Atlas of Belarus

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Atlas-country Belarus

Беларусь Беларуская Беларусь - Рэспубліка Беларусь Рэспубліка Беларусь — краіна ва Усходняй Еўропе, буйнейшая па тэрыторыі ў Еўропе краіна бяз выхаду да мора. Мяжуе з Польшчай на захадзе, Лiтвой на паўночным захадзе, Латвіяй на поўначы, Расiяй на ўсходзе і Украінай на поўдні. Русский Белоруссия - Республика Беларусь Республика Беларусь, Белору́ссия — государство в Восточной Европе, с 2 апреля 1997 член Союза России и Белоруссии. В 1922—1991 бывшая Белорусская Советская Социалистическая Республика была членом-учредителем СССР. Страна также является членом-учредителем ООН, СНГ, ОДКБ, Евразэса, а также членом других международных объединений. English Belarus - Republic of Belarus The Republic of Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordering ► Russia, ► Ukraine, ► Poland, ► Lithuania, and ► Latvia. Its capital is Minsk, and other important cities include Brest, Grodno, Gomel, Mogilev and Vitebsk. One third of the country's surface is covered in forests. Short name  Belarus Official name Republic of Belarus Status Independent country since 1991 Location East Europe Capital Мінск Минск Population 9,408,400 inhabitants Area 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) Major languages Belarusian, Russian (both official) Major religions Orthodoxy More information Belarus, Geography of Belarus, History of Belarus and Politics of Belarus More images Belarus - Belarus (Category).

General maps

Map of Belarus

Map of Belarus

Map of Belarus

Map of Belarus

Maps of divisions

This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.

Administrative divisions of Belarus (in Belarusian)

Administrative divisions of Belarus (in English)

Administrative divisions of Belarus (with numbers)

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  Administrative regions
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  Brest region (Брэсцкая вобласць)
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  Homyel region (Гомельская вобласць)
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  Hrodna region (Гродзенская вобласць)
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  Mahilyow region (Магілёўская вобласць)
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  Minsk region (Мiнская вобласць)
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  Vitsebsk region (Віцебская вобласць)

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Belarus, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Belarus.

Possible extent of (proto-)Celtic influence 800-400 BC

Celts in Europe

Proto-Germanic people's

Map showing the pre-Migration Age distribution of the Germanic tribes in Proto-Germanic times, and stages of their expansion up to 50 BC, AD 100 and AD 300.

Map of Scythia 100 BC

State of the Antes in the 6th century (around 560), according to the book of Francis Dvornik

Early Rus'

Varangian routes

Map showing changes in borders of the Mongol Empire from founding by Genghis Khan in 1206, Genghis Khan's death in 1227 to the rule of Kublai Khan (1260–1294). (Uses modern day borders)   Mongol Empire By 1294 the empire had split into:   Golden Horde   Chagatai Khanate   Ilkhanate   Empire of the Great Khan (Yuan Dynasty)

Volhynia in the 13th century

Map showing changes in the territory of Lithuania including present-day Belarus from the 13th century to the present day

Lithuania in the 13th and 15th century

Map of Lithuania

In 1386 Poland and Lithuania formed a Polish-Lithuanian personal union, succeeded in 1569 by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Large parts of present-day Belarus and Ukraine were part of Poland-Lithuania. This map shows the borders in 1466

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569

Location of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth

Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth compared with present borders

Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth

Polish-Swedish Union 1592-1599

Commonwealth 1600

Commonwealth 1635

Commonwealth 1658

Commonwealth 1686

Commonwealth, division in voivodships

Samogitia, Lithuania Proper and Lithuanian White Ruthenia in 1700

Commonwealth 1701

Commonwealth 1701

7 years war 1756-1762

The divisions of the Commonwealth

Commonwealth after 1st partition

Polish-Russian War 1792

Commonwealth after 2nd partition

Poland 1794

The third partition meant the end of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the final division between Prussia, Russia and Austria after 3rd partition

Russian Empire

The Russian Empire in 1866

History of the Russian Empire (in German)

Russia in 1912

Ethnological map of Lithuania and Belarus in 1893

After the Russian revolution, Poland reconquered White Russia. A war between Poland and the new regime in Russia started March 1919

December 1919

June 1920

August 1920

Borders of newly independent Poland after the Peace Treaty of Riga of 1921

Foreign claims in Poland in 1920

Comparison 1789-1920

Western White Russia is part of Poland. Poland between 1921 and 1939

Poland 1921-1939

Curzon line

Eastern front of the Second World War circa 1941-1942.

Byelorussian SSR upon the outbreak of WWII

BSSR 20.09.1944 - 16.08.1945

Evolution of the Soviet Union

Changing of the borders

Border changes after WW2 (Russian text)

Belarus inside the Soviet Union

Administrative divisions 1960-1993

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

Map of the territory claimed by the Belarusian National Republic (published in 1918)

Satellite maps

Satellite map of Belarus

Notes and references

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