Posted by hanya on March 31, 2000 at 15:51:23:
In Reply to: early 1900's posted by Joe on March 31, 2000 at 15:09:17:
: In the early 1900's was there an area called White Rusia? Thank you.
"Belorussia" (today called "Belarus") translates to English as "White Russia".
Not to be confused with the "White" military forces during the period of the revolution (~1918) who were anti-Bolshevik (i.e., anti the "Reds").