World Region Information --- Belarus Information
Belarus
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World Region Information --- Belarus Information
We are researching local information on Belarus. Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. We will feature information that seems good to know when advancing to Belarus.
It is bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest.
Approx. 208,000 km2
Homiel(Gomel)(540,000), etc.
about 9.49 million people
84% Belarusian, 8% Russian, 3% Polish, 2% Ukrainian, Other
Belarusian, Russian are the official languages
The Eastern Orthodox Church predominates.
Ancient Baltic and Slavic peoples, Byzantine culture and Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and regional diversity have fostered a unique Belarus culture.
- Central Children's Park named after Maxim Gorky
- National Historical Museum of the Republic of Belarus
- National Art Museum of Belarus
- Mir Castle
- Brest Fortress
- National Park Pripyatsky
Nine years of education from 6 to 15 years old is free and compulsory.
- Belarusian State University
- Belarusian National Technical University
- Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics
- Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno
1914 German occupation
1918 Belarus People's Republic Declaration of Independence
1919 Occupation of the Russian Red Army. Formation of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. Communist rule begins
1921 Treaty of Riga divides Belarus between Poland and Soviet Union
from 1930s　Stalin's Great Purge
1941 German forces invade Belarus
1944 Soviet forces drive out German forces
1945 Western Belarus, formerly Polish, annexed to Soviet Union
1960s ussification policy downgrades Belarus language and culture
1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident
1988 Belarus national revival movement begins
1990 Belarusian becomes official language. declaration of independence
1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. Independence recognized. Changed country name to "Republic of Belarus"
1995 Russian is reinstated as an official language. strengthening the power of the president
1996 Constitutional amendment. Significant enhancement of presidential authority
2004 Constitutional revision (removal of provision prohibiting three times presidential elections)
It is a presidential republic, ruled by a president and a parliament. The parliament is bicameral.
- National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus
- Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus
- Belarus Supreme Court
$6,744
It is one of the most developed countries in the 2010s. It is said that the economy is heavily dependent on Russia for the supply of gas and oil.
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