Tribal Occupation
	Scythians (800-400) 
	Sarmatians (400 BC-AD 200) 
	Ostrogoths (200-300) 
	Huns (300-451) 
	Avars (451-700) 
	Khazars (700-862)

Foreign Rule
	Russia (862-1239)

Tribal Occupation
	Mongols (1239-1242)

Foreign Rule
	Lithuania (1242-1569)
	Poland (1569-1772)
	Russia (1772-1812)
	France (1812)
	Russia (1812-1915)
	Germany (1915-1917)
	Russia (1917-1918)

Republic of Belarussia
	Legislation
		Rada (1918-1919)
		Congress of Soviets (1919)

Foreign Rule
	Poland (1919-1939)
	Russia (1939-1941)
	Germany (1941-1944)
	Russia (1944-1991)

Republic of Belarus
	Presidency
		-Stanislas Schuschkewitsch (1991-1994)
		-Mjetscheslaw I. Gryb (1994)
		-Alexandr Lukaschenka (1994-        )