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Poles are now the third largest ethnic group in Belarus (see Polish minority in Belarus). There are around 15,000 of Lipka Tatars and about 10,000 of Ruska Roma (Russian Gypsies). In the post-war period Belarus experienced an influx of workers from other parts of the Soviet Union, for example Russians and Ukrainians.
Map of the cultural regions of Belarus (following Tsitou's ideas), superimposed over the administrative Regions of Belarus. Cultural regions of Belarus are historical and ethnographic regions that are located in the boundaries of what is now Belarus and are distinguished by a set of ethnocultural features: ethnic history, nature of settlement, economic activities and tools, folk architecture ...
Ethnic Poles share in Belarus (2019 census), district level data. According to the 2019 census Polish minority in Belarus numbers officially about 287,693. After the Russian minority, Poles certainly form the second largest minority group in Belarus. [1] The majority of Poles live in the Western regions including 223,119 in the Grodno oblast.
The Nazi regime had extensive plans for creating Lebensraum in Eastern Europe under Generalplan Ost, apart from invading and occupying large swaths of territory from modern Belarus, Russia and Ukraine during Operation Barbarossa (1941), and committing large-scale ethnic cleansing there, only Bialystok District (1941–1945, which included some ...
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.
Ethnic organizations based in Belarus (1 C) P. Belarusian people of Polish descent (1 C, 21 P) R. Belarusian people of Russian descent (2 C, 20 P) V. Volhynian Jews ...
Ethnic groups in Belarus (7 C, 14 P) Expatriates in Belarus (70 C) H. Demographic history of Belarus (1 P) I. Immigrants to Belarus (10 C, 5 P) Pages in category ...
Jews and Judaism in Europe by country (57 C) Racism in Europe by country (31 C) + ... Ethnic groups in Belarus (7 C, 14 P) Ethnic groups in Belgium (7 C, 9 P)