Severo-Zapadnyi krai

[Uladzimir Katkouski]

> what is the standard name in English for
> Severo-Zapadnuy Krai (roughly,
> Belarus and Lithuanua)? Is it Northwestern Province?

I guess Northwestern Province is fine. Maybe one
possible solution is to add a short explanation in a
footnote, that Russians wanted to destroy any remnants
of the Litvin-Belarusan identity, so both words, Litva
and Belarus, were banned.

PS. At least Russians didn't manage to promote this
"name" so much as to make it known in other countries
and in English. So much unlike that stupid "White
Russia" that got so wide-spread into Germanic
languages and across the whole planet, and we'll now
have to live with it for centuries to come.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Russia

Regards,
Uladzimir Katkouski
http://blog.rydel.net/
http://www.rydel.net/




		
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