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Map of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic for 1940.

In this world, the global expansions of the borders of the BSSR in 1924 and 1926 were not crowned with success, confining themselves only to the transfer of several small border regions and cities. In 1931, a reform of the administrative-territorial division took place in the BSSR, due to which 4 regions were formed: Minskaya, Polesskaya, Berezinskaya and Slutskaya.

During the Polish campaign of the Red Army, the territories of Eastern Poland, inhabited mainly by Belarusians and Ukrainians, were annexed to the Belorussian and Ukrainian SSR`s. However, in this case, the Lithuanian Republic also joined the partition of Poland, which brought a contingent of its troops into the territory of the Vilnius region, having previously coordinated with the Soviet Union. Therefore, at the beginning of 1940, part of the Vileika and Baranovichi regions was part of Lithuania, which would later become a Soviet republic, due to which the borders would be changed again.

Description
Map of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic for 1940.

In this world, the global expansions of the borders of the BSSR in 1924 and 1926 were not crowned with success, confining themselves only to the transfer of several small border regions and cities. In 1931, a reform of the administrative-territorial division took place in the BSSR, due to which 4 regions were formed: Minskaya, Polesskaya, Berezinskaya and Slutskaya.

During the Polish campaign of the Red Army, the territories of Eastern Poland, inhabited mainly by Belarusians and Ukrainians, were annexed to the Belorussian and Ukrainian SSR`s. However, in this case, the Lithuanian Republic also joined the partition of Poland, which brought a contingent of its troops into the territory of the Vilnius region, having previously coordinated with the Soviet Union. Therefore, at the beginning of 1940, part of the Vileika and Baranovichi regions was part of Lithuania, which would later become a Soviet republic, due to which the borders would be changed again.