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Encyclopedia: White Russia

"White Russia" (Belarusian: Белая Русь ~ English: White Ruthenia) is a name that has historically been applied to various regions in Eastern Europe, most often to that which roughly corresponds to present-day Belarus. In English, the use of "White Russia" to refer to Belarus is dated. Many other languages, however, continue to use a literal translation of "White Russia" to refer to Belarus. Because of the association of the name, "White Russia," with perceived Russian and Soviet imperialism, some people in Belarus consider the name "White Russia" to be derogatory.

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How to say "White Russia" in other languages:

	(French)	Ruthénie blanche
	(Italian)	Rutenia Bianca

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Baltic region

Indo-European root balt- meaning white . Thus Baltic Sea means White Sea . The same root begins the word Belarus , also known as White Russia . Denotation Depending on the context the Baltic region... connected to the Baltic Germans the former Baltic province of Imperial Russia, i.e. the lands above in...

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Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union

Polish parts of White Russia (today western Belarus), including the Vilnius (Vilna) province of...

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Belarus

, Belarus was sometimes referred to as "White Russia" or "White Ruthenia", a literal translation of its... Rusland, Weiss Reussen, White Russia, Weiss Russland, may be found on ancient maps predating the... "White Russia" has ultimately become applied to Belarusans. There are a number of speculative...

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Mitnagdim

consequence of the French invasion. The struggle of rabbinism with Hasidism in Lithuania and White Russia led... harmless (1801). Thereafter Zalman openly led the White-Russian or Chabad Hasidim until his death...

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Pope Pius VI

largely due to him that the order was able to escape shipwreck in White Russia and Silesia; at but...

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Ruthenia

corresponding names in Polish: Ruś Biala — White Ruthenia, White Russia or Belarus Ruś Czarna �... territory of Rus, in the broadest sense, is divided among Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, a small strip in... Union (which finalized the annexion of Kresy after the war), in various documentation the terms White...

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Peter I of Russia

, "Peter, Tsar and Grand Duke, Autocrat of All Great, Small and White Russias, of Moscow, Kiev, Vladimir... changed in 1721, with "Tsar and Grand Duke, Autocrat of All Great, Small and White Russias" being... Peter I Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia Peter I (Pyotr Alekseyvich) (9 June 1672–8...

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Joseph Isaac Schneersohn

actual town of Lubavitch in White Russia also known as Belorussia. He was appointed as his father's... Lubavitch yeshivas in Russia. As he matured, he campaigned for the rights of Jews by appearing... Russian Revolution of 1917 and the First World War 1914 - 1918 as Russia was first defeated by Germany...

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Partitions of Poland

Livonia which had still remained in Polish hands, and of White Russia embracing the counties of..., Russia and Austria dividing up the Polish lands between themselves. The three partitions occurred... Era, the division of Duchy of Warsaw The incorporation of the so-called Congress Kingdom into Russia...

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January Uprising

the flame of war spread over Livonia, White Russia, Volhynia, Podolia and even in some places in the... Europe and in Russia, and when the Revolutionary Party had not sufficient means to arm and equip the... outbreak in Russia, where the discontent with the autocratic regime seemed at the time to be widely...

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