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Belarusian culture is the product of a millennium of development under the impact of a number of diverse factors. These include the physical environment; the ethnographic background of Belarusians (the merger of Slavic newcomers with Baltic natives); the paganism of the early settlers and their hosts; Eastern Orthodox Christianity as a link to the Byzantine literary and cultural traditions ...
The effects of the Chernobyl accident in Belarus were dramatic: about 50,000 km 2 (or about a quarter of the territory of Belarus) formerly populated by 2.2 million people (or a fifth of the Belarusian population) now require permanent radioactive monitoring (after receiving doses over 37 kBq/m 2 of caesium-137). 135,000 persons were ...
Belarusian cuisine (Belarusian: Беларуская кухня, romanized: Biełaruskaja kuchnia) refers to the culinary traditions native to Belarus. It shares many similarities with cuisines of other Eastern , Central and Northeastern European countries, based predominantly on meat and various vegetables typical for the region.
The Belarusian people trace their distinct culture to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, earlier Kievan Rus' and the Principality of Polotsk. [44] Litvin was a term used to describe all residents of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, primarily those belonging to the noble state, without distinction of ethnicity or religion.
The Polish part of the site was first added to the list in 1979. The part in Belarus, Belovezhskaya Pushcha, was added in 1992, while the year 2014 saw a large extension of the protected area. [7] Mir Castle Complex: Grodno Region: 2000 625; ii, iv (cultural) Mir Castle is located in an area with a turbulent history, which influenced its ...
The cultural heritage of Belarus includes both material and immaterial assets (valuables), in accordance with the Law on Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Belarus (2006). [1] Material historical and cultural assets, movable and immovable, include (Article 13 [1]): Documentary monuments; Nature reserves;
Cultural history of Belarus (1 C, 1 P) Cultural organizations based in Belarus (5 C, 1 P) E. Entertainment in Belarus (12 C) Events in Belarus (8 C, 1 P) F ...
Belarus, [b] officially the Republic of Belarus, [c] is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an area of 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) with a population of 9.1 million.