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Let's say that the Bolsheviks do much, much worse in the Polish-Soviet War. Maybe this is due to Bolshevik infighting (maybe Lenin dies earlier), some equivalent of the Kronstadt or Tambov rebellion occurring during the war, better performance by the Russian Whites, or something else. Whatever the cause, the war ends with Petliura's republic surviving and having borders roughly equivalent to the interbellum Ukrainian SSR, although the Russian Whites are still defeated eventually. It also ends with Poland occupying Belarus proper, Smolensk, and Bryansk. What would happen to Belarus? Is the Belarusian People's Republic allowed to return on the condition it recognizes Poland's eastern borders (same as OTL)? Are the Russian Whites given control of Belarus after a deal with Poland? Does Poland try directly annexing Belarus or forcing it into an Intermarium?
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