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Belarus

12 periods and events, 987 – today.

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Periods and events

When	Period or event	Kind	Source
987 – 1307	Principality of Polotsk波洛茨克公国 A Rus' principality on the Dvina, seen as the cradle of Belarusian statehood.	Dynasty or era	Source
1307 – 1795	Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania立陶宛大公国时期 Belarusian lands form the core of the Grand Duchy; Ruthenian is its chancery language.	Dynasty or era	Source
1517	Skaryna's printed Bible斯卡雷纳印刷《圣经》 Francysk Skaryna prints the first book in an East Slavic language.	Literature	Source
1795 – 1917	Russian Empire rule俄罗斯帝国统治 The partitions of Poland bring Belarus under Russia; uprisings in 1830 and 1863 fail.	Colonial	Source
1918	Belarusian People's Republic白俄罗斯人民共和国 A short-lived independent republic declared under German occupation.	Politics	Source
1919 – 1991	Byelorussian SSR白俄罗斯苏维埃社会主义共和国 Soviet Belarus, a founding member of the USSR and the UN.	Politics	Source
1921	Peace of Riga《里加和约》 The Polish–Soviet peace splits Belarus; the west goes to Poland until 1939.	Politics	Source
1937 – 1941	Stalinist terror (Kurapaty)斯大林大清洗（库罗帕蒂） The NKVD shoots tens of thousands in the Kurapaty forest near Minsk.	Other	Source
1941 – 1944	Nazi occupation纳粹占领 Belarus loses about a quarter of its people; hundreds of villages like Khatyn are burned.	War	Source
1986	Chernobyl fallout切尔诺贝利核尘降落 About 70% of the fallout from the Ukrainian reactor lands on Belarus.	Other	Source
1991	Belovezha Accords《别洛韦日协议》 Leaders of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus dissolve the USSR at a Belarusian hunting lodge.	Politics	Source
1994 – today	Lukashenko's rule卢卡申科统治 Alexander Lukashenko wins the first presidential election and rules ever since.	Politics	Source

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