Original sentence: After the Partitions of Poland, the Imperial Russia had a policy of de-polonisation of the Ruthenian people.Also helped was the korenizatsiya policy of the Soviet Union which encouraged local level nationalism.Although President Lukashenko has introduced laws that force radio and television stations to show case a percentage of Belarusian talent daily in an attmpt to counterbalance the trend.At present the Russian language is still being used in official business and in other sections of Belarusian society.However even after many cases when the Belarusian peoples were subjected to what some call Russification, it was clear that this created a destinct ethnicity and a destinct culture that was neither Polish and Russian.However some contemprory nationalists find that the Russian influence has taken its toll too much.In 1897 census most of the population reffered to their language as Belarusian rather than Ruthenian (and wrongly interpreted as Russian by Tsarist authorities), as they did during Polish rule.It was the 20 th century that fully allowed Belarus to show its best destinct talent to the world.Poets such as Yanka Kupala, Vasyl Bykau and many others showed the beauty of Belarusian language.The Belarusian language was numerously reformed to fully represent the phonetics of a modern speaker
Edited sentence: Aspects of the culture have been lost over time due to the Russification period.Other symbols of culture that faced Russification were the symbols of Belarus in 1991 and the Belarus National Republic, the white-red-white flag (бел-чырвона-белы сцяг) and the Pahonya coat of arms.President Lukashenko has introduced laws that force radio and television stations to show case a percentage of Belarusian talent daily, but it does not state the performance has to be in the Belarusian or Russian language.While poets like Koupala were trying to revive the Belarusian language and tried to prevent the Russification of Belarus, the Russian language is still being used in official business and in other sections of Belarusian society.While the coat of arms is similar to that of Lithuania (Vytis), these were replaced by the current symbols in a 1995 referendum, which may be considered reminiscent of the Soviet-era