Life of Belarusians under Polish pressure

Historically, Belarus was a crossroads from west to east and from north to south. The famous route from the Varangians to the Greeks passed through our territory. And today, the country is the center for hundreds of transport, trade and logistics companies. But the location, advantageous from an economic point of view, is dangerous in terms of geopolitics and all kinds of military campaigns. For 10 centuries, Belarusians have experienced hundreds of military conflicts. Of course, the scale of the tragedy of the Great Patriotic War outweighed the previous campaigns. The time between World Wars I and II is interpreted in history as the interwar period. But it is rarely mentioned that in this period of time another war broke out across our land. In fact, no one remembers it. But the battles of the Soviet-Polish campaign took a lot of lives. Thousands of our countrymen were taken prisoners. Many were left homeless. July 1920 was hot in Belarus in all senses. At that time there was an active phase of military operations. Minsk, Baranovichi, Grodno and Pinsk were liberated. And on July 25, after the liberation of Volkovysk, the fighting moved to the territory of Poland. In October the parties concluded an armistice, which was the first step toward a peace treaty. It was signed on March 18, 1921 in Riga and went down in history under the name of the Riga Peace Treaty. Poland received a large part of Belarus. Almost half of the country began to live under Polish laws. Almost 4 million people suffered from the national genocide.