Regions of Belarus

The territory of the country now known as Belarus was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Poland, and, since 1772 (Vitebsk) and 1795 (Minsk), the Russian Empire. The territory can be split into a Western and an Eastern part.

Western Belarus

The Western part of the territory was administered by the Russian Empire as the Governorate of Grodno. It comprises the current regions of Brest and Grodno. This region became Polish again after 1921, but was returned to the Soviet Union after 1945, and has been part of Belarus since 1991.

Brest

Olympians born between 1832 and 1921 in the Western part of the Russian Empire that is now Belarus:

Representing Russia
  1. (1263) Karol von Rómmel (rus-POL/EQE-EQJ/1912,24-28)
Representing Poland
  1. (3200) Henryk Budziński (POL/ROW/1932)
  2. (15.00) Zygmunt Siedlecki (POL/ATH/1932)
  3. (10409) Józef Klukowski (POL/ART/1932-36)
  4. (3.724) Konstanty Mackiewicz (POL/ART/1936)
  5. (204.0) Bronisław Karwecki (POL/ROW/1936)
  6. (204.0) Stanisław Kuryłłowicz (POL/ROW/1936)
  7. (-6.20) Tadeusz Sokołowski (POL/EQJ/1936)
  8. (2001) Jerzy Nowicki (POL/SHO/1960-68)
  9. (480.0) Ryszard Lubicki (POL/ROW/1964)
  10. (60.00) Lucyna Krawcewicz (POL/ATH/1968)

Eastern Belarus

The Eastern part of the territory was administered by the Russian Empire as the Governorate of Minsk. It comprises the current regions of Homel, Mahilyow, Minsk (city and region) and Vitebsk. This region was part of the Soviet Union from 1921 until 1991, when it became independent as Belarus.

Olympians born between 1832 and 1921 in the Eastern part of the Russian Empire that is now Belarus:

Representing Russia
  1. (-4.27) Pyotr Gayevsky (rus-BLR/ATH/1912)
Representing Poland
  1. (3.840) Władysław Krzyżanowski (POL/SAI/1928)
  2. (240.0) Józef Kiszkurno (POL/SHO/1952)
  3. (492.0) Wacław Okulicz-Kozaryn (POL/WRG/1924)
Representing Lithuania
  1. (0.850) Valerijonas Balčiūnas (LTU/FOO/1924)
Others
  1. (4000) Phil Erenberg (USA/GYM/1932)
  2. (4800) René Hamel (FRA/CYR/1924)

Belarus 1921-1945

World War I saw a great deal of fighting and occupation, and the border between Poland and the Soviet Union was settled only in 1921, by the treaty of Rīga (1921-03-18).
Written 2017-07-03 - last modified 2021-03-08

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