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| Capital (and largest city) |
Minsk | |||||||
| Language | Belarusian and Russian | |||||||
| Religion Main |
Eastern Orthodoxy | |||||||
| Others | Judaism | |||||||
| Demonym | Belarusian | |||||||
| Established | January 1, 1919 | |||||||
| Admission | December 30, 1922 (BSSR) September 5, 1991 | |||||||
| Abbreviations | BY | |||||||
Belarus (Belarusian and Russian: Беларусь, Belarus'), officially known as the Republic of Belarus, is a republic of the Soviet Union. One of the founding republics of the USSR in 1922.
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