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===History=== | ==Resources== | ||
===Online Resources=== | |||
*[http://www.belarusguide.com/as/history/history.html Belarus History] | |||
*[http://www.belarus.by/en/about-belarus/history Historical Timeline of Belarus] | |||
*[http://www.everyculture.com/A-Bo/Belarus.html Culture of Belarus by everyculture.com] | |||
*[http://map.letapis.by/en/#intro Interactive Map of Belarus with a good timeline] | |||
*[https://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/History_of_Belarus:_Primary_Documents History of Belarus by eudocs.lib.byu.edu] | |||
*[https://latvianhistory.com/tag/belarus/ Belarus; Latvian History] | |||
===Print Publications=== | |||
==History== | |||
Belarus is 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. Until the 20th century, different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus, including the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Empire. | Belarus is 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. Until the 20th century, different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus, including the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Empire. | ||
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==Timeline== | |||
1569 - Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was created by the Union of Lublin<br> | 1569 - Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was created by the Union of Lublin<br> | ||
1696 - Both the Polish language and Catholicism became dominant and Polish replaced Ruthenian as the official language<br> | 1696 - Both the Polish language and Catholicism became dominant and Polish replaced Ruthenian as the official language<br> | ||
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1986 - The Byelorussian SSR was exposed to significant nuclear fallout from the explosion at the Chernobyl power plant in the neighboring Ukrainian SSR<br> | 1986 - The Byelorussian SSR was exposed to significant nuclear fallout from the explosion at the Chernobyl power plant in the neighboring Ukrainian SSR<br> | ||
1991 -The dissolution of the Soviet Union and the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States<br> | 1991 -The dissolution of the Soviet Union and the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States<br> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Belarus]] [[Category:Histories]] | [[Category:Belarus]] [[Category:Histories]] | ||
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