Welcome to Belarus!

  Foreigners who are going to visit Belarus think that potatoes are our main dish, the streets of our cities are extremely clean, Belaru...

Before 1917 Belorussia had 2,466 religious communities, including 1,650 Orthodox, 127 Roman Catholic, 657 Jewish, 32 Protestant, a...

Upon the independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union, the country resurrected national symbols that were used before the Soviet e...

The native language of the territory of Belarus is Belarusian, a language of the Eastern Slavic group with significant influence of Lat...

Belarusians also form minorities in neighboring Poland (especially in the former Belastok Voblast of BSSR), Russia and Lithuania. At...

The name Belarus derives from the term White Rus, which first appeared in German and Latin medieval literature. The Latin term for...

Various directories for businessmen and tourists describe Belarus in a modest   and simple manner: a state in the center of Europe i...