Belarus, Białoru¶, Biełaru¶, Republic of Belarus, Republika Białorusi, Republika Biełaru¶
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After seven decades as a constituent republic of the USSR, Belarus attained its independence in 1991. It has retained closer political and economic ties to Russia than any of the other former Soviet republics. Belarus and Russia signed a treaty on a two-state union on 8 December 1999 envisioning greater political and economic integration but, to date, neither side has actively sought to implement the accord.

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1. Dependency status: NA

2. Government type: republic

3. Location: Eastern Europe, east of Poland

4. Border Countries: Latvia 141 km, Lithuania 502 km, Poland 605 km, Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km

5. Climate: cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime

6. Terrain: generally flat and contains much marshland

7. Area: 207,600 km2

8. Capital: Minsk

9. Administrative divisions: 6 voblastsi (singular - voblasts') and one municipality* (harady, singular - horad); Brestskaya (Brest), Homyel'skaya (Homyel'), Horad Minsk*, Hrodzyenskaya (Hrodna), Mahilyowskaya (Mahilyow), Minskaya, Vitsyebskaya (Vitsyebsk); note - when using a place name with the adjectival ending 'skaya' the word voblasts' should be added to the place name

10. Population: 10,350,194 (July 2001 est.)

11. Languages: Byelorussian, Russian, other

12. Religions: Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)

13. Currency: Belarusian ruble (BYB/BYR)

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20. Recommended Travel Oficies in Poland:

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21. Recommended Travel Oficies in Belarus:

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22. Airlines:

23. Other transport (train, coach, boat etc.)

  • Polish Railways - www.pkp.pl
  • Ticket Information - 48 (022) 823-33-43
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24. Belarus office in Poland:

  • Embassy Republic of Belarus
    ul. Ateńska 67
    03-978 Warszawa
    tel. (022) 617-32-12, 617-84-41, 617-23-91; fax 617-84-41
    Consulat Section
    tel. (022) 6173954
  • General Consulate Republic of Belarus in Białymstoku
    ul. Waryńskiego 4
    15-461 Białystok
    tel. (085)     744-66-61, 744-55-01; fax 744-66-61
    open hours: 08.00-16.15 from Monday to Friday
  • General Consulate Republic of Belarus in Gdańsku
    ul. Ja¶kowa Dolina 50
    80-251 Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz
    tel. (058) 341-00-26; fax 341-40-26
    open hours: 08.00-16.15 from Monday to Friday
    Honorary Consul: Mr Michaił Aleksejczi
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  • slowniki.onet.pl - dictionary translating from polish and english, german, french, italian, spanish, russian etc.
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