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According to the 1990 United States Census, only 4,277 respondents claimed Belarusian ancestry; there are no reports as to the estimated population from the 2000 census. [7] The majority of the pre-Revolutionary immigrants from Belarus who were ethnic Belarusians identified as Russian, more or less holding Russophilic or Westrussianist views.
The first Belarusians to arrive in Chicago emigrated around 1900. During and after the Russian Revolution many white émigrés came to the United States, including those from Belarus. By 1930, there were around 25,000 Belarusians living in Chicago [ 2 ] In the late 1940s through the 1950s between 5,000 and 10,000 Belarusians immigrated to the ...
Currently Belarusan-American Association, Inc. (BAZA) is the biggest and the oldest Belarusian organization in the USA. [2]The Association unites people of Belarusian descent, people who migrated from the territory located within ethnographic borders of Belarus and those related to Belarusians through marriage or though professional relations irrespective of party affiliation.
A small minority of Belarusians are Lipka Tatars, a Turkic ethnic group from Belarus, Poland, and Lithuania who practice Sunni Islam. [8] Compared to some other Slavic and Eastern European groups such as Ukrainians, the Belarusian community in New York City and the United States is more scattered and less cohesive.
Belarusians in Argentina on Immigrant Day, Buenos Aires, 2010. A separate group of emigrants from Belarus are Belarusian Jews who have established significant communities in the United States and Israel. There is a tendency to underestimate the number of people identifying themselves as Belarusians according to official censuses.
The authoritarian leader of Belarus on Tuesday accused the West of trying to foment protests during parliamentary and local elections this month in order to undermine his rule, while the country's ...
This category page lists notable citizens of the United States of Belarusian ethnic or national origin or descent, whether partial or full. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Andrei, a 29-year-old computer programmer who fled to Germany from Belarus two years ago amid a harsh crackdown on political dissent, is facing a serious dilemma. “I have a terrible choice to ...