Occupied by Nazi Germany, Belarus was retaken by Stalin’s Russia in 1944 and remained under Soviet control until declaring its sovereignty on July 27, 1990 and independence from the Soviet Union on August 25, 1991. When did Belarus become Belarus? 25 August 1991 – The Declaration of State Sovereignty ofRead More →
The April 1986 disaster at the Chernobyla nuclear power plant in Ukraine was the product of a flawed Soviet reactor design coupled with serious mistakes made by the plant operatorsb. … Furthermore, large areas of Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, and beyond were contaminated in varying degrees. What caused Belarus to beRead More →
Belarus, country of eastern Europe. Until it became independent in 1991, Belarus, formerly known as Belorussia or White Russia, was the smallest of the three Slavic republics included in the Soviet Union (the larger two being Russia and Ukraine). Are Russia and Belarus allies? Russia is Belarus’ largest and mostRead More →
The name Rus is often conflated with its Latin forms Russia and Ruthenia, thus Belarus is often referred to as White Russia or White Ruthenia. … This asserted that the territories are all Russian and all the peoples are also Russian; in the case of the Belarusians, they were variantsRead More →
Occupied by Nazi Germany, Belarus was retaken by Stalin’s Russia in 1944 and remained under Soviet control until declaring its sovereignty on July 27, 1990 and independence from the Soviet Union on August 25, 1991. It has been run by authoritarian PresidentAlexander Lukashenko since 1994. Why is Belarus called WhiteRead More →
Being one of the poorest countries in the geographical limits of Europe, the inability to properly take care of its citizens hampered Belarus. Why is Belarus called White Russia? Belarus and White Russia: How the two are related. The phrase White Russia is the literal translation of the word BelarusRead More →