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Population of Belarus according to ethnic group 1959–2019; Ethnic group census 1959 1 census 1970 2 census 1979 3 census 1989 4 census 1999 5 census 2009 6 census ...
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 ...
However, it did not correspond to an ethnic or confessional division, as Lithuania proper included a large part of central and western Belarus with cities such as Polotsk, Vitebsk, Orsha, Minsk, Barysaw and Slutsk, while the remaining lands inhabited by Slavs were called Rus. [45] From the 17th century onward, the name White Ruthenia ...
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 name Belarus is closely related with the term Belaya Rus', i.e., White Rus'. [15] There are several claims to the origin of the name White Rus'. [16] An ethno-religious theory suggests that the name used to describe the part of old Ruthenian lands within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that had been populated mostly by Slavs who had been Christianized early, as opposed to Black Ruthenia ...
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 ...
According to the 2009 census in Belarus, there were 19,091 ethnic Lithuanians in Belarus. [1] Lithuanians are most significantly concentrated in Grodno and western Vitebsk regions , which border Lithuania , but concentrations of Lithuanians can also be found in Belarus' eastern regions.
Ethnic groups in Belarus (7 C, 14 P) ... Pages in category "Demographics of Belarus" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.