s adopted from Russian alphabet by the half of the 19th century (compare: in Russian alphabet since 1797).</li>
<li>Letter ⟨ў⟩ (<small>(CYRILLIC) SHORT U</small>) was proposed by Russian linguist <a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Bezsonov" class="mw-redirect" title="Pyotr Bezsonov">Pyotr Bezsonov</a> in 1870.</li>
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<p>The Belarusian alphabet, in its modern form has formally existed since the adoption of the <a href="/wiki/Branislaw_Tarashkyevich" title="Branislaw Tarashkyevich">Branislaw Tarashkyevich</a>'s <a