Original sentence: At the time, Byelorussia was the only Russian language name of the country; Under the Russian Empire, Belarus was generally seen as a part of the Russian nation and the Belarusian language was viewed as as a dialect of Russian.The Russians, led by Tsar Ivan the III, began military conquests in 1486 in an attempt to reunite the Kievan Rus' lands, specifically the territories of modern day Belarus and Ukraine
Edited sentence: At the time, Byelorussia was the only Russian language name of the country; the Tsarist government saw Belarus as a part of the Russian nation and also viewed the Belarusian language as a dialect of Russian.The Russians, led by Tsar Ivan the III, began military conquests in 1486 in an attempt to capture the Kievan Rus' lands, specifically the territories of modern day Belarus and Ukraine