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Multiple timeline of Belarus

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The Republic of Belarus (Рэспубліка Беларусь) is a republic with a popularly elected executive president and a bicameral parliament, the National Assembly with the House of Representatives elected in multi-party elections on a universal suffrage and a Council of the Republic with indirectly elected and appointed members.

5th century: Slavic tribes enter present-day Belarus, populated by Baltic tribes since the 3rd century, leading to the gradual assimilation of the Balts into the Slavic tribes. Grand Principality of Rus' 882: Varangians from Sweden settle in present-day Northern Russia. Rurik or Rørik, a Varangian chieftain, became in 862 the first prince of Rus', centered in Novgorod. His son Oleg conquers Kiev (Kiyiv) and makes it the capital of Rus'. It succeeds the Rus' Khaganate. The state is from that moment also rendered as Kievan Rus'. Rus' includes large parts of present-day Northern, Western and South Western Russia, Ukraine, Polish Galicia and Belarus. In this state the Varangians merge into the East Slavs. Since 980s: The grand princes of Rus'(or Kiev), like Vladimir Svyatoslavich, create principalities inside Rus' as appanages. Among them are Chernigov, Halych, Kiev, Minsk, Moscow, Murom-Ryazan, Novgorod, Novgorod-Seversk, Pereyaslavl, Polotsk, Rostov, Smolensk, Tmutarkan, Turov, Tver, Vladimir-Suzdal, Volhynia, and Yaroslavl. Principality of Turov 988: Vladimir Svyatoslavich, makes his son Sviatopolk Vladimirovich prince of Turov. Principality of Polotsk 989: Izyaslav Vladimirovich, son of Vladimir Svyatoslavich, becomes the first prince of Polotsk. Later Polotsk gets divided in sub-principalities. Principality of Minsk 1101: Gleb Vseslavich, son of Vseslav Bryachislavich of Polotsk becomes the first prince of Minsk. 1238: Turov becomes dependent of Galicia-Volhynia. 1240: Polotsk becomes a vassal of Lithuania. Grand Duchy Lithuania 1242: Minsk is absorbed by Lithuania in order to avoid rule by the Golden Horde. 1307: Turov joins Lithuania, followed the same year by Polotsk. 1493: Ivan III of Moscow commences a war with grand duke Aleksandras Jogailaitis of Lithuania over the possession of the region at the Oka river. The next year Lithuania loses territory to Russia. 1500: Ivan III stages a new war with Aleksandras Jogailaitis, leading after a victory at Vedrosha and further fightings to further losses of territory to Russia in 1503. 1507: Grand prince Vasili III of Moscow intervenes in a rebellion against grand duke Sigismund of Lithuania. 1508: Both the Russians and the rebels are defeated. 1512: Vasily III commences a new war with Poland-Lithuania. 1514: Moscow conquers Smolensk. With the victory at Orsha Poland-Lithuania stops the further expansion of Moscow into their dominion. 1522: The war between Moscow and Poland-Lithuania ends with a truce. 1534-1537: After the death of Vasily grand duke Sigismund of Lithuania commences a war to regain the lost territories. The war ends after little gains with a truce. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569: Lithuania merges with Poland into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. 1618: The Truce of Deulino ends the war between Poland-Lithuania and Moscow, after a Polish-Lithuanian victory. 1632-1634: Russia commences a war to conquer Smolensk from Poland-Lithuania. It is defeated and with the Treaty of Polyanovka the war ends. 1655: Russia conquers large parts of the east of Poland-Lithuania. 1658: The war between Russia and Poland-Lithuania resumes. 1667: After recapturing most of the areas earlier conquered by Russia, the Treaty of Andrusovo ends the war between Russia and Poland-Lithuania. 1686: With the Treaty of Perpetual Peace Russia and Poland agree on their borders. Russian Empire 1772: The Russian victory over the Bar Confederation in Poland leads to the first partition of Poland. Russia annexes part of Lithuania. 1772: The Russian victory over the Bar Confederation in Poland leads to the first partition of Poland. Russia annexes more parts of Lithuania. 1795: In a reaction to an uprising Russia, Prussia and Austria decide to wipe out Poland-Lithuania and with the third partition they divide the country between themselves. Present-day Belarus is part of Russia 1914: After Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, Germany attacks France, Belgium and Luxembourg. The United Kingdom declares war on Germany. Russia declares war on Austria-Hungary and Germany. Russian Republic 1917: After the revolutions in Russia, a civil war commences in which non-Bolshevik forces, separarist forces as well as more left wing forces fight the new government. Belarusian People's Republic 1918: Russia pulls out of the war with the second Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Belarus secedes from Russia. Jan Sierada becomes the first president. The same year the People's Republic is defeated by Soviet-Russia. 1919: Soviet-Russia creates the Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia as a puppet state. Lithuanian–Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic 1919: This republic merges with the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic into Lithuania-Belarus, a Soviet puppet state. The same year it is defeated by Poland Republic of Poland 1920: Part of the region becomes part of Poland. Byelorussian Socialist Soviet Republic 1920: Russia conquers part of the region and establishes a communist republic. It defeats a separatist insurgency. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1922: Russia forms together with the Byelorussian SSR, Transcaucasia and Ukraine the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, shortly the Soviet Union, of which these states become constituent states. 1928: The Soviet government enforces a collectivization of the agricultural sector consolidating individual landholdings and labour into kolkhozy and sovkhozy. Many kulaks, independent farmes, are executed, arrested or deported to the eastern parts of the Soviet Union. 1930: The Soviet governement establishes a system of forced labour camps for political and other prisoners. 1935: The Soviet government starts mass deportations of minorities to Siberia and the Central Asian republics. This continues until 1949. 1936: Byelorussia is renamed into the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. The government enacts a purge against (supposed) opponents in and outside the communist party. This purge lasts until 1938. It has been estimated between 600,000 and 3 million people died in the purge. 1939: Nazi Germany and the Soviet-Union sign the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. World War II starts with the invasion by Nazi Germany of Poland. France and the United Kingdom declare war on Nazi Germany. The Soviet Union invades Poland. Poland is divided between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. 1939: The Soviets organize elections to a People's Assembly of Western Belarus in former parts of Poland. This People's Assembly issues a official request to join the Byelorussian SSR. The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations. German Empire 1941: Nazi Germany and its allies Hungary and Romania invade the Soviet Union and conquer part of the union, including Belarus. It creates the Reich Commissariat of Eastland 1943: German forces are defeated at Stalingrad, marking the beginning of the Nazi-German collapse in the Soviet Union. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1944: Belarus is conquered by the Soviet Union and restored. 1990: In the election for the Byelorussian Supreme Soviet, non-communist are allowed to participate. 1991: An attempt to overthrow Mikhael Gorbachev by a communist group is defeated. It marks the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union. The Warsaw Pact and the Comecon are disbanded. Republic of Belarus 1991: The Supreme Soviet of the Belarussian SSR proclaims the secession of the Soviet Union and continues as the parliament of the Republic of Belarus. The first president is Stanislav Shushkevich. Belarus is a founding member of the Commonwealth of Independent States. 1994: The constitution stipulates a popularly elected executive president. In practice Belarus is ruled in an authoritarian way. The political system is dominated by the president and his supporters. Belarus is a founding member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. 2015: Belarus is a founding member of the Eurasian Economic Union.