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Retrieved 16 February 2013. Belarus, [b] officially the Republic of Belarus, [c] is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Covering an area of 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) and with a population of ...
- Belarusians
Belarusians (Belarusian: беларусы, romanized: bielarusy) are...
- Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as...
- Minsk
Minsk (Belarusian: Мінск, IPA:; Russian: Минск) is the...
- Emblem
Pahonia on the building of the Vitebsk State Academy of...
- Flag
The state flag of Belarus (Belarusian: Сцяг Беларусі,...
- My Belarusy
The "State Anthem of the Republic of Belarus" (Belarusian:...
- Capital Punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and...
- Demographics of Belarus
Population of Belarus according to ethnic group 1959–2019;...
- Polish-Soviet War
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...
- Belarusians
The lands of Belarus during the Middle Ages became part of Kievan Rus' and were split between different principalities, including Polotsk, Turov, Vitebsk, and others.. Following the Mongol invasions of the 13th century, these lands were absorbed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which later was merged into the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th
3 days ago · Belarus. Belarus, landlocked country of eastern Europe. Until it became independent in 1991, Belarus, formerly known as Belorussia or White Russia, was the smallest of the three Slavic republics included in the Soviet Union (the larger two being Russia and Ukraine ). Belarus. While Belarusians share a distinct ethnic identity and language, they ...
Belarus (officially called Republic of Belarus) is a country in Eastern Europe. [9] About nine million people live there. Its capital is Minsk. It was part of the Soviet Union until 1991. The president of Belarus has been Alexander Lukashenko since 1994. It is bordered by Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia.
Belarus - Soviet Union, WWII, Independence: The Belarusian region has a long history of human settlement. Archaeology has provided evidence of Upper Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) cultures, and Neolithic (New Stone Age) remains are widespread. The area was one of the earliest to be inhabited by Slavs, who settled there between the 6th and the 8th century ce. The early Slavic tribes—the ...
Early history. The Belarusian region has a long history of human settlement. Archaeology has provided evidence of Upper Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) cultures, and Neolithic (New Stone Age) remains are widespread. The area was one of the earliest to be inhabited by Slavs, who settled there between the 6th and the 8th century ce.
Belarus is a landlocked, generally flat country (the average elevation is 162 meters (531 ft) above sea level) without natural borders, that occupies an area of 207,600 square kilometers (80,200 sq mi).