Belarus (
i// bel-ə-ROOSS;
Belarusian:
Белару́сь Bielaruś
pronounced [bʲɛlaˈrusʲ];
Russian:
Белару́сь, Респу́блика Беларусь Belarus’, Respublika Belarus’), officially the
Republic of Belarus, is
a
landlocked
country in
Eastern
Europe[5] bordered by
Russia to the northeast,
Ukraine to the south,
Poland to the west, and
Lithuania and
Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is
Minsk; other major cities include
Brest,
Hrodna (Grodno),
Homiel (Gomel),
Mahilyow (Mogilev) and
Vitsebsk (Vitebsk). Over forty percent of its 207,600
square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) is forested, and its strongest economic sectors
are service industries and manufacturing.
[6]
More at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus
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