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Byelorussia

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Bye·lo·rus·sia  (byl-rsh)
See Belarus.

Byelo·russian adj. & n.
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Noun1.ByelorussiaByelorussia - a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet
CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
capital of Belarus, Minsk - the capital of Belarus and of the Commonwealth of Independent States
Gomel, Homel, Homyel - industrial city of Belarus to the southeast of Minsk
Pinsk - a city of southwestern Belarus
Lubavitch - a town in Belarus that was the center of the Chabad movement for a brief period during the 19th century
Dnieper, Dnieper River - a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea
Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
Belorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian - a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia
Translations
Spanish Byelorussia [bjɛləuˈrʌʃə] nBielorrusia
French Byelorussia [bjɛləuˈrʌʃə] nBiélorussie f
Italian Byelorussia [bjɛləuˈrʌʃə] nBielorussia, Belorussia

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This contradiction in itself is a source of potential military danger which may grow, under certain circumstances, into a direct military threat to Byelorussia and lead to an aggression against her.
Around 1900, Louis Rudinsky, a young immigrant from Byelorussia, opened a dry goods store on the lower east side of Manhattan.
During a trip to Byelorussia on February 26, 1991, Gorbachev said, "I am not ashamed to say that I am a communist and adhere to the communist idea, and with this I will leave for the other world"
 
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