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| conventional_long_name = Bialystok-Grodno District| common_name = Białystok| subdivision = Military occupation authority| nation = the German Empire| year_start = 1915| date_start = | year_end = 1918| date_end = | p1 = Grodno Governorate| flag_p1 = Flag of the Russian Empire (black-yellow-white).svg| s1 = Białystok Voivodeship (1919–1939)| flag_s1 = Flag of Poland.svg| s2 = Nowogródek Voivodeship (1919–1939)| flag_s2 = Flag of Poland.svg| s3 = Polesie Voivodeship| flag_s3 = Flag of Poland.svg| image_flag = Flag of the German Empire.svg| flag = Flag of Germany| image_coat = Wappen Deutsches Reich - Reichsadler 1889.svg| symbol = Coat of arms of Germany| image_map = OberOst.jpg| image_map_caption = Map of OberOst| capital = Białystok53N09display=inline,title}}| political_subdiv = | demonym = | today = PolandLithuaniaBelarusLatvia| p2 = Suvalki Governorate}}Bialystok-Grodno District () was an administrative division of German-controlled territory of Ober-Ost during World War I (after the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive). It was bordered by the Lithuania District to the north.War Land on the Eastern Front: Culture, National Identity, and German Occupation in World War I, Review author[s]: Peter GatrellDas Land Ober Ost {{in lang|de}}

History

The area was formed roughly by parts of the former Grodno Governorate of the Russian Empire.

References

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