Byelorussia
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- proper noun
- Archaic
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Bielorrusia
- This extraordinary investigation exposes the secret section of the State Department that began in 1948, unbeknownst to Congress and the public until recently, to hire members of the puppet wartime government of Byelorussia—a region of the Soviet Union occupied by Nazi Germany.
Examples
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The questionable international status of Lithuania's current borders, which were formally protested by Byelorussia, also needed to be reviewed.
Academic text (1990) -
From the Soviet point of view, the restoration of some degree of control over Poland would greatly reduce the momentum of the centrifugal forces now at work in Lithuania, Byelorussia, and Ukraine.
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According to Ms. Tamara Krutoutso, minister of Social Security in Byelorussia, one third of the retired population is still employed.
Academic text (1991) -
Of course, it wasn't precisely one country when you take into account Byelorussia, Ukraine, and the Muslim-stans in the South.
Blog text (28) -
The Ministry of Welfare in Byelorussia assists 60,000 older persons, a program they believe is preferable to institutional placement.
Academic text (1991) -
The soul-churning years of violence that inaugurated the Soviet regime reached from the Baltic to the Black Sea, from Byelorussia to Ukraine.
Academic text (2008) -
These Ashkenazic Jews (of German Jewish descent) were born in Poland and Byelorussia and moved to Moscow after the revolution.
Academic text (2001) -
In Byelorussia, another of the Soviet republics, 102,000 people are employed in 16 factories; 56,000 of these employees are visually handicapped.
Academic text (1991) -
He was charged with the murder of the Jews of Pinsk, located in Byelorussia, in his official capacity as "deputy district commissioner of Pinsk" and "specialist for Jewish affairs."
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Byelorussia was a vital part of the Soviet Union before it became known as Byelorussia.
Synonyms
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A country in Eastern Europe with capital Minsk
An old name for the country now called Belarus
Surface Forms
Etymology
Byelorussia comes from two parts: Byelo- meaning 'white' and Russia. That is why it literally meant 'White Russia', and it was the common name for the country during the Soviet era; today the same country is usually called Belarus.