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  2. Western Belorussia - Wikipedia

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    Western Belorussia or Western Belarus (Belarusian: Заходняя Беларусь, romanized: Zachodniaja Biełaruś; Polish: Zachodnia Białoruś; Russian: Западная Белоруссия, romanized: Zapadnaya Belorussiya) is a historical region of modern-day Belarus which belonged to the Second Polish Republic during the interwar period.

  3. Soviet annexation of Western Belorussia - Wikipedia

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    1940 USSR postage stamp celebrating the "liberation" of Western Ukraine and Western Belarus. On the basis of a secret clause of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union invaded Poland on September 17, 1939, capturing the eastern provinces of the Second Polish Republic.

  4. Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    The Polish–Soviet border, as of 1939, had been determined in 1921 at the Treaty of Riga peace talks, which followed the Polish–Soviet War. [7] Under the terms of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, two weeks after the German invasion of western Poland, the Soviet Union invaded the portions of eastern Poland assigned to it by the Pact, followed by co-ordination with German forces in Poland.

  5. Population exchange between Poland and Soviet Belarus

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    Initially, the residents of the westernmost parts of Western Belarus were hesitant to register for resettlement, because they hoped that these parts, such as Grodno, would remain in Poland, and this view was propagated by the Polish underground. However, as the situation clarified, the public opinion, including the underground, adopted the ...

  6. History of Belarus - Wikipedia

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    When the Soviet Union invaded Poland on September 17, 1939, following the terms of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact's secret protocol, Western Byelorussia, which was part of Poland, is included in the BSSR. Similarly to the times of German occupation during World War I, Belarusian language and Soviet culture enjoyed relative prosperity in this ...

  7. Belarus cracks down on clergy who supported protests of its ...

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    A prominent cleric, Archbishop Artemy Kishchenko, of Hrodna in western Belarus, was stripped of all church posts and forced to retire in 2021 for condemning the repression as well as attempts by ...

  8. Tensions flare on Poland-Belarus border as more migrants arrive

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    Poland and the European Union have accused Belarus and Russia of trying to spread chaos since 2021 by pushing migrants over the frontier in what Warsaw calls a "hybrid war". Minsk and Moscow have ...

  9. Belarus–Poland relations - Wikipedia

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    In 2021 Poland exported $1.86 billion of goods to Belarus, the main export being locomotive parts, with Belarus exporting $2.00 billion of goods to Poland, the top export being rail transport. Between 1995 and 2021 Polish exports have risen by an average of 8.62% p.a. with Belarus increasing at 8.92% p.a. [ 20 ]