History of Belarus

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2023: Western pressure: 1.1 thousand sanctions against Belarus

As of February 2023

2022: Recall of the ambassador and downgrade of the diplomatic mission in Britain

On July 29, 2022, it became known that Belarus was recalling its ambassador from London in connection with a number of unfriendly steps by Britain, and a decision was made to lower the level of the diplomatic mission.

2021: US sanctions against companies and individuals

In August 2021, US President Joe Biden signed a decree on new sanctions against Belarusian officials, "Minsk's actions pose an extraordinary threat to US national security."

Companies and structures that were affected by the new US sanctions:

• Investigative Committee of Belarus, Internal Affairs Directorate of the Gomel Regional Executive Committee.
• National Olympic Committee of Belarus, sports club "Shock."
• Belneftegaz, Belkaztrans, Belkazatrance Ukraine, Energo-Oil, New Oil Company, New Oil Company Vostok.
• Belaruskali, Dana Holdings (construction), Dana Astra, unitary enterprise Neftebitumny Zavod, Bremino Group (logistics), Dubai Water Front (construction), Emirates Blue Sky (construction), Inter Tobacco, Interservice LLC (wholesale trade), Grodno tobacco factory "Neman,"
• "Absolute Bank" registered in Minsk.

A large sanctions list of individuals was also announced.

2005

Harvesting. Karpilovka village, 50 kilometers from Minsk, October 27, 2005

1998

Minsk, 1990s.

1996

Minsk, 1996.

1994: Alexander Lukashenko won the first presidential election in Belarus

Election poster of Alexander Lukashenko, 1994.

1991

The collapse of the USSR and independence

Bialowieza Agreement. December 8, 1991, residence of Viskuli, Belarus. The last seconds of the existence of the USSR.

All-Union referendum on the preservation of the USSR

On March 17, 1991, an All-Union referendum on the preservation of the USSR was held - the only one in the history of the USSR.

The issue of preserving the USSR as an updated Federation of equal sovereign states and republics of the former USSR was discussed.

1944: Liberation from German invaders

Main article: World War II

Brest fortress from the Po-2 aircraft after the liberation by Soviet troops, Belarus, July 28, 1944.

1941: Occupation by Fascist Germany

Main article: World War II

Grodno Jews 1941, Belarus

Column of prisoners of the Minsk ghetto, BSSR, 1941.

Hitler (second left) and Mussolini (right) travel to inspect the Brest Fortress, August 26, 1941

Children hide from the bombing during the implementation of the German plan "Barbarossa." Minsk, Belarus, 1941.

1912

At the well, photographer: Isaac Abramovich Serbs, Minsk province of the Russian Empire, Pinsk district, village of Tyrvovichi, 1912

1903

Carols. Goretsky district, Mogilev province of the Russian Empire, 1903

1795: Incorporation into the Russian Empire after the partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The division of the territory of the Polish-Lithuanian state (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) between the Kingdom of Prussia, the Russian Empire and the Habsburg monarchy occurred in 1772, 1793 and 1795.

1764

1708: Victory of Peter I at Lesnaya over the Swedish corps

On October 9 (September 28), 1708, Peter I defeated the Swedes, which he called the "first soldier's breakdown" and the "mother of the Battle of Poltava" - the main battle of the Northern War (1700-1721). At the end of September, near the village of Lesnaya (now the Mogilev region of Belarus), the 12,000th detachment of Peter I (corvolant) defeated the 16,000th Swedish corps of General Adam Levengaupt, which was moving to join the main army of the Swedish king Charles XII.

Russian troops attacked several times, moving from firing to hand-to-hand combat, eventually forcing the Swedes to abandon the camp and retreat. A detachment was sent to the enemy under the command of Lieutenant General Gebhard Flug. Flug caught up with the remnants of Levengaupt's troops at Propoisk, where he finally defeated the enemy forces.

The Swedish troops were forced to abandon a huge convoy with a supply of food for three months, artillery and ammunition, which greatly weakened the position of the army of Charles XII.

1680: "Rhymmotvor Psalter Simeon Polotsky"

• Simeon Polotsky
• The full text of the "Rhymmotvorna Psalms"

1618

14th century

1237: Principality of Polotsk

Map of Russia on the eve of the Mongol invasion

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Languages spoken in Europe and North Africa in 600g (as of 2021)