occupied the eastern portion, including the area today known as Belarus. Catherine II, the tsarina of Russia, felt that she was returning lands that Poland had taken from the Russian empire centuries earlier. However, she found that more than a military occupation was needed to make Belarus a part of the Russian empire. She found that the Belorussians not only practiced a different religion and spoke a different language, but also had a different historical memory. Over the course of the 19th century Russia tried to alter these differences and make the Belorussians into Russians.

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History of Belarus WELCOME HISTORY AND MAPS Map of Belarus Jewish History of Belarus Belarus, officially Republic of Belarus (1994 estimated population 10,405,000), c.80,150 square miles (207,600 square kilometers), Eastern central Europe, formerly a constituent republic of the USSR; it is sometimes called White Russia. It borders Poland (West); Russia (East); Ukraine (South); and Lithuania and Latvia (North). The majority of the people are Belarussians; Russians, Poles, and Ukrainians are among the minorities. The main religions are the Orthodox Eastern and Roman Catholic churches. Belarussian is the official language, but most people speak Russian. Minsk city (1990 estimated population 1,610,000), capital of Belarus on the Svisloch River. Founded c.1067, it became the capital of the Minsk principality in 1101, and a major trade and craft center by c.1500. Annexed by Lithuania (1326) and Poland (1569), it passed to Russia in 1793 and developed industrially in the 1870s. During World War Ii Minsk was heavily damaged and most of its large Jewish population was exterminated by occupying Nazi forces. The city was rebuilt and industry reestablished after the war. In 1991, with the collapse of the USSR, Minsk was chosen as the ceremonial headquarters of the new Commonwealth of Independent States. Other large cities include Homyel (Gomel), Mahilyow (Mogilev), Vitsyebsk (Vitebsk), Hrodna (Grodno), and Brest. Settled by East Slavic tribes (5th-8th century), the region became part of Kievan Russia (12th century), of the grand duchy of Lithuania (14th century), and of the Russian Empire (18th century) and was devastated by the Russian-Polish wars (16th-18th century), the Napoleonic invasion (1812), World War I (1914-18), and the Soviet-Polish war (1919-20).

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