Other Regions
In the 18th century Belarusians lived in several gubernyas of European Russia. Belarusian settlements existed in Kursk, Pensa gubernyas and in the Ural.
After cancellation of serfdom in Russia in the 19th century, mass migrations of Belarusian peasants to Russia started. Main goals were Volga region, Caucasus, Central Asia and Siberia.
From late 1940s to early 1960s many Belarusians settled in Karelia, Arkhangelsk Oblast, the Komi Republic, and Kaliningrad Oblast.
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