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1 day ago · Belarus's two official languages are Russian and Belarusian; Russian is the most common language spoken at home, used by 70% of the population, while Belarusian, the official first language, is spoken at home by 23%. Minorities also speak Polish, Ukrainian and Eastern Yiddish.
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Belarusians (Belarusian: беларусы, romanized: bielarusy) are...
- Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as...
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Minsk (Belarusian: Мінск, IPA:; Russian: Минск) is the...
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Pahonia on the building of the Vitebsk State Academy of...
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The state flag of Belarus (Belarusian: Сцяг Беларусі,...
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The "State Anthem of the Republic of Belarus" (Belarusian:...
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Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and...
- Demographics of Belarus
The constitution guarantees preservation of the cultural...
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Polish–Soviet War; Part of Central and Eastern European...
- Human Rights in Belarus
The national flag of 1918 and 1991–1995 has become a symbol...
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May 6, 2024 · Belarusian language, East Slavic language that is historically the native language of most Belarusians. Many 20th-century governments of Belarus had policies favouring the Russian language, and, as a result, Russian is more widely used in education and public life than Belarusian.
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May 21, 2024 · Minsk. Population: (2024 est.) 9,119,000. Form Of Government: republic with two legislative houses (Council of the Republic [64 1 ]; House of Representatives [110]) (Show more) Official Languages: Belarusian; Russian. Recent News. May 21, 2024, 3:32 PM ET (AP)
20 hours ago · A number of languages have switched from Cyrillic to either a Roman-based orthography or a return to a former script. Cyrillic alphabets continue to be used in several Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Belarusian) and non-Slavic (Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Gagauz, Mongolian) languages.
May 15, 2024 · Legislative branch. description: bicameral National Assembly or Natsyyalny Skhod consists of: Council of the Republic or Savet Respubliki (64 seats statutory, currently 58; 56 members indirectly elected by regional and Minsk city councils and 8 members appointed by the president; members serve 4-year terms) House of Representatives or Palata Pradstawnikow (110 seats; members directly elected ...
20 hours ago · The Slavs or Slavic people are a group of peoples who speak Slavic languages.Slavs are geographically distributed throughout the northern parts of Eurasia; they predominantly inhabit Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Southeastern Europe, though there is a large Slavic minority scattered across the Baltic states, Northern Asia, and Central Asia, and a substantial Slavic diaspora in the ...
May 4, 2024 · What is the Russian language? Who created the Russian language? Is the Russian language based on Greek? Why is Russian important for astronauts? Russian language, principal state and cultural language of Russia. Together with Ukrainian and Belarusian, the Russian language makes up the eastern branch of the Slavic family of languages.
