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In article <1992May5.204302.1323@wpi.WPI.EDU> qasama@newton.WPI.EDU (John Steven Grossi) writes:
>In article <1992May5.132944.20236@timessqr.gc.cuny.edu> dlv@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu writes:
>>In article <1992Apr26.225050.3546@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, abrodnik@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Andrej Brodnik (Andy)) writes:
>>>In article <1992Apr26.010634.2687@timessqr.gc.cuny.edu> dlv@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu writes:
>>1. Bel- / Bil- / Byal- / B{\yat')l- ... does mean 'White' in many Slavic
>>languages. I'm impressed with your knowdlege of 'most' of them :).
>
>It does mean white... but the white is used for quite a different reason
>than you would suspect. The place we now call Belarus, was white Ruthenia
>for a long time in contrast to Black Ruthenia and Red Ruthenia. And up
>untill the fall of the second Polish Republic Ruthenia was a recognized place
>and the ruthenes were a recognized people. I suspect that they became White
>Russians so Stalin could jusitfy annexing them. Czechoslavakia controlled
>Red Ruthenia up until Munich, and it was called Ruthenia. Stalin annexed it 
>to the SU after the War.
>
>-John Grossi
> 


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Where was I during all these history classes that I missed the 'Second Polish Republic'
and the mighty Czechoslovak empire? 

Guess, one never stops learning...



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