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History of Belarus
The lands of Belarus during the Middle Ages became part of Kievan Rus' and were split between different regional principalities, including Polotsk, Turov, Vitebsk, and others. Following the Mongol invasions of the 13th century, these lands were absorbed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which later was merged into the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th century.
Following the Partitions of Poland in the 18th century, Belarusian territories became part of the Russian Empire. In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, different states arose competing for legitimacy amid the Russian Civil War, ultimately ending with the consolidation of the Belarusian People's Republic, which was replaced by the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, which became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union when it was founded in 1922.
The republic was devastated as a result of the German occupation during World War II, and its territory was expanded after Western Belorussia was annexed by the Soviet Union as a result of the war. Belarus became an independent state in 1991 following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Archaeological discoveries show what is now Belarus had human inhabitants during the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages.
Between the 6th and 8th centuries, the migrations and expansion of Slavic peoples across Eastern Europe began. East Slavs settled on the territory of present-day Belarus, where they interacted with and gradually assimilated local Baltic tribes such as the Dnieper Balts and the Yotvingians. These early processes of coexistence and integration laid the foundations for the gradual formation and differentiation of the East Slavic communities in this region. The East Slavs were predominantly pagan, animistic, agrarian people, had an economy which included trade in agricultural produce, game, furs, honey, beeswax and amber.
The modern Belarusian ethnos was probably formed on the basis of the three Slavic tribes: Krivichs, Dregoviches, and Radimichs, and the Baltic people inhabiting the area.
The common cultural bond of Eastern Orthodox Christianity and written Church Slavonic (a literary and liturgical Slavic language developed by 8th-century missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius) fostered the emergence of a new geopolitical entity, Kievan Rus'.
Between the 9th and 12th centuries, the Principality of Polotsk (now in northern Belarus) emerged as the dominant center of power in the territory of Belarus, while the Principality of Turov south of it was a lesser power.
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History of Belarus
The lands of Belarus during the Middle Ages became part of Kievan Rus' and were split between different regional principalities, including Polotsk, Turov, Vitebsk, and others. Following the Mongol invasions of the 13th century, these lands were absorbed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which later was merged into the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th century.
Following the Partitions of Poland in the 18th century, Belarusian territories became part of the Russian Empire. In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, different states arose competing for legitimacy amid the Russian Civil War, ultimately ending with the consolidation of the Belarusian People's Republic, which was replaced by the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, which became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union when it was founded in 1922.
The republic was devastated as a result of the German occupation during World War II, and its territory was expanded after Western Belorussia was annexed by the Soviet Union as a result of the war. Belarus became an independent state in 1991 following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Archaeological discoveries show what is now Belarus had human inhabitants during the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages.
Between the 6th and 8th centuries, the migrations and expansion of Slavic peoples across Eastern Europe began. East Slavs settled on the territory of present-day Belarus, where they interacted with and gradually assimilated local Baltic tribes such as the Dnieper Balts and the Yotvingians. These early processes of coexistence and integration laid the foundations for the gradual formation and differentiation of the East Slavic communities in this region. The East Slavs were predominantly pagan, animistic, agrarian people, had an economy which included trade in agricultural produce, game, furs, honey, beeswax and amber.
The modern Belarusian ethnos was probably formed on the basis of the three Slavic tribes: Krivichs, Dregoviches, and Radimichs, and the Baltic people inhabiting the area.
The common cultural bond of Eastern Orthodox Christianity and written Church Slavonic (a literary and liturgical Slavic language developed by 8th-century missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius) fostered the emergence of a new geopolitical entity, Kievan Rus'.
Between the 9th and 12th centuries, the Principality of Polotsk (now in northern Belarus) emerged as the dominant center of power in the territory of Belarus, while the Principality of Turov south of it was a lesser power.