White Russia

White Russia is a name that was historically applied to different regions in Eastern Europe, most often to the region that roughly corresponds to the present-day Belarus. Many languages today continue to use this obsolete name when referring to Belarus — especially Germanic languages ("Weißrussland" in German, "Wit-Rusland" in Dutch, "Vitryssland" in Swedish, "Hviderusland" in Danish) and some other languages ("Baltarusija" in Lithuanian, "??????????" in Greek, "Valkovenäjä" in Finnish, "Valgevene" in Estonian, "Beyaz Rusya" in Turkish). Because of its association with perceived Russian and Soviet imperialism, some consider the name derogatory.

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Eastern Europe - Belarus - German - Dutch - Swedish - Danish - Lithuanian - Greek - Finnish - Turkish - Russian - Soviet - Imperialism

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