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Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, 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 9.1 million, Belarus is the 13th-largest and the 20th-most populous country in Europe. The country has a hemiboreal climate and is administratively divided into six regions. Minsk is the capital and largest city; it is administered separately as a city with special status.
Between the medieval period and "the 20th century," different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus, including Kievan Rus', the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Empire. In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution in 1917, different states arose competing for legitimacy amid the Civil War, ultimately ending in the rise of the Byelorussian SSR, which became a founding constituent republic of the Soviet Union in 1922. After the Polish-Soviet War, Belarus lost almost half of its territory to Poland. Much of the borders of Belarus took their modern shape in 1939, when some lands of the Second Polish Republic were reintegrated into it after the Soviet invasion of Poland, and were finalized after World War II. During World War II, "military operations devastated Belarus," which lost about a quarter of its population and half of its economic resources. In 1945, the Byelorussian SSR became a founding member of the United Nations, along with the Soviet Union. The republic was home to a widespread and diverse anti-Nazi insurgent movement which dominated politics until well into the 1970s, overseeing Belarus' transformation from an agrarian to industrial economy.
The parliament of the republic proclaimed the sovereignty of Belarus on 27 July 1990, and during the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Belarus gained independence on 25 August 1991. Following the adoption of a new constitution in 1994, Alexander Lukashenko was elected Belarus's first president in the country's first and only free election after independence, serving as president ever since. Lukashenko heads a highly centralized authoritarian government. Belarus ranks low in international measurements of freedom of the press and civil liberties. It has continued a number of Soviet-era policies, such as state ownership of large sections of the economy. Belarus is the only European country that continues to use capital punishment. In 2000, Belarus and Russia signed a treaty for greater cooperation, forming the Union State. (Full article...)
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Image 1The 2015 Minsk Victory Day Parade on Victors Avenue. Victory Day (9 May) celebrations are a major part of cultural life in the capital. (from Culture of Belarus)
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Image 3Signatures on the Budapest Memorandum for security assurances to Belarus in exchange for national denuclearization (from History of Belarus)
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Image 6Foreign occupation of the Commonwealth during The Deluge and Khmelnytsky Uprising (from History of Belarus)
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Image 8Traditional Belarusian house at Belarusian Culture Museum and Center in Hajnówka (from Culture of Belarus)
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Image 9Braslaw Lakes (from List of national parks of Belarus)
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Image 11Pahonia, the Coat of Arms of the People's Republic of Belarus in 1918 and of the Republic of Belarus in 1991-1995 (from History of Belarus)
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Image 14Traditional Jewish life continued in Pinsk (Western Belarus) until WWII. (Photo by Alter Kacyzne, 1924) (from History of Belarus)
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Image 15Position of Grand Duchy of Lithuania in Eastern Europe until 1434 (from History of Belarus)
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Image 16German troops in Minsk during their occupation of the city, August 1941 (from History of Belarus)
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Image 17Traditional Belarusian shirt (from Culture of Belarus)
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Image 18The flag of the People's Republic of Belarus in 1918 and of the Republic of Belarus in 1991-1995 (from History of Belarus)
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Image 22The Principality of Polotsk within Kievan Rus' in the 11th century (from History of Belarus)
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Image 23Union of Lublin of 1569, oil on canvas by Jan Matejko, 1869, 298×512 cm, National Museum in Warsaw (from History of Belarus)
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Image 24The Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 15th century. The territory of modern-day Belarus was fully within its borders. (from History of Belarus)
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Image 29Svetlana Alexievich was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature (from Culture of Belarus)
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Image 1A view of Lake Osveya
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Image 2Decorated bales of hay on the road to Turov
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Image 4Members of the orchestra performing at the National Opera and Ballet of Belarus in 2013
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Image 5A relief map of Belarus (1997)
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Image 62002 postage stamps of Belarus
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Image 7A view of Hrodna, circa 1575 or later
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Image 9White storks on their nest in Belarus, 2009. The Stork is the national symbol of Belarus.
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Image 10A winter panorama view of Grodno Zoo, 2012
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- ... that Belarusian activist Vitaly Shishov, the head of an organisation helping people escape repression following the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests, was aware of risks to his life before he was found dead?
- ... that museum director Alena Aladava rebuilt the Belarusian national art collection in the aftermath of the Second World War?
- ... that the Russian and Belarussian military exercise Zapad 2009 involved nuclear-capable ballistic missiles?
- ... that Obliskomzap People's Commissar for Public Charity V. L. Mukha resigned in protest over the dispersing of the First All-Belarusian Congress?
- ... that Rufina Bazlova has used traditional embroidery to depict protests in Belarus?
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- ^ Kopka, D. (2011). Welcome to Belarus: Passport to Eastern Europe & Russia. Passport Series. Milliken Publishing Company. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-7877-2770-3. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
- ^ Harshav, Benjamin. Marc Chagall and his times: a documentary narrative. Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences. Stanford University Press; 1 edition. August 2003. ISBN 0804742146.
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