Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tenminhistory Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/history-matters-store-2 Special Thanks to the following Patrons for their support on Patreon: Richard Wolfe Daniel Lambert Chris Fatta Kevin Sanders sharpie660 Tom Loghin Joshua anon Warren Rudkin John Garcia Andrew Niedbala Mitchell Wildoer Blaine Tillack Rastro Bernardo Santos Ariadni Voulgari Will Davis-Coleman Danny Anstess Perry Gagne Henry Rabung Shaun Pullin Joooooshhhhh Vesko Diney Adam Barrett FuzzytheFair Armani_banani Byzans_Scotorius Jeffrey Schneider Haydn Noble Spencer Smith Josh Cornelius Gideon Rashkes Cornel Borinã Colin Steele Richard Maklow Chance Cansler Gabriel Lunde João Santos Pierre Le Mouel Konstantin Bredyuk Seth Reeves Why is Belarus a thing? By successive governments slowly giving in over time. Sources: Understanding Belarus: Belarusian Identity by Grigory Ioffe Russification: Word and Practice 1863-1914 by Theodore R. Weeks