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Kurapaty
Again. 35,000 were executed in Belarus under Stalin (not only in Kurapaty), according to NKVD archives. "250,000 killed in Kurapaty" is ridiculous, please co1, 5 June 2025 (UTC)
Grammar
For most of the medieval period, the lands of modern-day Belarus was ruled by independent city-states such as the Principality of Polotsk. – should be “were”. ~2025-35468-52 (talk) 07:04, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
Done- Thank you for the good catch! 23impartial (talk) 12:24, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
Section Ethymology, needs wikilink to White_Army in phrase "confused with White Russia..."
Section Ethymology, needs wikilink to White_Army in phrase about White Russia in the meaning of party in Russian Civil war. Average Encyclopedia Fan (talk) 07:32, 29 March 2026 (UTC)
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Change "different states arose competing for legitimacy amid the Civil War, ultimately ending in the rise of the Byelorussian SSR, which became a founding constituent republic of the Soviet Union in 1922" to "different states arose competing for legitimacy amid the Civil War, ultimately ending with the consolidation of the Belarusian People's Republic, which was replaced by the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, which became a founding constituent republic of the Soviet Union in 1922" Deminly (talk) 10:49, 31 May 2026 (UTC)
Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. It doesn't make any sense to mention the BNR there, because it was only one of the states competing for legitimacy and ceased to exist in 1919. Day Creature (talk) 16:53, 31 May 2026 (UTC)
typos
gdp per capita rank should be "83rd", not "83th" ~2026-39551-37 (talk) 11:52, 12 July 2026 (UTC)