Western Belarus

E86281

historical region

Western Belarus is the historical region of Belarus that was incorporated into the Second Polish Republic after World War I and later annexed by the Soviet Union during World War II.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Western Belarus canonical	13
western Belarus	5

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region ⓘ
annexationConfirmedBy	1945 Polish–Soviet border agreement ⓘ
annexationDuring	World War II ⓘ
borders	Mogilev Region ⓘ surface form: Eastern Belarus Latvia ⓘ Lithuania ⓘ Poland ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ
capitalLikeCity	Hrodna ⓘ surface form: Grodno
containsPart	Brest Region ⓘ Grodno Region ⓘ parts of Minsk Region ⓘ parts of Vitebsk Region ⓘ
country	Belarus ⓘ
currentState	Belarus ⓘ surface form: Republic of Belarus
historicalEthnicGroup	Belarusians ⓘ Jews ⓘ Lithuanians ⓘ Poles ⓘ
historicalEvent	Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact ⓘ Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland ⓘ surface form: Soviet invasion of Poland
historicalPeriod	World War II ⓘ interwar period ⓘ
incorporationAfter	World War I ⓘ
language	Belarusian ⓘ Polish ⓘ Russian ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Europe ⓘ
majorCity	Baranavichy ⓘ Brest (Belarus) ⓘ surface form: Brest Lida ⓘ Navahrudak ⓘ Pinsk ⓘ
partOf	Belarus ⓘ
postwarState	Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ surface form: Byelorussian SSR
prewarState	Second Polish Republic ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
timeInPolandEnd	1939 ⓘ
timeInPolandStart	1919 ⓘ
timeInUSSRStart	1939 ⓘ
wasAnnexedBy	Soviet Union ⓘ
wasDividedBy	Curzon Line ⓘ
wasIncorporatedInto	Poland ⓘ Second Polish Republic ⓘ
wasPartOf	Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ Poland ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: USSR

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Riga → definedStatusOf → Western Belarus ⓘ

Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland → location → Western Belarus ⓘ

Brest-Litovsk → locatedIn → Western Belarus ⓘ

Viskuli → region → Western Belarus ⓘ

St. Nicholas Church in Brest Fortress → locatedIn → Western Belarus ⓘ

Catholic Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Brest) → locatedIn → Western Belarus ⓘ

Вішнева → region → Western Belarus ⓘ

Ruzhany → locatedIn → Western Belarus ⓘ

Vishnevo → partOfHistoricalRegion → Western Belarus ⓘ

Old Grodno Castle → locatedIn → Western Belarus ⓘ