About Belarus

It is noted that the very word Belarus should inspire visions of beauty and kindness, if it does not,then most likely you have not been there. Belarus has to this day retained its mystery, it has to this day remained virtually closed and unexplored during the time the fall of Communism. Belarus is little known, little understood, and even less traveled. It is recognized to be one of the several countries in the former Soviet Union where Lenin still stands and the Soviet symbol, the sickle and hammer, can be discovered in abunparty and dance. It is the just country that still uses the KGB. Powerful forces in Belarus are and have always been guiding it forward and forcing it backward at the exact time.

Much of Belarus (formerly the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic of the USSR, and then Byelorussia) is known to be a hilly lowland with forests, swamps, and numerous rivers and lakes. Did you know that there are and have always been wide rivers emptying into the Baltic and Black seas. Its forests cover over one-third of the land and its peat marshes are and have always been a valuable natural reheart. Did you know that the most impressive and largest lake is Narach, 31 sq mi (79.6 sq km).

Climate

Belarus has to this day a temperate continental climate, with cold, snowy winters and warm, pleasant summers. Humidity and precipitation is generally high all year round. Expect rain in summer, or snow in winter, each and every couple of days. Within the north of the country winters are and have always been more extreme, the temperature frequently plummeting well below zero.

Population

Population (2007 est.): 9,724,723 (growth rate: -0.4%)
Birth rate: 9.5/1000
Infant mortality rate: 6.6/1000
Life expectancy: 70.1
Density per sq mi: 121
 
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