The Red Army was welcomed in Western Belarus with white-red-white flags along with Soviet symbols and swastika.
The Belarusian nation was united on September 17, 1939. Under a deal with Hitler's Germany, Soviet troops entered Western Belarus that was part of Poland. As a result, most of the Belarusian lands were united in the Soviet Belarus.
There is also a certain tragedy in this date, because Soviet secret police NKVD carried out a large-scale clean-up which affected tens of thousand people. But, back then in September 1939, most of the citizens in the Western Belarus lived with a hope for better changes. Disappoinment would come later.
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