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The modern Republic of Belarus exists since then. Belarusians in Minsk protest against the government, 23 August 2020. More than two million people were killed in Belarus during the three years of German occupation in 1941–44, around a quarter of the region's population, [50] or even as high as three million killed or thirty percent of the ...
This is a list of people connected to the Republic of Belarus. It is not limited to persons of Belarusian ethnicity; Russians, Jews, Poles, Vikings, etc., may be found in this list. Over time the Belarusian land has had many rulers, and often its culture was suppressed.
The effects of the Chernobyl accident in Belarus were dramatic: about 50,000 km 2 (or about a quarter of the territory of Belarus) formerly populated by 2.2 million people (or a fifth of the Belarusian population) now require permanent radioactive monitoring (after receiving doses over 37 kBq/m 2 of caesium-137). 135,000 persons were ...
The name Belarus is closely related with the term Belaya Rus', i.e., White Rus'. [15] There are several claims to the origin of the name White Rus'. [16] An ethno-religious theory suggests that the name used to describe the part of old Ruthenian lands within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that had been populated mostly by Slavs who had been Christianized early, as opposed to Black Ruthenia ...
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.
Belarus' criminal investigation agency said Tuesday that it has conducted raids as part of a sweeping probe into an alleged attempt by the opposition to seize power three years ago. Critics called ...
A United Nations panel of human rights experts called on Belarus to release the Nobel Peace Prize-winning founder of the country's most respected rights group, who has been behind bars for three ...
Altogether, over 2,000,000 people were killed in Belarus during the three years of German occupation, almost a quarter of the region's population. [25] [26] Belarus-born Andrei Gromyko (right) served as Soviet foreign minister (1957–1985) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1985–1988)