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-Belarus developed under the influence of Kievan Rus and Eastern Orthodox Christendom. When Kiev succumbed to Mongol invasion in the 13th century, Belarus came under Lithuanian hegemony. Lithuania and Poland merged under one crown in 1569. Belarus lost its relative importance after this union and came more heavily under Polish rule. Following the partitions of Poland in 1772, 1793, and 1795, Russia tucked Belarus into its empire.
+Belarus bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital and most populous city is Minsk. Over 40% of its 80,200 sq miles is forested. Until the 20th century, different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus, including the Principality of Polotsk, 11th to 14th centuries, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Empire.
-After the Union of 1569, part of the Belarusian population converted to Roman Catholicism. In 1596, many that maintained the Eastern Orthodox practices joined into an ecclesiastical union with Rome under the Uniate or Greek Catholic Church. In 1839, Uniates were coerced to readopt Eastern Orthodoxy.
+In the aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution, Belarus declared independence as the Belarusian People's Republic, which was conquered by Soviet Russia. The Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia became a founding constituent republic of the Soviet Union in 1922 and was renamed as the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. Belarus lost almost half of its territory to Poland after the Polish–Soviet War of 1919–1921. Much of the borders of Belarus took their modern shape in 1939, when some lands of the Second Polish Republic were reintegrated into it after the Soviet invasion of Poland, and were finalized after World War II
-The Jewish presence in Belarus dates back to at least the 14th century when they were welcomed by Polish King Casimir. They congregated primarily in small towns and cities. By the 19th century, the Jewish population constituted between one-third and two-thirds of most Belarusian cities.
+In 2000, Belarus and Russia signed a treaty for greater cooperation, forming the Union State.  More than 80% of the population is ethnic Belarusian, with sizable minorities of Russians, Poles and Ukrainians. Since a referendum in 1995, the country has had two official languages: Belarusian and Russian. The Constitution of Belarus does not declare any official religion, although the primary religion in the country is Eastern Orthodox Christianity. The second-most widespread religion, Roman Catholicism, has a much smaller following. The Jewish presence in Belarus dates back to at least the 14th century and by the 19th century the Jewish population constituted between one-third and two-thirds of most Belarusian cities.
-Belarusians are ethnically Slavic in the following proportions: 78% Belarusian, 13% Russian, 4% Polish, 3% Ukrainian, 2% other ancestry. Eastern Orthodoxy is the primary religion for 80% of the population. The rest are Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Belarus,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2002.</ref>
+Belarusians are ethnically Slavic in the following proportions: 78% Belarusian, 13% Russian, 4% Polish, 3% Ukrainian, 2% other ancestry. Eastern Orthodoxy is the primary religion for 80% of the population. The rest are Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim.
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+[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus]
+===Timeline===
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