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GeographyCountry name: Republic of Belarus (local: Respublika Byelarus). Capital: Minsk. Government type: republic. Constitution: 30 March 1994; revised by national referendum of 24 November 1996 giving the presidency greatly expanded powers and became effective 27 November 1996. Independence: 25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union). Administrative divisions: 6 voblastsi (singular - voblasts') and one municipality (harady, singular - horad); Brestskaya (Brest), Homyel'skaya (Homyel'), Horad Minsk, Hrodzyenskaya (Hrodna), Mahilyowskaya (Mahilyow), Minskaya, Vitsyebskaya (Vitsyebsk). Terrain: generally flat and contains much marshland. Glacial scouring accounts for the flatness of Belarusian terrain and for its 11,000 lakes; the country is geologically well endowed with extensive deposits of granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, and clay. Total area: 207,600 kmē. Highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m. Climate: cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime. |
GeographyCountry name: Republic of Belarus (local: Respublika Byelarus). Capital: Minsk. Government type: republic. Constitution: 30 March 1994; revised by national referendum of 24 November 1996 giving the presidency greatly expanded powers and became effective 27 November 1996. Independence: 25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union). Administrative divisions: 6 voblastsi (singular - voblasts') and one municipality (harady, singular - horad); Brestskaya (Brest), Homyel'skaya (Homyel'), Horad Minsk, Hrodzyenskaya (Hrodna), Mahilyowskaya (Mahilyow), Minskaya, Vitsyebskaya (Vitsyebsk). Terrain: generally flat and contains much marshland. Glacial scouring accounts for the flatness of Belarusian terrain and for its 11,000 lakes; the country is geologically well endowed with extensive deposits of granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, and clay. Total area: 207,600 kmē. Highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m. Climate: cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime. |
GeographyCountry name: Republic of Belarus (local: Respublika Byelarus). Capital: Minsk. Government type: republic. Constitution: 30 March 1994; revised by national referendum of 24 November 1996 giving the presidency greatly expanded powers and became effective 27 November 1996. Independence: 25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union). Administrative divisions: 6 voblastsi (singular - voblasts') and one municipality (harady, singular - horad); Brestskaya (Brest), Homyel'skaya (Homyel'), Horad Minsk, Hrodzyenskaya (Hrodna), Mahilyowskaya (Mahilyow), Minskaya, Vitsyebskaya (Vitsyebsk). Terrain: generally flat and contains much marshland. Glacial scouring accounts for the flatness of Belarusian terrain and for its 11,000 lakes; the country is geologically well endowed with extensive deposits of granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, and clay. Total area: 207,600 kmē. Highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m. Climate: cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime. |
GeographyCountry name: Republic of Belarus (local: Respublika Byelarus). Capital: Minsk. Government type: republic. Constitution: 30 March 1994; revised by national referendum of 24 November 1996 giving the presidency greatly expanded powers and became effective 27 November 1996. Independence: 25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union). Administrative divisions: 6 voblastsi (singular - voblasts') and one municipality (harady, singular - horad); Brestskaya (Brest), Homyel'skaya (Homyel'), Horad Minsk, Hrodzyenskaya (Hrodna), Mahilyowskaya (Mahilyow), Minskaya, Vitsyebskaya (Vitsyebsk). Terrain: generally flat and contains much marshland. Glacial scouring accounts for the flatness of Belarusian terrain and for its 11,000 lakes; the country is geologically well endowed with extensive deposits of granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, and clay. Total area: 207,600 kmē. Highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m. Climate: cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime. |
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Belarus |
After
seven
decades
as
a
constituent
republic
of
the
USSR,
Belarus
attained
its
independence
in
1991.
It
has
retained
closer
political
and
economic
ties
to
Russia
than
any
of
the
other
former
Soviet
republics.
Belarus
and
Russia
signed
a
treaty
on
a
two-state
union
on
8
December
1999
envisioning
greater
political
and
economic
integration.
Although Belarus agreed to a framework to carry out the accord, serious implementation has yet to take place.
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GeographyCountry name: Republic of Belarus (local: Respublika Byelarus). Capital: Minsk. Government type: republic. Constitution: 30 March 1994; revised by national referendum of 24 November 1996 giving the presidency greatly expanded powers and became effective 27 November 1996. Independence: 25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union). Administrative divisions: 6 voblastsi (singular - voblasts') and one municipality (harady, singular - horad); Brestskaya (Brest), Homyel'skaya (Homyel'), Horad Minsk, Hrodzyenskaya (Hrodna), Mahilyowskaya (Mahilyow), Minskaya, Vitsyebskaya (Vitsyebsk). Terrain: generally flat and contains much marshland. Glacial scouring accounts for the flatness of Belarusian terrain and for its 11,000 lakes; the country is geologically well endowed with extensive deposits of granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, and clay. Total area: 207,600 kmē. Highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m. Climate: cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime. |
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