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by Spixxy on June 4th, 2004

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Who are the White Russians?

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  • by Jan Szafranski on June 7th, 2004

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    As far as I'm aware, 'White Russians' refers to those people who were originally different nationals bordering Russia prior to absorbtion. To explain this, take my father who was born in Poland nearish the Russian border. He was Polish. Russia subsequently enlarged, 'eating' a portion of Poland and declaring it Russia. The Polish village of my father suddenly no longer existed. The place remained, only now with a different name in a different country. So now the border had moved, and my father found himself on 'Russian' territory. Likewise, as Russia did not recognise that this land was Polish therefore people born there were likewise not recognised as Polish, so all Poles born there were simply reclassified as Russians - much to their disgust I hasten to add. As far as I'm aware, these 'newly-born Russians' are the 'White Russians' to which you are referring.

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    • Belorussia (White Russia) is another thing. Read on history more plz, or I'll say Poles many times occupied my Granny's land!

      dromader2001

      by dromader2001 on January 24th, 2006

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