But while conceding Agree_or_refuse_to_act with Pestel that the American revolutionary Change_of_leadership model of the federal government could be the best form for Russia , the Polish patriotic society could not agree Agree_or_refuse_to_act not only with partaking Participation with this federation establishment Creating , but with the same form of government for unitarian Poland and requested Request for Lithuania , Belarus and Ukraine without any Russian involvement Participation into the affairs of these territories and any Polish federalization Institutionalization .

The 2011 Minsk Metro bombing Attack occurred Presence on 11 April 2011 when at least 15 people were killed Killing and more than two hundred were injured Bodily_harm in an explosion Attack on the Minsk Metro , Belarus .

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko asserted Statement that the explosion Catastrophe was aimed Aiming at undermining `` peace and stability '' and hinted at possible foreign involvement but also ordered Request an emergency investigation of domestic weapon storage facilities .

Two suspects Committing_crime arrested Arrest on 13 April confessed Reveal_secret to the bombing Attack according to Belarus ' deputy prosecutor general Andrei Shved .

Natalia Koliada of the Belarus Free Theatre believes that the national intelligence agency of Belarus planted Placing the device , rigged Hold a show trial and tortured Bodily_harm confessions out of the two suspects Committing_crime .

Natalia Koliada of the Belarus Free Theatre believes that the national intelligence agency of Belarus planted Placing the device , rigged Hold a show trial and tortured Bodily_harm confessions out of the two suspects Committing_crime .

As a consequence of this rapid initiation of the campaign Military_operation , Charles nearly gave Giving battle with Peter the Great just one month into the campaign , reaching Arriving Hrodna , now in Belarus , a mere two hours after Russian forces had abandoned GiveUp it .

In the following years , the Orange Revolution had a negative connotation among pro-government circles in Belarus and Russia .

Kazakhstan , Slovenia , and Ukraine , played Competition for the first time , in Group C. Belarus , Croatia , Estonia , and Lithuania all did not make it Causation out of the autumn qualifiers and had to wait at least another year .

Large segments of the peoples of Lithuania , Belarus , and the Right-bank Ukraine soon joined Participation the uprising Change_of_leadership .

Men 's teams from 13 countries participated Participation in the 2009 competition : Belarus , Finland , Kazakhstan , Norway , Russia , Sweden ( group A ) and Canada , Estonia , Hungary , Latvia , Mongolia , the Netherlands and the United States ( group B ) .

Belarus retained Preserving their place in group A by beating Competition the United States in a play off in the previous tournament held in 2008 .

Belarus , after finishing at the bottom of the Group A pool , had to face Hostile_encounter the winner of the Group B pool to retain Preserving its place in the championship group for the next year .

For the fifth straight year , Belarus beat Competition the United States in this match .

The 2014 IIHF World Championship Competition was hosted Social_event by Belarus in its capital , Minsk .

It was the first time Belarus hosted Social_event the tournament Competition .

The selection Choosing of Belarus to host Social_event this competition Competition was the subject of much debate Protest , with some politicians in both Europe and the United States calling Request for the IIHF to move Change the tournament Competition to another country .

Host Come_together team Belarus made Earnings_and_losses the playoffs Competition for the first time since 2009 , losing Earnings_and_losses to Sweden 3–2 in the quarterfinal Competition .

The Soviet Union dissolved Dispersal in December 1991 , resulting in eleven new countries ( Armenia , Azerbaijan , Belarus , Georgia , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Moldova , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Ukraine and Uzbekistan ) , which had declared their independence from the Soviet Union in the course of the year , while the Baltic states ( Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania ) regained their independence in September 1991 .

Belarus had qualified for play in this year 's Division A during the 2009 Bandy World Championship , but since they did not take part Dispersal in 2010 , the USA , which had lost Earnings_and_losses the qualifier to Belarus in 2009 , was promoted Achieve to Division A instead .

Belarus had qualified for play in this year 's Division A during the 2009 Bandy World Championship , but since they did not take part Dispersal in 2010 , the USA , which had lost Earnings_and_losses the qualifier to Belarus in 2009 , was promoted Achieve to Division A instead .

Slovakia , Belarus , Croatia , and Estonia all debuted Process_start in Group C , the Slovaks winning Getting the top group , the Estonians winning Getting the bottom group that would be called Group D in two years .

Soviet power was established Creating in the newly independent republics of Armenia , Azerbaijan , Belarus , Georgia and Ukraine which led to Causation their unification into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR ) in 1922 .

Their position in Group A would be inherited Giving by Russia , while newly independent former Soviet member states Belarus , Estonia , Kazakhstan , Latvia , Lithuania , and Ukraine began Process_start play in 1993 in qualification tournaments Competition for Group C. The tournament Competition itself would change Change significantly after this year as well .

By the end Process_end of the championships Russia was easily the top nation with a huge medal collection across all styles , hosts Serbia and Montenegro trailed Self_motion way behind in second and Belarus were in third .

The Polish–Soviet War Hostile_encounter ( 14 February 1919 – 18 March 1921 ) was fought Hostile_encounter by the Second Polish Republic , the Ukrainian People 's Republic and the proto-Soviet Union ( Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine ) over a region comparable to today 's westernmost Ukraine and parts of modern Belarus .