City of Gomel
The administrative centre of the Gomel oblast. The population is 518,000 people, the second by size in Belarus. Telephone code 8-0232. History First mentioned in 1142 under the name of Gomiy. It was a part of the Chernigov Principality, since…
City of Vitebsk
The administrative centre of the Vitebsk obtast The population is 373,000 people. Telephone code 8-0212 (2). History Founded in 974. First Vitebsk was within the Polotsk Principality, then as a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Situated on the…
City of Grodno
The administrative centre of the Grodno oblast. The population is 299,000 people. Telephone Code 8-0152. History It is first mentioned in 1128 as a centre of the Grodno Principality. In 1376 Grodno became the second capital of the Grand Duchy…
City of Brest
The administrative centre of the Brest oblast, situated on the border with Poland. The population is 293,000 people. Telephone code: 8 — 0162. History Brest is first mentioned in 1019 as Berestye. It was in the possession of Turov princes,…
Make your business in Belarus!
Main legislative provision on foreign investments Section 5 ol the Law on Property in the Republic of Belarus is devoted to the property ol other states, foreign natural persons, legal entities and joint ventures. The Law declares the right ot…
Business information of Belarus
The Belarusian economic structure is characterized by the following. Sectors of national economy Share in GDP (%) Industry 25.6 Construction 5.6 Agriculture and Forestry 12.0 Other product™; 0.4 Catering Industry 46.6 Net taxes on domestic and imported products 9.8 Belarus…
History and Culture of Belarus
HISTORY (A brief survey) Ancient stands ot people on the territory ol Belarus already existed 25 thousand years ago In the 6th-8lh centuries Slavonic tribes living between the Elbe and the Vistula began to settle to the South and the…
Useful infomation in Belarus
All You Have to Know to Survive in Belarus Emergency numbers Fire Brigade 101 Ambulance 103 Police 102 Gas Leakage 104 Behaviour Among the people of ex-Soviet Union, Belarusians enjoy a good reputation. They are considered to be educated,…
Facts and figures on Belarus
State structure and policy Belarus is a presidential republic The President ot the Republic ot Belarus is the head ot the state. The executive power is exercised by the Government — the Cabinet ot Ministers of the Republic of Belarus,…
Where is Belarus!
Belarus, formerly one of the most advanced republics of the USSR, has recently become a new independent state of the Central Europe. The country Is experiencing a complicated though exciting time of transformation of the economic and political systems, formation…
Фотографии костела св. Ангелов-Хранителей (продолжение)
Продолжение серии фотографий костела св. Ангелов-Хранителей, расположенного в поселке Роготна, Дятловского района Гродненской области. Предыдущая часть фотографий находится тут “Фотографии костела св. Ангелов-Хранителей”
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