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Republic of Belarus, former Belorussian Soviet.

Counties in Belarus : Brest, Homyel, Hrodna, Mahilyow, Minskaya, Vitsyebsk.

Capital City of Belarus: Minsk


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Car Rentals -  see the special page Car Rentals

Hotels in Belarus

 All Belarus 
Hotels in the main cities of Belarus : Minsk, Barnovichi, Bobruisk, Brest, Gomel, Grodno, Mogilev and Vitebsk. But also in smaller towns.
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National Parks

From the ancient times Belarus is called 'Lakeland' [ there are > 11,000 lakes and > 20,000 rivers and brooks in the country ]. Blue, deep blue and almost black mirrors of lakes are hidden in the forest thickets or glimmer joyfully in the meadows... Lakes are the eyes of Belarus, therefore the country is called blue-eyed.

 Berezinsky Nature Reserve

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 Belarus Tourist
Comfortable hotels in Minsk and other main cities of Belarus - Brest, Grodno, Vitebsk, Moguilev, Gomel We also arrange trips to a picturesque places in different parts of Belarus. Make reservation now.

Travel Guides Belarus / Related books

 Amazon.com - Travel Guides Belarus

Lonely Planet Russia & Belarus - Simon Richmond, et al
This guide gives detailed coverage of historic cities such as Moscow, St Petersburg and Kiev. It gives practical advice on activities from boat trips down the Volga River to skiing in the Caucasus, and covers extensive accommodation, eating and entertainment options.
Paperback: 792 pages; Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 4th edition (March 2006); Language: English; ISBN-13: 978-1741042917
The Bronski House - Philip Marsden
Published in Britain in 1996, this work combines an account of 1990s Belarus, based on Marsden's travels with Ilinska, with an interpretation of the past, drawn from her mother's journals and papers from the outset of World War I to the start of World War II. 
Hardcover 256 pages (June 1997); Publisher: Arcade Publishing; Language: English; ISBN: 155970392X

Transport / How do I travel to Belarus

 Minsk Airport

 Belavia - national airline Belarus - flights to Minsk

 Airline Tickets / Discount Flights - special page

 BELRW - Belarussian railways


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 Travel Insurance - travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents

 Belarus.org.uk - a o. a traveler's guide to Belarus, campings, citiy information

 Belarus Embassy US
General information on belarus: Government, Ministries, Politics, Business & Economy, Science & Education,  Universities, Culture & Arts, Religion, Theatre, Music, Sports & Recreation, Travel, Media, and much more

 Minsk - Capital City of Belarus - - Minsk City
Minsk is the capital of the Republic of Belarus and the centre of the region and district of the same name. It lies over the Minsk Hills upon the both banks of the river Svisloch. Minsk is divided into 9 city districts and includes also 1 urbanized settlement Sokol.
Minsk is a city of quite an ancient history. It was firstly mentioned in chronicles in 1067 A.D. The Government and the Parliament of the Republic of Belarus are settled in MInsk.
Located at the strategic crossroads from East to West and from North to South, from Moscow to Warsaw and from Vilnius to Kiev, Minsk is an important transport junction with several bus and railway stations, 2 airports (1 national) and metro network.

 Brest Region - Brestskaya Oblast
Encircled by a green belt, Brest is located in the southwest of the Republic of Belarus
The main tourist centres are Brest, Baranovichi, Pinsk, Kobrin, the state national park Belovezhskaya Puscha (v.Kameniuki of the Kamenets district).
Rest areas are located in picturesque natural scenery on the territory of the Brest lakes, including: the Beloye Lake (Brest region), the Beloye Lake (Berioza district), the Gat' (Baranovichi district), the Papernia (Pruzhany district), the Selets (Berioza district), the Vygonoschanskoye Lake (Ivatsevichi district), the Zavishye (Ivanovo district), the Mukhavets River etc.
 Brest Region Map
 Homyel'skaya
 Hrodzyenskaya
 Mogilev Region - Mahilyowskaya Oblast - Located in the east of the Republic
The highest point of the region (239 m above sea level) is located near the railway station Temny Les (Dark Forest), the lowest point (126 m above sea level) - near the village of Gaishin by the river Sozh in Slavgorod district.
The landscapes of the region are various: picturesque hills of Mstislavl district give place to the low Central Berezina plain. Green forests in the south change into meadows and fields in the east of the region.
There are numerous construction materials fields (chalk, clay, sand, gravel) and several mineral water springs on the territory of the region. There is phosphorite along the river Sozh from Mstislavl to Krichev.
The region's river network is rather dense. The largest rivers are the Dnieper, the Beresina, the Sozh, the Svisloch, the Druts, the Pronya, the Ptich. There are very few lakes, the largest is Zaozerye with an area of 0.58 sq. km. There is Chigirinskoye reservoir on the river Drut with an area 21.1 sq. km.
The woods cover 35% of the area of the region. The highest forest density (up to 60%) is in Glusk, Bykhov, Osipovichi and Klichev districts. There are 2 preserves on the territory of the region: Zaozerye hydrological preserve and Cherikov hunting preserve.
Cities: Bobruisk, Mogilev, Osipovichi
 Minskaya
 Vitebsk Region - Vitsyebskaya Oblast - Located in the north-east of Belarus
The Vitebsk area is located on north-east of Republic Belarus in the upper and mean flow of Western Dvina river and in upper locales of the Dnieper. In a northwest the area bounds with Latvia and Lithuania. Vitebsk Region has a rich historical past. The nature has presented Vitebsk generously with forests, a bizarre mosaic of lakes and deep rivers.

 Brest -  at the border with Poland  - Brest Online
 Gomel / Homyel' -  historic town
 Grodno / Hrodna
 Mogilev / Mahilyow
 Naroch 
The name Naroch is well-known not only to every Belarussian but also far beyond the boundaries of the country — the unique beauty of this place and its soft climate made the Naroch region a most favorite of all the Belarussian holiday resorts. Due to that fact the National park «Narochansky» was set up here in 1999.
 Vitebsk / Vitsyebsk - historic town

 Holy Saviour Church
One of the finest examples of early 12th-century religious architecture.
 St. Efrasinnia Monastery

 Magazine - Delo Belarus
Monthly business magazine. Supplements in English and German available
 Mark Chagall - Belarussian painter [ 1887 - 1985 ]
The surrealist artist Marc Chagall was born in Vitebsk in 1887 [ in the town itself is a small museum dedicated to the artist ]. In 1907, Marc Chagall moved to St. Petersburg where he joined the school of the Society of Art Supporters where he studied under Nikolai Roerich.
After become known as an artist he left St. Petersburg, Russia to join the gathering of artists in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France.
 News - Belarus Today - Daily news e-paper
 Radio - Radio Roks - FM radio in Belarus [ streaming audio live available ]
 Radio & TV - The National State Teleradiocompany

Cuisine - Belarusian Foods / Recipes

 My Belarus

History of belarus

Independence: 25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union); the Belarusian Supreme Soviet issued a proclamation of independence; on 17 July 1990 Belarus issued a declaration of sovereignty

 National Museum of Culture and History of Belarus
 The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569-1999
Timothy Snyder
Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of four rival modern nationalist ideologies from common medieval notions of citizenship. He presents the ideological innovations and ethnic cleansings that abetted the spread of modern nationalism but also examines recent statesmanship that has allowed national interests to be channeled toward peace.
Paperback 384 pages (August 31, 2004); Publisher: Yale University Press; Language: English; ISBN: 030010586X.

Music, Culture & Entertainment

The sources of the traditional Belarusian music are in the popular music of Eastern Slavs of the Kievan Rus period. The first bearers of secular professional tradition were skomorokhs.
By the 15th century the local type of "znamennogo" descant in the orthodox church music appeared.
In the musical culture of the second half of the 16th - beginning of the 17th centuries were reflected the tendencies of Renaissance and ideas of Reformation.
In the 17th century "Partesnoe" singing (choral concerts, psalms) was set.
In the 18th century private theatres and chapels of the Radizivils, Sapegas, Oginskys and other nobles became the centres of musical culture

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