Editing History of Belarus (section)

=== Independent country and the Commonwealth ===
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On 8 December 1991, Shushkevich met with [[Boris Yeltsin]] of Russia and [[Leonid Kravchuk]] of Ukraine, in [[Belavezhskaya Pushcha]], to formally declare the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] and the formation of the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]].

[[Post-Soviet countries]] have signed a [[Succession, continuity and legacy of the Soviet Union|series of treaties and agreements to settle the legacy of the former Soviet Union]] multilaterally and bilaterally.