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Place nameBelorussia
Other namesRespublika Belarus, Belarus, Byelorussia, Belorussija, Belorusskaya, Republic of Belarus, Bélarus, République du Bélarus, Belorussland, Bielorrusia, Biélorussie, Bielorrússia, White Russia, BLR, BY, ISO112, BO00, Belorusskaja Sovetskaja Socialisticeskaja Respublika, Belorussiya SSR, Belorussian SSR, Byelorussian SSR, White Russian SSR, Belarusian, Belorussian
Latitude53
Longitude28
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Colonized by East Slavic tribes 5th-8th cen. AD; ruled by Kiev from 9th cen.; divided into several principalities 12th cen.; Mongols invaded 13th cen.; ruled by Lithuanians & Poles from 14th cen., by Russia from 18th cen.; part of Soviet Union from 1922; official language is Belorussian.
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