The origin of the name "Belarus", is its name related to "Russia"?

Belarus, Russia and Ukraine are three main ethnic groups originating from Eastern Slavs. From the 9th century to12nd century, it was under the jurisdiction of the Grand Duchy of Kiev. Since14th century, it has been incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and since 1569, it has belonged to the Kingdom of Lithuania in Poland. /kloc-merged into Russia at the end of 0/8. 1 919 65438+1October1Established the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus,1joined the Soviet Union in 922. 1945 When the United Nations was founded, Belarus became one of the three member countries of the Soviet Union to participate in the United Nations.

The Russian nation, originally a branch of the Eastern Slavs, has been isolated from the outside world for a long time and is a single nation-state. Until the middle of16th century, when Ivan IV was crowned "Tsar", Russia was still a small empire with a territory of only 2.8 million square kilometers. Over the next 300 years, more than 20 generations of Russian czars continued to expand outward by force, successively annexing Transcaucasia, Central Asia, Siberia and the Far East, conquering more than 100 ethnic groups around them and forming a great empire across Eurasia. With the continuous expansion of Russian territory, more than 100 aborigines living in this vast space have more frequent exchanges and deeper integration with the Russian nation. Russia conquered and assimilated many nationalities. In the process of long-term national integration, the mixed-race phenomenon in Russia is complex and lasting, and the true pure-blood nation does not exist. This further consolidated the multi-ethnic characteristics of Russia.