books.google.co.uk - Belarus—sometimes called “the Western Gate of the Soviet Union”—has been placed by history between powerful states to the east and west. Soldiers of Muscovy and Poland, of Napoleon and Hitler, and of Alexander I and Stalin have all left their mark. Its territory has been laid claim to by both...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Belarus.html?id=qtnTh3-2Ki8C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBelarus
