Why does Belarus Exist? (Short Animated Documentary)

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Why is Belarus a thing? By successive governments slowly giving in over time.

Sources:

Understanding Belarus: Belarusian Identity by Grigory Ioffe

Russification: Word and Practice 1863-1914 by Theodore R. Weeks

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