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Wikipedia: Belarus, pronounced /ˈbɛləruːs/ bel-ə-, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno (Hrodna), Gomel (Homiel), Mogilev (Mahilyow) and Vitebsk (Viciebsk). Forty percent of the country is forested, and its strongest economic sectors are agriculture and manufacturing.
![[Soviet partisan fighters behind German front lines in Belarus in 1943]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Soviet_guerilla_s.jpg "Soviet partisan fighters behind German front lines in Belarus in 1943")
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![[Obverse of the 500 Belarusian ruble (BYB/BYR), the national currency]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Belarus_2000_Bill_500_Obverse_s.jpg "Obverse of the 500 Belarusian ruble (BYB/BYR), the national currency")
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![[House of Government in Minsk, with a statue of Vladimir Lenin in the foreground.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Belarus_Minsk_House_of_Government_and_Vladimir_Lenin_Monument_28perspective_corrected_29_s.jpg "House of Government in Minsk, with a statue of Vladimir Lenin in the foreground.")
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![[Broadcasting center of state-run TV in Minsk]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/State_TV_Belarus_s.jpg "Broadcasting center of state-run TV in Minsk")
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![[Strusta Lake in the Vitebsk Province.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Belarus_Strusta_Lake_2_s.jpg "Strusta Lake in the Vitebsk Province.")
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![[Belarusian economy by sectors.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sector_focused_structure_of_Gross_Domestic_Product_in_2008_2_s.jpg "Belarusian economy by sectors.")
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![[The Brest Fortress to the War Memorial]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BrestFortress7_s.jpg "The Brest Fortress to the War Memorial")
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![[Victory Square, Minsk]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Victory_square_s.jpg "Victory Square, Minsk")
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![[The 1991-1995 flag that is used as a symbol of the Belarusian opposition]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/112069212_74e5848ecf_b_2_s.jpg "The 1991-1995 flag that is used as a symbol of the Belarusian opposition")
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![[Francysk Skaryna, developer of the Belarusian language, and one of the first people to print in the Cyrillic...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Skaryna_1517_s.jpg "Francysk Skaryna, developer of the Belarusian language, and one of the first people to print in the Cyrillic...")
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![[Stamp with the Cross of St. Euphrasyne from 1991]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Stemp_Efrasinia_Polackaja_s.jpg "Stamp with the Cross of St. Euphrasyne from 1991")
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