Belarus

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landlocked country sovereign state

Belarus is an Eastern European country known for its flat landscapes, dense forests, and historical ties to both the Soviet Union and the broader Slavic cultural sphere.

Aliases (7)

Republic of Belarus ×6
Belorussia ×3
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ×2
BLR ×1
Belarus (various locations) ×1
Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic ×1
Belorussian SSR ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landlocked country → sovereign state →
borderCountry	Latvia → Lithuania → Poland → Russia → Ukraine →
callingCode	+375 →
capital	Minsk →
climate	humid continental climate →
coatOfArmsSymbol	outline of Belarus map → red star → wreath of wheat →
continent	Europe →
currency	Belarusian ruble →
drainageBasin	Baltic Sea basin → Black Sea basin →
drivesOnThe	right →
flagColor	green → red → white →
formerEntity	Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic →
geographyFeature	dense forests → flat landscapes →
governmentType	unitary presidential republic →
highestPoint	Dzyarzhynskaya Hara →
historicalRegion	Slavic cultural sphere →
independenceDeclared	1991 →
internetTLD	.by → .бел →
ISO3166-1Alpha2Code	BY →
ISO3166-1Alpha3Code	BLR →
landlocked	true →
largestCity	Minsk →
majorReligion	Eastern Orthodoxy → Roman Catholicism →
memberOf	Collective Security Treaty Organization → Commonwealth of Independent States → Eurasian Economic Union →
nationality	Belarusian →
nationalLanguageFamily	Slavic languages →
nationalSport	ice hockey →
officialLanguage	Belarusian → Russian →
partOf	Soviet Union →
region	Eastern Europe →
timeZone	UTC+3 →
UNMemberState	true →
writingSystem	Cyrillic script →

Referenced by (209)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
.бел → Armed Forces of Belarus → BYN → Belarus men's national ice hockey team → Belarusian Orthodox communities → Belarusian ruble → Brest (Belarus) → Brest-Litovsk → Bug River → Daugava River → Dzyarzhynskaya Hara → Gomel → Hrodna → Kontinental Hockey League → Liberal Democratic Party (Belarus) → Lithuanian–Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic → Mahilyow → Marc Chagall Museum → Minsk → Motal → National Bank of the Republic of Belarus → Polesia → Pontic–Caspian steppe → Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk → Slavianski Bazaar international arts festival → Standard Belarusian → Victory Day parades → Vitebsk → Vitebsk School of Art → Vitebsk State University → Vitebsk Vostochny Airport → Western Belarus →	country
Andrei → Andriy → Anton → FET → Mikhail → Pavel → Sasha → Yuri →	usedInCountry
Eastern Front (World War II) → Great Purge ("Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic") → International Hockey League → Lublin–Brest Offensive → November Uprising → Operation Bagration ("Belorussian SSR") → Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland →	location
Lublin Voivodeship → Northern Ukraine → Northwestern Federal Okrug → Pskov Oblast → Western Ukraine →	borders
Collective Security Treaty Organization → Commonwealth of Independent States → Eastern Partnership countries → Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → United Nations Economic Commission for Europe →	hasMember
Bug River → Daugava River → Dnieper → Siverskyi Donets →	basinCountry
Central Federal District → Central Federal District → Podlasie → Right-bank Ukraine →	borderedBy
1st Baltic Front → 2nd Belorussian Front ("Belorussia") → Einsatzgruppen → Komsomol ("Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic") →	operatedIn
Brest (Belarus) ("Republic of Belarus") → Mahilyow → Polesia → Western Belarus →	partOf
East Slavic languages → Lithuanian → Polish language → Ukrainian language →	spokenIn
1st Belorussian Front ("Belorussia") → 3rd Belorussian Front → Soviet 60th Army →	areaOfOperations
Lithuania → Poland → Republic of Poland →	borderCountry
European Russia → Northwestern FD → Russia →	bordersCountry
Olga Korbut → Olga Korbut → Stanislav Shushkevich →	countryOfCitizenship
Daugava River → Dnieper → Neman River →	flowsThrough
Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia → Wilno Voivodeship → Wiszniew, Second Polish Republic →	locatedInPresentDay
Poles → Tatars →	diaspora
Central Europe → Eastern Europe →	hasCountry
Erasmus+ Programme Countries → Member States of the United Nations ("Republic of Belarus") →	includes
BYN → Belarusian ruble →	legalTenderIn
Dzyarzhynskaya Hara → Neman River →	locatedIn
Kyivan Rus → Vilna Governorate →	locatedInThePresentDayTerritoryOf
BYN → Belarusian ruble →	officialCurrencyOf
BY → Belarus men's national ice hockey team →	represents
BYN → Soviet ruble ("Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic") →	usedIn
Soviet partisans →	activeIn
Northwest Russia →	adjacentTo
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk →	affectedTerritory
LebensraumPolicy →	appliedInRegion
BY →	appliesTo
Slavic languages →	areOfficialIn
West Slavs →	associatedWithModernState
Ukraine →	borderingCountry
Volyn Oblast →	bordersWith
Minsk →	capitalOf
Tatyana →	commonInCountry
Europe and North America →	containsWorldHeritageSiteIn
Chernobyl disaster →	contaminationSpreadTo
KHL Western Conference →	countryAssociation
Victory in Europe Day →	countryObservedIn
Chaim Weizmann →	countryOfBirth
Dnieper →	countryOfMiddleCourse
Belarusians →	countryOfPrimaryAssociation
Belavezha Accords →	countryRepresented
dissolution of the Soviet Union →	countrySucceededBy
Golden Horde →	countryToday
Neman River →	countryTraversed
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia →	criticizedBy
Wiszniew, Second Polish Republic →	currentCountry
Western Belarus ("Republic of Belarus") →	currentState
Vistula River →	drainageBasinCountry
Hasidism →	emergedInRegion
Belarusians →	ethnicMajorityIn
Lithuanians →	ethnicMinorityIn
Bug River →	formsBorderBetween
Dnieper →	formsPartOfBorderBetween
Eurasian Economic Union →	foundedBy
Commonwealth of Independent States →	founder
Backe Plan →	geographicFocus
Axis forces on the Eastern Front →	geographicScope
Belarus men's national ice hockey team →	governingBodyCountry
Latvia →	hasBorderWith
Russian Orthodox Church →	hasJurisdictionIn
Radical Reformation →	hasMainRegion
Eurasian Economic Union →	hasMemberState
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation →	hasObserver
Old Believers →	hasPopulation
Jakub →	hasUsageRegion
Commonwealth of Independent States →	headquartersCountry
Army Group Centre ("Belarus (various locations)") →	headquartersLocation
Kyivan Rus →	heritageClaimedBy
Slavianski Bazaar international arts festival →	hostCountrySinceInception
European inland shipping network →	includesCountry
Eastern Partnership countries →	includesEAEUMember
German-occupied Europe →	includesTerritory
Russian Orthodox Church →	influencesCultureOf
Sergei →	isCommonIn
Minsk →	isLargestCityOf
Gomel →	isMajorCityOf
Neman River →	isMajorWaterwayOf
Belarus ("BLR") →	ISO3166-1Alpha3Code
National Bank of the Republic of Belarus ("Republic of Belarus") →	jurisdiction
Petrovichi →	locatedNearBorder
Slavs →	majorityInCountry
Balto-Slavic languages →	majorLanguageGroupOf
East Slavs →	majorModernStates
Daugava River →	majorRiverOf
Commonwealth of Independent States →	memberState
WHO Regional Office for Europe →	memberStatesInclude
2nd Belorussian Front ("Belorussia") →	namedAfter
Włodawa →	nearBorderWith
Baltic states →	neighboringCountry
Sambo →	notableCountryOfPractice
Kresy →	nowInCountry
Russian language →	officialLanguageOf
Cyrillic script →	officialScriptOf
Army Group Centre →	operationalArea
National Bank of the Republic of Belarus ("Republic of Belarus") →	owner
Belavezha Accords →	placeSigned
Kyivan Rus →	politicalFoundationFor
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Eastern Poland →	postWarTerritoriesNowIn
Standard Belarusian →	primaryRegion
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church →	primaryTerritory
Pan-Slavism →	prominentInCountry
East Slavs →	region
Vladimir →	regionOfPopularity
The Truce →	settingPlace
Belarus men's national ice hockey team →	shortName
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk →	signedIn
Russians →	significantMinorityIn
Neman River →	sourceCountry
Soviet Union →	succeededBy
Wiszniew, Second Polish Republic ("Republic of Belarus") →	successorState
Russo-Ukrainian War →	supporterOfRussia
Lebensraum →	targetRegion
Russian Empire →	territoryIncludes
Polesie Voivodeship →	todayPartlyIn
Varvara →	usageRegion
Sukhoi Su-27 →	usedBy
Church Slavonic →	usedInRegion