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Discusses the history, geography, ethnic mixture, politics, economy, and future of the former Soviet republic of Belarus. ... Read more

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Belarus (Then & Now)
Belarus (Then & Now)
This book is definately out-dated as it was written in the mid-1990's. The flag is nolonger accurate, but that's just the tip of the ice burg as far as the inaccuracies go. I think a better title would be "Then & Then" or "Then & What it could have been."
Still. The pictures of daily life for Belarusians are close enough. And it does still show the change from Soviet to an independant republic. Just keep in mind that there's a whole 'nother story that follows this one. ... Read more

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Belarus. History of Belarus, Politics of Belarus, Foreign relations of Belarus, Geography of Belarus, Economy of Belarus, Demographics of Belarus, Belarusian culture, Administrative divisions of Belarus, Belarusian language. ... Read more

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Chapters: Podlachia, Bohdanow, Brahin, List of Belarusian Exonyms for Places in Kaliningrad Oblast, Extreme Points of Belarus, List of Places in Belarus, Śvisłač. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Belarus, a landlocked, generally flat country (the average elevation is 162 meters (531 ft) above sea level) without natural borders, occupies an area of 207,600 square kilometers (80,200 sq mi), or slightly smaller than the United Kingdom or the state of Kansas. Its neighbors are Russia to the east and northeast, Latvia to the north, Lithuania to the northwest, Poland to the west, and Ukraine to the south. Belarus's mostly level terrain is broken up by the Belarusian Range (Byelaruskaya Hrada), a swath of elevated territory, composed of individual highlands, that runs diagonally through the country from west-southwest to east-northeast. Its highest point is the 346-meter (1,135 ft) Mount Dzyarzhynskaya, named for Felix Dzerzhinsky, head of Cheka. Northern Belarus has hilly landscape with many lakes and gently sloping ridges created by glacial debris. In the south, about one-third of the republic's territory around the Pripiac River is taken up by the low-lying swampy plain of Palyessye, shared with Ukraine, Poland and Russia. Glacial scouring accounts for the flatness of Belarusian terrain and for its numerous lakes. Belarus's 3,000 streams and 4,000 lakes are major features of the landscape and are used for floating timber, shipping, and power generation. Major rivers are the west-flowing Western Dvina and Nyoman rivers, and the south-flowing Dniapro River with its tributaries, Berezina River, Sozh, and Prypyat rivers. The Prypyat River has served as a bridge between the Dnepr flowing to Ukraine and the Vistula in Poland since the period of Kievan R...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18933243 ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Koptyush, Belarus, Grodno Governorate, Homiel Voblast, Minsk Voblast, Beshankovichy, Dziatłava, Smarhoń, Pruzhany, Rechytsa, Administrative Divisions of Belarus, Brahin, Kamyanyets, Hlybokaye, Vilnia River, Drutsk, Pripyat River, Navapolatsk, Kotra River, Vysokaye, Svetlahorsk, Chachersk, Zhodzina, Kalinkavichy, Zhabinka, Maladzyechna Voblast, Lake Drūkšiai, Shkloŭ, Dnieper-bug Canal, Vselyub, Slutsk, Pukhavichy Raion, Łutownia, Horyn River, Zhlobin, Lubcha, Lyakhavichy, Mogilev Governorate, Dobrush, Lake Narach, Motal, Kosava, Belarus, Sozh, Hantsavichy, Zdrawneva, Horki, Rahachow, Aktsyabarski, Maladzyechna Raion, Myadzel Raion, Berezina River, Davyd-Haradok, Berazino Raion, Dzyarzhynsk Raion, Smalyavichy, Barysaw Raion, Ivatsevichy, Chervyen Raion, Lahoysk Raion, Kapyl Raion, Lyuban Raion, Krupki Raion, Zhytkavichy, Kletsk Raion, Astraviec, Mstsislaw, Vileyka Voblast, Buda-Kashalyova, Stoŭbtsy, Vetka, Khoiniki, Lelchytsy, Drahichyn, Minsk Governorate, Damachava, Mikashevichy, Belaazyorsk, Telekhany, Narowla, Naliboki, Malaryta, Halshany, Malaya Berestovitsa, Kirawsk, Vassilyevichy, Zhirmuny, Belarus, Zaslawye, Dzyarzhynskaya Hara, Masty, Belarus, Braslaw, Petrykaw, Northwestern Krai, Dysna, Yelsk, Lovat River, Svislach, Mukhavets River, Klimavichy, Silichy, Loyew, Berestia, Liozna, Styr River, Aktsyabarski Raion, Augustów Primeval Forest, Svislach River, Chavusy, Vowchyn, Karelichy, Vishneva, Lake Osveya, Vyalikaya Byerastavitsa, Salihorsk, Navahrudak Voblast, Chigirinka, Daŭhinava, Karlin, Asipovichy, Bykhaw, Asipovichy Raion, Kasplya River, Lake Lukomlskoye, Braginka River, Lake Chervonoye, Voupa, Voranava, Iput River, Drut River, Radashkovichy, Brest Airport, Krychaw, Kopys, Talachyn, Shchara River, Towns of Belarus, Iwye, Czarna Hańcza, Dzisna, Stolin Raion, Narach River...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=20786349 ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Belarus," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Belarus in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Belarus when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Belarus, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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Following the dismantling of the old Soviet Union, the new Republics have formed a loose Commonwealth. This book looks at Byelorussia, Ukraine and Moldavia and details their history and development. ... Read more

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Compares and contrasts the three former Soviet republics of Byelarus, Ukraine, and Moldova, linked by geography and economics. ... Read more

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A poorly researched book with factual and other errors
Sadly, this is one of the very few books with information on this part of the world - and it gets many facts wrong. This book is obvoiusly aimed at the K-12 market, and aims to function as a primer on this region.Unfortunately, it fails.

* Ukrainian place names are invariably given inRussian instead of Ukrainian (for example, Kyiv is spelled Kiev in thisbook).

* Moldovan place names are either not spelled correctly - e.g."Belsiy" for Balti, or given in Russian - e.g."Kishinev" for Chisinau.

* Country names are not accurate - forexample, the German Democratic Republic is labeled as "EastGermany".

* Information on these countries' ethnic minorities isshallow. The Gagauz and Bulgarian minorities in Moldova are simply labeledas "other", and the percentage of the pie chart given to these"others" is wrong (13 per cent instead of approximately 4 percent).

* Finally, many other details are wrong. For example, Moldova isdescribed as having "abundant natural resources and well-developedindustries", when in fact Moldova imports nearly all of its power andnatural resources, and has virtually no developed industry save for somedecaying factories in the Trans-Dniestr Republic.

In short, save yourmoney. If you're looking for information on these countries, lookelsewhere. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! West Belarus is the name used referring to the territory of modern Belarus that belonged to the Second Polish Republic pursuant to the Treaty of Riga between the Polish-Soviet War and World War II, as opposed to East Belarus that was a Soviet Republic - part of the USSR. The territory included most of today's western part of Belarus. In particular, Hrodna and Brest voblasts, as well as parts of today's Minsk and Vitebsk oblasts. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Automobile roads in Belarus are classified into several categories. The state-owned roads of common access are managed by the Belavtodor department of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Belarus. They are classified into republican roads and local roads. Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise 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, Grodno (Hrodna), Gomel (Homiel), Mogilev (Mahilyow) and Vitebsk (Viciebsk). Forty percent of its 207600 km2 is forested, and its strongest economic sectors are agriculture and manufacturing. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Polonia, which is the name for Poland in Latin and in many other languages, refers in modern Polish language to the Polish diaspora, and to people of Polish origin who live outside Poland. There are roughly 15 to 20 million people of Polish ancestry living outside Poland, making the Polish diaspora one of the largest in the world. Reasons for this displacement vary from border shifts, to forced resettlement, to political or economic emigration. Major populations of Polish ancestry can be found in Germany, France, several other European countries, the United States, Canada, Brazil and elsewhere in the Americas.A large proportion of the Polish citizens who migrated in the early twentieth century were Polish Jews, and these also make up part of the Jewish diaspora. Poland was home to the world's largest Jewish population as late as 1938, a decade before the establishment of Israel. Over three million Polish Jews were killed in the Holocaust, and most of the survivors emigrated. Today only about 25,000 Jewish people live in Poland. ... Read more

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The Dnipro River is Europe's second largest, and for centuries has been vital to the history, culture and economy of Ukraine and to a major part of Eastern Europe.Preserving the Dnipro describes the importance of the Dnipro and highlights the steps taken by Ukrainian and Canadian scientists to overcome the river's environmental misfortunesand preserve its unique biodiversity, and presents an approach for the sustainable management that blends boththe spiritual and natural concerns. It digs into the true meaning of sustainable research use as the harmonious coexistence of nature and society.Liberally illustrated, the book presents a succinct yet powerful and comprehensive message that caring for our planet and achieving the objectives of sustainable development cannot be accomplished without a renaissanceof "spirituality" and a dedication to living in true harmony with nature. ... Read more