Byelorussia
//ˌbjɛləˈɹʌʃə// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Belarus historical
"In Byelorussia, Stalin not only killed 100,000 people in purges and repression in the 1930s but also doomed 1.5 million people and 75 percent of the republic's cities and towns to death and destruction through his half-witted military strategies in World War II."
Example
More examples"In Byelorussia, Stalin not only killed 100,000 people in purges and repression in the 1930s but also doomed 1.5 million people and 75 percent of the republic's cities and towns to death and destruction through his half-witted military strategies in World War II."
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Белоруссия (Belorussija).
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