Bialystok-Grodno District
| Bialystok-Grodno District Verwaltungbezirk Bialystok-Grodno (German) | |||||||||||||||
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| Military occupation authority of the German Empire | |||||||||||||||
| 1915–1918 | |||||||||||||||
 Map of OberOst | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Białystok | ||||||||||||||
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| • Coordinates | 53°08′N 23°09′E / 53.133°N 23.150°E | ||||||||||||||
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• Established | 1915 | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1918 | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Poland Lithuania Belarus Latvia | ||||||||||||||
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Bialystok-Grodno District (German: Verwaltungbezirk Bialystok-Grodno) was an administrative division of German-controlled territory of Ober-Ost during World War I (after the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive). It was bordered by the Lithuania District to the north.[1][2]
History
[edit]The area was formed roughly by parts of the former Grodno Governorate of the Russian Empire.
References
[edit]- ^ War Land on the Eastern Front: Culture, National Identity, and German Occupation in World War I, Review author[s]: Peter Gatrell
- ^ Das Land Ober Ost (in German)
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