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Anthem | "Vajacki marš" | ||||
Capital | Smolensk | ||||
Largest city | Minsk | ||||
Language official |
Belarusian | ||||
others | Russian | ||||
Religion | Eastern Orthodox | ||||
Ethnic Group | 82.9% Belarusian 13.3% Russian 3% Poles .4% Germans .3% Lithuanians .3% Latvians | ||||
Demonym | Belarusian | ||||
Legislature | Parliamentary Republic | ||||
President | Alexander Lukashenko | ||||
Prime Minister | Andrei Kobyakov | ||||
Population | 5,568,994 | ||||
Established | 1918 | ||||
Independence | from Soviet Union | ||||
declared | 1941 | ||||
recognized | 1941 | ||||
Currency | Belarusian ruble | ||||
Time Zone | EET | ||||
summer | EEST | ||||
Driving Side | right | ||||
Calling Code | +375 | ||||
Internet TLD | by | ||||
Organizations | European Alliance |
Belarus, officially the Belarusian People's Republic, is a landlocked sovereign republic located in eastern Europe. The country is surrounded by Poland-Lithuania and Russia on both sides, Belarus is also a member of the European Alliance.