Belarusians

E9601

East Slavic people ethnic group

Belarusians are an East Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with the modern nation of Belarus, sharing linguistic, cultural, and historical ties with Russians and Ukrainians.

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	East Slavic people → ethnic group →
alsoSpeak	Russian language →
associatedWithCuisine	Belarusian cuisine →
associatedWithCulture	Belarusian culture →
associatedWithEthnographicRegion	Podlasie → Polesia →
associatedWithFolklore	Belarusian folklore →
associatedWithLanguageStandard	Standard Belarusian →
associatedWithLiterature	Belarusian literature →
associatedWithMusic	Belarusian music →
citizenshipAssociatedWith	Belarusian citizenship →
countryOfPrimaryAssociation	Belarus →
diasporaIn	Canada → Czech Republic → Germany → Israel → Latvia → Lithuania → Poland → Russia → Ukraine → United Kingdom → United States of America → surface form: "United States"
ethnicMajorityIn	Belarus →
ethnonymOf	Belarusian people →
historicalLanguage	Old East Slavic → surface form: "Old Belarusian"
historicallyPartOf	Grand Duchy of Lithuania → Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth → Russian Empire → Soviet Union →
nativeTo	Belarusian territory → Eastern Europe →
partOf	Slavs → surface form: "East Slavs"
populationCenter	Brest (Belarus) → surface form: "Brest" Gomel → Hrodna → Mahilyow → Minsk → Vitebsk →
primaryLanguage	Belarusian language →
recognizedMinorityIn	Latvia → Lithuania → Poland → Russia → Ukraine →
relatedEthnicGroup	Russians → Ukrainians →
traditionalReligion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity → surface form: "Eastern Orthodoxy" Greek Catholicism → Islam → Judaism → Roman Catholicism →
usesWritingSystem	Cyrillic script →

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GeneralplanOstPolicies → aimedAt → Belarusians →

East Slavs → ancestralTo → Belarusians →

Polesie Voivodeship → ethnicComposition → Belarusians →

Kresy → ethnicGroup → Belarusians →

Podlasie → ethnicGroup → Belarusians →

Polesia → ethnicGroup → Belarusians →

Russian Partition of Poland → ethnicGroup → Belarusians →

Second Polish Republic → ethnicGroup → Belarusians →

Stavropol Krai → ethnicGroup → Belarusians →

Vilna Governorate → ethnicGroupsSignificant → Belarusians →

Krasnodar Krai → hasEthnicGroup → Belarusians →

Western Belarus → historicalEthnicGroup → Belarusians →

Białystok → historicallyHadEthnicGroup → Belarusians →

Slavs → includes → Belarusians →

subject surface form: "East Slavs"

Slavic cultural sphere → includesEthnicGroup → Belarusians →

Eastern Poland → preWarPopulationIncluded → Belarusians →

Russians → relatedEthnicGroup → Belarusians →

Ukrainians → relatedEthnicGroup → Belarusians →

Rusyns → relatedEthnicity → Belarusians →

Smolensk Governorate → significantMinority → Belarusians →