| Republic of Belarus Рэспубліка Беларусь Respublika Bielaruś (Belarusian) Республика Беларусь Respublika Belarus (Russian) |
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| Motto: "Западный рубеж" (Russian) "Заходняя мяжа" (Belarusian) English: "The Western Frontier" |
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| Official languages | Russian, Belarusian | ||||
| Ethnic groups | Russians, Belarusians, also Poles and Ashkenazi Jews | ||||
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| - | Governor | Masha Romanova | |||
| Population | |||||
| - | estimate | 9,903,304 | |||
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The Republic of Belarus (Belarusian: Аўтаномная Рэспубліка Беларусь, Respublika Bielaruś; Russian: Автономная Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus) is a country in Eastern Europe.
History[]
In 1989, as the CPSU fell in all of other Soviet republics, the communists retained much influence in the Belarusian SSR. The hardcore communist coup attempt was in part, composed of Belarusians.
As President Mikhail Gorbachev embraced a multi-party government, the Liberal Socialist Party rose to power in most of the Soviet Union, however the CPSU remained the ruling party in the Belarusian SSR with Alexander Lukashenko as the Head of the Belarusian SSR.
Hardliner communists attempted to form an independent Communist Belarus, but this was shot down. However, another group - composing of Belarusian nationalists, waged their own attempt to usurp power in Belarus, wanting to separate Belarus from the Soviet Union and join Bulgaria and Poland in joining the Western political sphere of influence.
As a result, Lukashenko was forced to ally with Gorbachev, and getting Soviet authorities to quell pro-independence movements.
As the Russian reunification movement gained traction, Belarus was a mess, a quarreling in between communists, socialists, Belarusian nationalists and Russian nationalists.
In 1998, Lukashenko left the CPSU to go remain the leader of the Autonomous Belarusian Republic as an independent. He did not join the CPSU's descendent, the CPURR.
However, in spite of not associating with any established communist party, Lukashenko retained his image as a staunch supporter of neo-Sovietism.
In order to curtail the growing influence of communists, many right-wing Russians migrated to Belarus, many wealthy ones purchasing abandoned Soviet government assets in Belarus.
Like in our OT, Lukashenko is still pretty much a dictator, having been the head of Belarus well...for like ever.
In order to combat Lukashenko's influence, many more wealthy Russians began to establish themselves in Belarus. This resulted in a stimulated growth for the local economy of Belarus. However, it pretty much threatened the political balance of ethnic Belarusians in power.
During the presidency of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Belarus was re-named the Western Republic, which infuriated Lukashenko, who continued the use of the "Belarus name". Under President Zhirinovsky, there were serious attempts by the Kremlin to whitewash and erase native Belarusian culture as Zhirinovsky denied the Belarusian and Ukrainian ethnos, considering them Russian sub-tribes.
With an OT equivalent to the likes Chechnya, Lukashenko authorize the use of force by local Belarusian police against Russian federal authorities.
Therefore, Lukashenko secretly supported independent Belarusian paramilitary, resembling Red Army formations. Lukashenko also criticized Zhirinovsky's move, as something that will surely spearhead the Belarusian independence movement. As such, Alexander Lukashenko and the peoples of Belarus were a major and pivotal role in the ousting of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, and his replacement by Dmitry Medvedev.
Medvedev officially re-named the Western Republic back to Belarus, and allowed the Belarusian paramilitary set up by Lukashenko to become part of the Autonomous Irregular Battalions of the Russian military's Western Command. In addition, President Medvedev allowed for local public schools to teach in Belarusian.
Due to Alexander Lukashenko term as the longest-reigning politician of modern-day Russia, many communists and socialists have endorsed him to be president of Russia. He is today, considered one of Russia's most powerful politicians, and his partial ownership of military assets in Belarus cemented him as a major political force in Russia.
In 2011, due to heightened hostilities with NATO, due to NATO' reaction towards Russian military operations in the Middle East, the Russian military conducted a series of military drills near the borders with Poland, as well as military aerial activity near the Polish borders, where NATO was holding similar drills a week earlier. Both the Kremlin, and the local republic government increased the number of military and paramilitary activity.
In addition to Russia's hostile relations with the Muslim World, Lukashenko declared himself the "Supreme Soviet of Belarus", and led a local military crackdown on Arab and Turkish-owned prostitution rings in Belarus and western Russia.
Eventually, Alexander Lukashenko's power has been being challenged by Stefaniya Barazna and Princess Masha (one of Dzikiev's daughters who married Prince Andrew II of the Romanov family), an anti-communist Belarusian. Russian state authorities have criticized Lukashenko as ruling Belarus "for too long".
On November 7, Russian authorities finally convinced Lukashenko to step down. In the emergency gubermental elections, Lukashenko's son, Viktor Lukashenko would take his place as a candidate in the 2020 Belarusian Gubermental Emergency Elections, competing against Barazna, Masha and Roman Golovchenko.
In the end of the day, Princess Masha became elected as the Governor of Belarus, after decades-long local rule of the Lukashenkos. Viktor told Russian media that he respects the outcome. Barazna and Golovchenko also both stated that they accepted the results. Nikolai Lukashenko, Russian model, and one of Lukashenko's sons, stated he accepts the outcome, but suspects that the Dzikievs and Romanovs be soon wrestle for control of the Belarus from the Lukashenkos.
Demographics[]
Belarus is roughly split, despite being an autonomous republic, ethnic Russians comprise 53% of the total population of Belarus, while the native Belarusians only comprise 45% of the total population. Jews and Poles form the rest.
Russian Orthodox form 43% of the population, with the Belarusian church an autonomous section within the Moscow Patriarchate. Atheism however, outnumbers believing Russian Orthodox in Belarus, thanks to the overwhelming influence of Marxism, Belarus is considered the least-religious Russian republic. Judaism and Catholicism form the rest, with no significant Muslim population.
One of the looming issues in Belarus is seeming whitewashing of native Belarusian culture into the larger Russian culture. In spite of being loyal to Moscow and its policies, republic leader Alexander Lukashenko has been pushing for a Belarusian cultural revival, stating that he speaks Belarusian when conducting local political affairs, reserving Russian for national affairs.
The influx of wealthy Russians, mainly from Alaska and elsewhere in Russia also helps contribute to the situation. The majority of wealthy classes in Belarus are ethnic Russians, while Belarusians form the middle and lower classes. Within the majority ethnic Russian-elite, who live in separate communities from their Belarusian counterparts, speaking Belarusian is often-not discouraged, and see as the language of the uneducated serfs.
Russian political observer Feodor Zakarenko noted, "In the western parts of Russia, it's not hard to tell which community is composed of Russians, others Belarusian. The ones inhabited by Russians are often-not religious, wealthy, well-maintained, you can see dotted churches everywhere alongside mansions and what have you. Those inhabited by Belarusians are post-Soviet hellholes, dotted by run-down factories, apartment complexes and old neo-Stalinist buildings."
This has led to several Belarusian separatist movements, such as the New Partisans (Новыя партызаны) headed by ex-Soviet military leader Ivan Edeshko, who at this point, is being housed in neighboring Poland, a NATO state.
Economy[]
Belarus is considered one of the main agricultural productions of Russia, exporting cattle and potatoes domestically. The public industry also forms much of the local economy, an attribute credited to the influences of communism, as per the local policies of Alexander Lukashenko.
In addition, since Belarus is the home of Pavel Sukhoi, aircraft production is pretty large in Belarus, with the Sukhoi Aircraft Corporation operating Russia's largest plant outside of the Moscow plant.
Politics[]
Belarus is considered a capital of pro-communist, pro-socialist and neo-Sovietist movements. However, the recent influx of wealthy migrants from around elsewhere in Russia counters is, and now, Belarus is the most politically-divided republic in the nation.
Ethnic Belarusians often-not compose of communist and pro-Soviet groups, while ethnic Russians compose of right-wing groups.
Military installations[]
Belarus is also one of Russia's most heavily-militarized regions, forming a part of the Western Command of the Russian Armed Forces. This is due to it bordering Poland, a NATO member state.