In 1828, that name was given to the Uniate eparchy of the region, and in 1829 it was applied to the educational district that included both the eastern and the western lands of Belarus. But the uprising of 1830–1831 changed the political connotation of the term. Polish intellectuals who had earlier referred to their homeland as Lithuania, such as the poet Adam Mickiewicz, a native of the Brest region, adopted the name “Belarus” after the revolt. Spelled “Białoruś” in Polish, it was applied to the region east of the core Polish territory that was also considered historically, culturally, and
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