Regents of Belarus

The territory of Belarus was originally populated by three Slavic tribes, i.e. the Krivichs (in the north), the Dregovichs (in the southwest) and the Radimichs (in the southeast). All these tribes became parts of the principality of Kievan in an early stage. The tribal areas of the first two would however later become the principalities of Polotsk and Turov-Pinsk when the central power of Kievan Rus began to decline. The most important of these were Polotsk which was first created when a Viking chieftain called Ragnvald took control over the town and the surrounding area populated by the Krivichs in the 970s. Kievan Rus soon reconquered the area but the principality was recreated Kievan Rus was divided between different branches of the ruling Rurikid dynasty. The Rurikids who ruled Polotsk all descended from Ragnvald's daughter Rogneda (Ragnheida). The principality of Turov was created at the same time (renamed to Pinsk when it changed its capital 1228). These Belarusian principalities would later come under Lithuanian control and share its history until 1918 when a short-lived Belarusian republic was created. Belarus was 1920 divided between Poland and the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (from 1922 a part of the Soviet Union). The Polish part of Belarus was conquered by the Soviet Union in 1939 and when this was dissolved 1991 became Belarus once again an independent republic.

Principality of Polotsk

970s c. 980-987	Rogvolod (Ragnvald) Part of Kievan Rus
c.987-1001 1001-1044	House of Rurik Izyaslav Vladimirovich Brjacheslav Izyaslavich
1044-1067	Vseslav Bryachislavich	= 1068-1069
1067-1068 1069	Occupied by Kiev Mstislav Izyaslavich
1069-1071	Svyatopolk Izyaslavich	= 1093-1113
1071-1101 1101-1127 1127-1128 1128-1129 1129-1132 1132 1132-1144 1144-1151 1151-1159 1159-1162 1162-1167 1167 1167-1186 1186-1215 1215-1222 1222-1232 c. 1232-1245	Vseslav Briacheslavich (restored) Davyd Vseslavich Rogvolod-Boris Vseslavich Davyd Vseslavich (restored) Izyaslav Mstislavich Svyatopolk Mstislavich Vasilkov Svyatoslavich Rogvolod Borisovich Rostislav Glebovich Rogvolod Borisovich (restored) Vseslav Vasilkovich Volodar Glebovich Vseslav Vasilkovich (restored) Vladimir Volodarevich Boris Vseslavich Svyatoslav Mstislavich Bryachislav Vasilkovich
c. 1245-1256 1252 1256-1262 1262-1263 1263-67 1267-? 1270/80-1290 1290-1307 1307-1316 1316-1342 1342-1378 1378-1381 1381-1387 1387-1397 1397-1399	Lithuanian Princes Tovtivil Edivid Svintorog Tovtivil (restored) Gerden Izyaslav of Vitebsk Konstantin Tovtivilovich Ruled by the Archbishop of Riga Vainius (Voin) Liubart Voinovich Andrei Olgerdovich Skirgaila Olgerdovich Andrei Olgerdovich (restored Skirgaila Olgerdovich (restored) Andrei Olgerdovich (re-restored)
Belarus
1399-1563 1563-1579 1579-1772 1772-1918 1918-1919 1919- (1991) 1922-1991 1991-	Part of Lithuania Occupied by Russia Part of Poland-Lithuania Part of Russia Belarusian People’s Republic Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Part of the Soviet Union Republic of Belarus

In 1994 Belarus elected Aleksandr Lukashenko as the country's first (and to this date the only) president. He has strived for a reunification of the East Slavic peoples and in 1999 he signed a treaty to create a far-reaching union with Russia. The numerous joint institutions stipulated by the treaty have however still not been realised and the enthusiasm for the project have since then receded on both sides of the border.

Principality of Turov

988-1010 1010-1045 1045- (1073) 1054-1078 1078-1087 1088-1093 1094-1104	Svyatopolk I Direct rule from Kiev Izyaslav I Direct rule from Kiev Yaropolk Izyaslavich Svyatopolk Izyaslavich Vyacheslav Yaropolkovich	= 1015-1019 = 1054-1073 = 1093-1113
1105-1125 1125-1132 1132 1132-1134 1134-1142 1142	Direct rule from Kiev Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Vsevolod Mstislavich Izyaslav Vladimirovich Vyacheslav Vladimirovich (restored)
	Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich	= 1174-1194
1142-1146 1146-1150 1150-1151	Vyacheslav Vladimirovich (re-restored) Yaroslav
	Andrei I Bogulyubsky	= 1157-1174
1151-1154 1154-1155 1155-1157 1157-1167 1167-1190 1190-1195 1195-1207 1207-1228 1228-1238 1238	Yaroslav (restored) Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich (restored) Boris Yuri Yaroslavich Ivan Yuryevich Gleb Yuryevich Ivan Yuryevich (restored) Rostislav Glebovich Mstislav Fedor Glebovich Turov unites with Pinsk
Principality of Pinsk (under Turov to 1196, thereafter a grand principality)
1184-1190 1190-1228 1228-1241	Svyatopolk Vladimir Rostislav (prince of Turov 1207-1228)
1241-1320 1320-1793 1793-1918 1918-1920 1920-1939 1939-1991 1991-	Part of the Golden Horde (the Mongols) Part of Lithuania Part of Russia Part of Belarus Part of Poland Part of the Soviet Union Part of Belarus

= Vladimir-Suzdal   = Lithuania   = Kiev