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--- geography:regions:gdl1430 [2013/10/24 14:34] – Jon Jaroker
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 ====== Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1430 ======
-The red border shows the geographical extent of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1430 in terms of modern-day borders. Modern-day Belarus is shown in light-green.
+The red border shows the geographical extent of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1430 in terms of modern-day borders. The geographical territory shown in light-green was known as White Russia (Belaia Rus') in the fifteenth century, and Belarus from the seventeenth century to today.
 {{ :geography:regions:gdlbelarus1400_1_.jpg?nolink |Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1430}}
 Source:[[wp>File:Gdlbelarus1400.JPG|Kanowski, Max. "Gdlbelarus1400.JPG", Wikipedia, 11 February 2006.]]