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The region east of Poland, and south of Lithuania, the name signifies Byelo-Rossiya, land of the White Rus; said by some to be the original hearthland of the Slavic peoples. Like many Eurasian regions, it was deeply partitioned during the Middle Ages. Presently this covers: Belarus, Drutsk, Gomiy, Gorodets-Dregovsky, Grodno, Izyaslavl, Klechesk, Logozhesk, Lukoml, Minsk, Nesvezh, Novgorodok, Pinsk, Polotsk, Sluchesk, Strezhev, Svisloch, Turov, Visloch, Vitebsk, Volkoviysk, and Vslonim. See also: the Caucasus, Central Asia - West, Crimea, Minor Russian States, Mongols, Nomads, Russia, and Ukraine. |