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Belarusians are an East Slavic ethnic group, who constitute the majority of Belarus' population. [26] Belarusian minority populations live in countries neighboring Belarus: Ukraine, Poland (especially in the Podlaskie Voivodeship), the Russian Federation and Lithuania. [26] At the beginning of the 20th century, Belarusians constituted a ...
The population of Belarus suffered a dramatic decline during World War II, dropping from more than 9 million in 1940 to 7.7 million in 1951. It then resumed its long-term growth, rising to 10 million in 1999. [4]
It was the 20th century that fully allowed Belarus to show its culture to the world. Notable Belarusian poets and writers included Yanka Kupala, Maksim Bahdanovič, Vasil’ Bykaw, and Uladzimir Karatkievich. Also helped was the korenizatsiya policy of the Soviet Union which encouraged local level nationalism.
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. Belarus spans an area of 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) with a population ...
Early history. The Principality of Polotsk within Kievan Rus' in the 11th century. The history of Belarus begins with the migration and expansion of the Slavic peoples through Eastern Europe between the 6th and 8th centuries. East Slavs settled on the territory of present-day Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, assimilating local Baltic (Yotvingians ...
Russian Sign Language. Keyboard layout. Belarusian keyboard. The official languages of Belarus are Belarusian and Russian. The three most widespread linguistic codes in Belarus are Belarusian, Russian and the so-called Trasianka, a mixed speech in which Belarusian and Russian elements and structures alternate arbitrarily. [1]
The 5th World Congress of Belarusians in Minsk, 2009. The Belarusian diaspora (Belarusian: Беларуская дыяспара, romanized: Biełaruskaja dyjaspara) refers to emigrants from the territory of Belarus as well as to their descendants. According to different researchers, there are between 2.5 and 3.5 million Belarusian descendants ...
Biography portal. Classification: People: By nationality: Belarusian. also: Countries: Belarus: People. For a number of reasons, until the end of the 20th century, people of Belarus were known to the world as representatives of other nations: as Poles, Russians, or Litvins, with rare exceptions.