Kammala wannan jumlar: Kafin Yaƙin Duniya na Farko, ƙasashen Belarus suna ƙarƙashin ikon Daular Rasha, wanda ta samu daga Rarraba Poland fiye da ƙarni ɗaya da suka gabata. A lokacin Yaƙin, Babban koma baya na Yammacin Yammacin Rasha a watan Agusta / Satumba 1915 ya ƙare tare da ƙasashen Hrodna da yawancin Viĺnia guberniyas da Jamus ta mamaye. Sakamakon gaba, yana wucewa a kilomita 100 zuwa yammacin Minsk ya kasance a tsaye zuwa ƙarshen rikici, duk da ƙoƙarin Rasha don karya shi a Lake Narač a ƙarshen bazara na 1916 da Janar Alexei Evert wanda ba shi da nasara a kusa da garin Baranavičy a lokacin rani na wannan shekarar, a lokacin yakin basasa na biyu na duniya.
Brusilov ya kai hari kudu, a Yammacin Ukraine.