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50 Interesting Facts about Belarus You Didn't Know
However the Grand Duchy of Lithuania retained much autonomy, and was governed by a separate code of laws called the , which codified both civil and property rights.
In 1419 it became a seat of the starost in the newly created.
Most of the industry, including whole production plants were removed either to Russia or Germany.
It is a land of more than 11,000 lakes — the largest, Lake Naroch, lies in the northwest.
In reality, however, the Germans imposed a brutal regime, burning down some 9,000 Belarusian villages, deporting some 380,000 people for slave labour, and killing hundreds of thousands of civilians more.
An variety rus'ka mova, Old Belarusian or West Russian Chancellery language , gradually influenced by Polish, was the language of administration in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from at least ' reign until the late 17th century when it was replaced by.