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==Immigration into Belarus== | ==Immigration into Belarus== | ||
*In 1242, modern-day Belarus joined the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Incorporation into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania resulted in an economic, political and ethno-cultural unification of Belarusian lands. Of the principalities held by the Duchy, nine of them were settled by a population that would eventually become the Belarusians. | *In 1242, modern-day Belarus joined the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Incorporation into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania resulted in an economic, political and ethno-cultural unification of Belarusian lands. Of the principalities held by the Duchy, nine of them were settled by a population that would eventually become the Belarusians. On 2 February 1386, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland were joined. | ||
*The union between Poland and Lithuania ended in 1795 with the '''Third Partition of Poland by Imperial Russia, Prussia, and Austria'''. The Belarusian territories acquired by the Russian Empire held until their occupation by the German Empire during World War I. | |||
*On 25 March 1918, Belarus first declared independence under German occupation, forming the '''Belarusian People's Republic.''' Immediately afterwards, the Polish–Soviet War ignited, and the territory of Belarus was divided between Poland and Soviet Russia. | |||
*The '''German occupation in 1941–1944''' and war on the Eastern Front '''devastated Belarus'''. During that time, 209 out of 290 towns and cities were destroyed, 85% of the republic's industry, and more than one million buildings. After the war, it was estimated that 2.2-2.7 million local inhabitants had died. This figure represented a staggering quarter of the prewar population. The '''Jewish population''' of Belarus was devastated during the Holocaust and never recovered.<ref>"Belarus", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus, accessed 5 August 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Belarus== | ==Emigration From Belarus== | ||