Reichskommissariat Ostland
From 28 June 1941 until 7 July 1944, Mir was occupied by Nazi Germany and administered as a part of the Generalbezirk Weißruthenien of Reichskommissariat Ostland. After the end of German occupation, it remained within the Byelorussian SSR until 1991, when it became part of the independent Republic of Belarus.