Belarus

Guide to BELARUS

BELARUS which official name is Republic of Belarus or Belarus, is a country from Europe located at the Eastern Europe, east of Poland. BELARUS with 2,900 km sq km, limits with: Latvia 141 km, Lithuania 502 km, Poland 407 km, Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km; and is divided in 6 provinces . BELARUS's capital is Minsk which is the most populated city with about 1,742,123 inhabitants.

History of BELARUS

BELARUS's government is republic in name, although in fact a dictatorship; a Republic with a Executive government type, with President Aleksandr Lukashenko as head of state and Prime Minister Sergey Sidorsky as head of government.

Other symbols of BELARUS are Belarusian anthem "My Belarusy (We, the Belarusians) Belarusian flag.Belarusian flag is composed by red horizontal band (top) and green horizontal band one-half the width of the red band; a white vertical stripe on the hoist side bears Belarusian national ornamentation in red .

BELARUS's history is quite long: After seven decades as a constituent republic of the USSR, Belarus attained its independence in 1991. It has retained closer political and economic ties to Russia than any of the other former Soviet republics. Belarus and Russia signed a treaty on a two-state union on 8 December 1999 envisioning greater political and economic integration. Although Belarus agreed to a framework to carry out the accord, serious implementation has yet to take place. Since his election in July 1994 as the country's first president, Alexandr LUKASHENKO has steadily consolidated his power through authoritarian means. Government restrictions on freedom of speech and the press, peaceful assembly, and religion continue.

BELARUSs geography

Guide to travel to BELARUS

If you are thinking on traveling to BELARUS, you will have to take in consideration some points like BELARUS's currency, BELARUS's weather, BELARUS's national holiday and BELARUS's transports.

The first thing you need to know for your travels abroad is country's currency. BELARUS`s currency is called ruble ( BR

BELARUS's weather is characterized to be cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime. So be sure of choosing the proper date to travel to BELARUS.

You can also consider to visit BELARUS on it's national holiday to get in BELARUS's culture. If you do so, BELARUS's national holiday is called Independence Day, 3 July.

Also, if you like natural wonders, don't forget to visit the highest point of BELARUS: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m. And try also to get to BELARUS's lowest point: Nyoman River 90 mBut if you prefer the city, you must visit BELARUS's tallest structure: ( ).

Don't be afraid to take a flight to BELARUS, with more than 86 airports and 1 airlines, you will get to BELARUS without problems. Once there, you can choose the transport type that better fits your needs. BELARUS has about5,512 of railways, and also2,500 of roadways, so is a good place for a car trip.

Belarusian Culture

BELARUS is known by Belarusians as Respublika Byelarus' or Byelarus' in the shortened way. Belarusian, about 9,724,723 people, are composed by different ethnics: Belarusian 81.2%, Russian 11.4%, Polish 3.9%, Ukrainian 2.4%, other 1.1% (1999 census). And they also have different languages: Russian, Belarusian.

Another relevant point nowadays it's BELARUS's religion. Belarusians are divided in Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.). So you can visit any of it's4 like St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Hrodna .

But if want to know more about BELARUS's culture, the best way is by reading the most famous Belarusian novelists' books like Janka Kupala (Ivan Lucevic), Vasil Bykau (1924–2003) or Jakub Kolas (Kanstancy Mickievic).

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