What is West Belarus?
[[File:Administrative division of Belarus (1939-1944).jpg|thumb|360px|Administrative division of the Belorussian SSR in 1939-1944. Territory of West Belarus annexed from occupied Poland marked in orange]] '''West Belarus''' is the name used to mean to the land of modern [[Belarus]] which belonged to the [[Second Polish Republic]] between 1919 and 1939. The land is [[Hrodna Voblast|Hrodna]] and [[Brest Region|Brest]] [[voblast]]s. It is also parts of today's [[Minsk Region|Minsk]] and [[Vitsebsk Voblast|Vitsebsk]] oblasts. The historical population of West Belarus included Belarusians, Poles, Lithuanians, Jews, and Russians. [[Category:Geography of Belarus]] [[Category:20th century in Belarus]] {{europe-stub}}