Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Home > Belarusians
Belarusians, also spelt Belarussians, Byelorussians and Belorussians are a distinct ethnic group of East Slavs who are the major population of Belarus, also being minorities in the neighboring Poland (especially Bialystok province), Russia, Lithuania and Ukraine. Noticeable numbers are in emigration in the USA and Canada.The prefix "Bela" can be translated into 'White' so these people are sometimes called White Russians though not to be confused with the political group of white Russians that opposed Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War. This name was in use in the west for some time in history, together with White Ruthenes and similar forms. See Ruthenia#Belarusians.
The Belarusian people trace their distinct culture to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Rus' and Samogitia and earlier. For quite a long time they were mostly known under the name of Litvins, which refers to the state of Lithuania (Litva) to which the land belonged since the 12th century.
Belarusians enjoyed independent statehood briefly after the Russian RevolutionThe phrase Russian Revolution can refer to two specific events in the history of Imperial Russia: The Russian Revolution of 1905 which was a series of riots and anti-government violence against Czar Nicholas II, leading to the creation of the Duma, but re and presently after the collapse of the Soviet UnionThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR ( Russian: ; tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik (SSSR) also called the Soviet Union ( ; tr. Sovetsky Soyuz , was a state in much of the northern region of Eurasia that existed from 1922 until 1.
See also
- KrivichsKryvian The Krivichs in Russian, in Belarusian or Krivichi), a tribe of Early East Slavs between the 6th and the 12th centuries, which inhabited the upper reaches of the Volga, Dnieper, Western Dvina, the southern part of the Lake Peipus and parts of the
- DregovichsThe Dregovichs ''Dregovichi in Russian; ''Drehovichi in Ukrainian), were a tribe of Early East Slavs, which inhabited the territories down the stream of the Pripyat River and northern parts of the Right-bank Dnieper river (the borders of the tribe's domai
- History of BelarusEarly history The history of Belarus or, more correctly of the Belarusian ethnicity, begins with the migration and expansion of the Slavic peoples throughout Eastern Europe between the 6th and 8th centuries Anno Domini. East Slavs settled on the territory
- Belarusian languageBelarusian is the language of the Belarusian nation. It is one of the three East Slavic languages and is spoken in and around Belarus. It is also known as "Belarusan", "Byelorussian", "Belorussian", or "Belarusian". The word "Byelorussian" is an adjective
- List of BelarusiansList of Belarusians is the list of people related to Republic of Belarus in some way or another. It is not limited to persons of Belarussian ethnicity; you may find Russians, Jews, Vikings, etc. in this list. Over the time the Belarusian land was under di
*
Read more »