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Multiple documents about the Orthodox church in Belarusian lands.
(11th to 13th centuries; transcription in Old Slavic)
Fragments of the Polotskyi record.
(1116-1186; transcription in Belarusian)
Documents from medieval Lithuania and Belarus.
(Transcriptions in Polish and Russian)
Contains geographical descriptions of Europe.
Mentions for the first time the name "White Russia," or Belarus.
(13th century; translation in Belarusian)
Chronological commentary with links to primary documents from Belarus's past.
Includes relations and wars with France, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine.
(13th century to present; transcriptions, images, maps, and commentary)
Describes victory of Nevskyi over Teutonic knights and his relations with Batu Khan.
(13th century; Russian translation)
Information about the battle written of in the Simeonovskiy record.
(5 April 1242; transcription in Old Slavic and translation in Russian)
(5 April 1242; images)
Conditions of foreign relations between the two sides.
(1264; transcription in Old Slavic)
Confirmation of a Smolensk prince regarding free trade.
(18 May 1284; facsimile in Old Slavic)
Documents on the foreign relations between Russian lands and other governments.
(13th to 14th centuries; commentaries, facsimiles, Old Slavic language, Russian translation)
Documents of an economic, judicial, or political nature.
Agreements amongst princes and with foreign countries.
(13th to 15th centuries; commentaries, Old Slavic transcription)
Information about the victory of Prince Dmitriy Ivanovich over the Mongolians.
(1380; modern Russian translation)
Conditions of the union of Poland and Lithuania.
(14 July 1385; transcription in Belarusian)
Rights granted to nobles who accept Catholicism.
(20 February 1387; transcription in Belarusian)
(16 December 1388; transcription in Old Slavic)
Privileges and obligations of Catholic knights and feudal lords in the Polish kingdom and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Document which imposed Polish laws on the nobility of both territories, Polish and Lithuanian.
(2 October 1413; Gorodlo, Russian translation)
(22 March 1433; transcription in Belarusian)
Document about confirmation of the rights and privileges to the Lithuanian and Russian dukes and boyars of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Includes rights of dukes to manage their properties as they choose, equal judicial rights for dukes and boyars, and obligations to renovate roads and castles.
Document recognizes the Russian dukes and boyars and confirms all Polish privileges on them.
(6 May 1434; Russian translation)
Document contains rights of churches, cities, and individuals.
(2 May 1447; transcription in Old Slavic)
Epos about Lithuanian, Polish, Belarusian, and Ukrainian nobles.
(16th century; transcription in Belarusian)
Information about economic and social changes in the country.
(1529; transcription in Russian)
Document written by Polish King Sigismund II Augustus.
(14 June 1562; transcription in Belarusian)
Information about economic, political, and social changes in the country.
(1566; transcription in Old Russian)
Document about decision of Lublin Sejm to unite Poland and Lithuania in one country, the Rzeczpospolita.
Document determines laws regarding the king, the Sejm, money, and trade taxes.
(1569; Ukrainian translation)
(1571; facsimile)
Information about Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth affairs, as well as the right to freedom of religion.
(28 January 1573; transcription in Russian)
Different translations of the statute, images of it, and accompanying documents.
(1588; commentaries, facsimiles, transcription in Old Slavic and Belarusian)
Conditions of the Catholic and Orthodox churches' coexistence.
(1596; transcription in Belarusian)
Information about religious conditions in the Rzeczpospolita.
(1599; transcription in Russian)
Documents on relations between Poland and Moscow in the Time of Troubles.
(Early 17th century; commentaries, modern Russian translation)
Information about the war, including battle diagrams, maps, artwork, and analysis.
(1600-1609; images, text in English)
Information about the country's political situation.
(1607; transcription in Russian)
Information about the Kingdom of Moscow and the state of Belarusian lands.
(8 August 1607; transcription in Russian)
(March 1609; transcription in Russian)
Maps and images of leaders from the war.
(1609-1617; commentaries, images, modern Russian translation)
(1610; transcription in Russian)
Information about the organization of troops against the Polish invaders and ways in which Russian lands were united.
(1612; commentaries, image, modern Russian translation)
Documents about Sweden actions against Pskov.
(1615; transcription in Russian)
Documents about the truce, state boundaries and agreements between two countries.
(17th century; commentaries, modern Russian translation)
Yan Tsedrovskyi's memoirs about life in Belarus.
(17th century; transcription in Belarusian)
Description of the war.
(1632-1634; commentaries, image, transcription in Russian)
Fragments of General Shein's notes about the Russians.
(1632-1634; commentaries, images, transcription in Russian)
(1648; commentaries, transcription in Russian)
(1648-1678; transcription in Russian)
Book written by Byelorussian scientist Kazimierz Siemienowicz.
(1650; transcription in Belarusian)
(1654-1667; transcription in Russian)
Multiple oaths, deals, and responsibilities of the workers.
(1656-1657; transcription in Belarusian)
(1658; commentaries, transcription in Russian)
Documents that suggest a truce between Poland and Russia.
(1667; commentaries, transcription in Russian)
(1700-1721; image; in Russian)
Letter of Peter I to his wife Katherine I about the Russian troops' victory.
(1709; facsimile in Russian)
Laws of the country Rezczpospolita.
(1768; transcription in Belarusian)
(1772-1795; commentaries, text in Russian)
Numerous documents about Russo-Polish relations.
(1772-1795; commentaries, transcription in Russian)
(1772-1795; images, commentaries in Russian)
(1789-1792; text in English)
Document is written by hieromonk Shupinskiy.
(1780; image, commentaries, transcription in Russian)
Document grants benefits to the Russian nobles.
(21 April 1785; image, transcription in Russian)
Document grants rights and benefits to imperial cities.
(21 April 1785; transcription in Russian)
Document contains laws of the country of Rezczpospolita.
(3 May 1791; transcription in Polish)
(1791; text in Russian)
Obligations and rights of each side.
(20 October 1791; transcription in Polish)
Laws imposed by the Russian Empire on Rezczpospolita and supported by Prussia.
(23 November 1793; transcription in Polish)
Describes the situation between Polish and Russian troops in Ukrainian and Belarusian territory.
(1794; transcription in Russian)
Multiple documents about the war, including letters, reports, and journals.
(1794-1795; commentaries, text in Russian)
(19 December 1795; transcription in Russian)
(1812-1813; transcription in Russian)
Document contains ideas about restoration of Polish Kingdom, its administration, and certain laws.
(14 February 1832; translation in Russian)
(1838, 1841, 1850; transcription in Belarusian)
Site contains fragments of the documents about uprising and conditions before uprising.
(1863-1864; commentaries, transcription in Russian)
Laws about peasants and land ownership.
(19 February 1864; transcription in Russian)
(June 1879; image, transcription in Russian)
Responsibilities of employers and rights of workers.
(2 June 1903; Russian transcription)
Information and commentary about event.
(31 October 1905; images, transcription in Russian)
Information and commentary about events during and between the two revolutions.
(February to October 1917; transcription in Russian)
Documents published by the Soviet government about changes and policies in Belarus and general policies of the party.
(1917-1918; transcription in Russian)
Site contains documents and commentary about the time of the Belarusian People’s Republic.
(1917-1919; transcription in Belarusian)
Image of the first government of the Belarusian People’s Republic.
(1917-1919; transcription in Belarusian)
Documents from the government of the Belarusian People’s Republic.
(1917 to present; transcription in Belarusian)
Proclaims Belarus's independence.
(29 March 1918; transcription in Belarusian)
(1927; transcription in Russian)
Data on the collectivization of peasants’ farms and cultivated land in percentages.
(1927-1933; facsimile in Russian)
(19 November 1928; transcription in Russian)
(5 January 1930; transcription in Russian)
Personal cases of arrested people.
(1933; commentary in Belarusian, transcription in Russian)
The case of the teacher of music who was accused of promoting individualism instead of collectivism through song.
(January 1934; commentary in Belarusian, transcription in Russian)
Testimonies of Belarusian prisoners about life in the Bereza Kartuska concentration camp.
(1934-1939; commentaries, transcription in Russian)
(1937; transcription in Russian)
Outlines operation to execute or imprison former kulaks, people of various political movements, and merely "anti-Soviet" elements.
(30 July 1937; transcription in Russian)
Multiple accounts of repressive actions, including imprisonment and torture.
(1938-1939; commentaries in Belarusian, transcription in Russian)
Document contains information about territorial interests of both governments in Poland, the Baltic countries, and the territorial lands of Western Belarus and Ukraine.
Transcription of the document.
(23 August 1939; facsimiles in German)
Department of State Publication.
Documents from the archives of the German Foreign Office.
(1939-1941; English translations)
A collection of documents and agreements from the Avalon Project.
(1939-1941; English translations)
Statistics on repressive actions.
(September 1939 to May 1941; commentaries, transcription in Russian)
(22 June 1941; English translation)
Data on the mobilization of the Soviet people and technology which was implemented by the Soviet government.
(23 June 1941; commentaries, images, transcription in Russian)
Nazi government documents about Slavs.
(1941; commentaries, maps, images, transcriptions in Russian, English, Belarusian, and German)
(June 1941 to July 1944; commentary and transcription in Russian)
Images and documents from a marshal on the Belarusian front.
(1941-1944, images, facsimiles in Russian)
(1941-1945; facsimiles, transcription in Russian)
Statistical information, documents, and articles about the Red Army.
(1941-1945; images, commentaries, transcription in Russian)
Governmental directives, orders, and documents about missing soldiers, as well as personal cases of the soldiers.
(1941-1945; facsimiles in Russian)
Site contains images documents of Belarusian and Ukrainian fronts.
(1943-1945, transcription in Russian)
Memoirs of a witness of the repressions 1937-1953.
(18 March 1958; commentaries, transcription in Russian)
(1978; transcription in Russian)
Conferences, orders, and resolutions about situation with Chernobyl.
(1986-2010, transcription in Russian)
Investigation, data, and history of the plant.
(text in English and Russian)
Document created by the committee created to study repression in the USSR from 1930-1950.
Document was previously classified.
(25 December 1988; transcription in Russian)
Document contains information about a territorial disagreement between two countries
(1 April 1990; transcription in Belarusian)
(27 July 1990, transcription in Russian)
Documents from the early years of Belarusian independence.
Includes texts from the parliamentary republic (1990-1994) and the presidential republic (1995 to present).
(1990-2010; transcription in Russian and Belarusian)
Several treaties and resolutions between the two countries.
(1995-1999, transcription in Russian)
Official site of Communist Party of Belarus; includes party documents.
(1996–2010, images, transcription in Russian)
(10 November 1999; transcription in Russian)
Agreements and unions between two countries.
(1990's to 2006; transcription in Russian)
Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal, and government documents.
Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry.
(Transcriptions, facsimiles, and commentaries, mostly in English)
Also contains a collection of coats of arms for other European countries and principalities.
(Facsimiles)

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