Which regions were added to the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic in the 1920s?

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In the 1920s, the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic expanded its territory through the transfer of several regions from the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic to the Belorussian S.S.R. due to their large Belarusian populations.12

The additions occurred in two stages:

1924: The regions of Polotsk, Vitebsk, Orsha, and Mogilyov were transferred.12
1926: The regions of Gomel and Rechitsa were added.12