Articles in Belarus ( 325 )

325 Articles of interest in Belarus

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  • Nesvizh

    Nesvizh (Niasviž, Belarusian: Нясві́ж [nʲaˈsʲvʲiʐ]; Russian: Не́свиж; Polish: Nieśwież; Lithuanian: Nesvyžius; Yiddish: ניעסוויז; Latin: Nesvisium) is a city in Belarus. It is the administrative center of the Nesvizh District (rajon) of Minsk Provin…

  • Dinamo Stadium (Minsk)

    Dinamo Stadium (Belarusian: Стадыён Дынама, Belarusian pronunciation: [stadɨˈjɔn dɨˈnama]) is a multi-purpose stadium in Minsk, Belarus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Minsk and Belarus national footbal…

  • Mazyr

    Mazyr (Belarusian: Мазы́р, pronounced [maˈzɨr]) is a city in the Gomel Region of Belarus on the Pripyat River about 210 kilometres (130 miles) east of Pinsk and 100 kilometres (62 miles) northwest of Chernobyl and is located at approximately (52°03′…

  • National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

    The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) (Belarusian: Нацыянальная акадэмія навук Беларусі, Russian: Национальная академия наук Беларуси, НАН Беларуси, НАНБ ) is the national academy of Belarus.

  • Kobryn

    Kobryn or Kobrin (Belarusian: Ко́брын, pronounced [ˈkɔbrɨn]; Ukrainian: Кобринь; Russian: Ко́брин; Yiddish: קאברין; Polish: Kobryń) is a city in the Brest voblast of Belarus and the center of the Kobryn Raion. The city is located in the southwestern…

  • Battle of Klyastitsy

    The Battle of Klyastitsy, also called battle of Yakubovo, was a series of military engagements which took place in 1812 near the village of Klyastitsy (Russian: Кля́стицы) (Drissa uyezd, Vitebsk guberniya) on the road between Polotsk and Sebezh. In …

  • Minsk-1 Airport

    Minsk-1 Airport (IATA: MHP, ICAO: UMMM) is an airport located within the city limits of Minsk, Belarus, just a few kilometres south from the centre. It takes about 10 minutes by car or bus to reach the airport from the city centre.

  • Dzyarzhynskaya Hara

    Dzyarzhynskaya hara (Belarusian Дзяржынская гара Dziaržynskaja hara, [dzʲarˈʐɨnskaja]) is the highest point in Belarus. The hill is 345 meters (1,130 ft) above sea level and is located west of Minsk, near Dzyarzhynsk, in the village Skirmuntava. The…

  • Victory Square, Minsk

    Victory Circus (Belarusian: Пло́шча Перамо́гі, Russian: Пло́щадь Побе́ды) — circus in the centre of the City of Minsk located at the crossing of Independence Avenue and Zakharau Street. The circus is located in the historic centre of Minsk nearby wi…

  • Saint Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk

    The Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Polotsk (Belarusian: Полацкі Сафійскі сабор; Russian: Собор Святой Софии в Полоцке) was built by Prince Vseslav Briacheslavich (rr.1044–1101) between 1044 (it is first mentioned in the Voskresenskaia Chronicle under t…

  • Chavusy

    Chaussy, Chavusy or Chausy (Belarusian: Чавусы; Polish: Czausy; Russian: Чаусы; Łacinka: Čavusy) is a town in the eastern Belarusian voblast of Mogilev. Chavusy serves as an administrative center of Chavusy Raion.

  • Ashmyany

    Ashmyany (Belarusian: Ашмя́ны, Łacinka: Ašmiany, Russian: Ошмя́ны, Oshmyany; Polish: Oszmiana, Yiddish: אָשמענע, Oshmene, Lithuanian: Ašmena) is a town in Grodno Region, Belarus, capital of the Ašmiany raion located 25 km from Vilnius. It lies in th…

  • Vishnyeva

    Vishnyeva (Belarusian: Ві́шнева; Russian: Вишнево, Vishnevo; Yiddish: וישנעווע, Vishneva; Polish: Wiszniew) is a township in Valozhyn Raion, Minsk Region, Belarus, near the border with Lithuania.

  • Vileyka

    Vileyka (Belarusian: Вiлейка [vʲiˈlʲɛjka], also Вялейка; Russian: Вилейка; Polish: Wilejka; Lithuanian: Vileika) is a town in Belarus and the administrative center of the Vileyka Raion in the Minsk Region. It is located on the River Viliya, 100 km n…

  • Vawkavysk

    Vawkavysk (Belarusian: Ваўкавыск, Yiddish: וואלקאוויסק, Polish: Wołkowysk; names in other languages) is one of the oldest towns in southwestern Belarus and the capital of the Vawkavysk raion. It is located on the Wołkowyja River, roughly 98 kilometr…

  • Maladzyechna

    Maladzyechna (Belarusian: Маладзе́чна, pronounced [maɫaˈdzʲetʂna]; Russian: Молоде́чно, Polish: Mołodeczno), is a city in the Minsk Voblast of Belarus, an administrative centre of the Maladzyechna district (and formerly of the Maladzyechna Voblast).…

  • Braslaw

    Braslaw or Braslau (Belarusian: Браслаў, Brasłaŭ; Russian: Браслав, Braslav; Polish: Brasław; Lithuanian: Breslauja) is a town in the Vitsebsk Voblast of Belarus, an administrative center of the Braslaw Raion.

  • Motal

    Motal (Belarusian: Моталь, Russian: Мотоль, Polish: Motol, Yiddish: מאתאל) is a township in Ivanava Raion of Brest Region located about 30 kilometres west of Pinsk on the Yaselda River in Belarus.

  • Liozna

    Liozna (Belarusian: Лёзна, Polish: Łoźna, Russian: Лиозно) is an urban type settlement in Vitsebsk Voblast, Belarus, the capital of Liozna Raion. It is located close to the border with Russia by the Vitsebsk-Smolensk railroad branch and highway, on …

  • Žlobin

    Žlobin (Belarusian: Жло́бін; Russian: Жло́бин) is a city in the Žlobinski Raion of Gomel Voblast of Belarus, on the Dnieper river.

  • Valozhyn

    Valozhyn, Vałožyn or Volozhin (Belarusian: Вало́жын, [vaˈɫoʐɨn]; Russian: Воло́жин; Polish: Wołożyn; Yiddish: וואָלאָזשין; also written as Wolozin and Wolozhin) is a town in the Minsk Region of Belarus. The population is 11,500 (1995). It is located…

  • Mir, Belarus

    Mir (Belarusian: Мір; Russian: Мир; both meaning "world" and "peace"; but the name most likely originates from the name of the river the settlement is situated on) is an urban settlement in Kareličy (Карэлічы) raion, Hrodna Voblast, Belarus (53°27′N…

  • Gorky Park (Minsk)

    Gorky Park (Парк Горкага, Цэнтральны дзіцячы парк імя Максіма Горкага, Maksim Gorky Central Children's Park) is a public park in Minsk, Belarus.

  • Church of Saints Simon and Helena

    Church of Saints Simon and Helen (Belarusian: Касцёл святых Сымона і Алены) also known as the Red Church (Belarusian: Чырвоны касцёл) is a Roman Catholic church on Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus.

  • Turaŭ

    Turaŭ (Belarusian: Ту́раў, Russian: Туров, Polish: Turów) is a town in the Žytkavičy Rajon of Gomel Region of Belarus and the former capital of the medieval Principality of Turov and Pinsk.

  • Pruzhany

    Pruzhany (Belarusian: Пружаны, [pruˈʐanɨ]; Russian: Пружаны, Polish: Prużany, Yiddish: פרוזשענע, Pruzhani) is a town in Brest Voblast, Belarus. Pruzhany is the center of a district in Brest Region, Belarus. Its population is about 20.000 people.

  • Navahrudak Castle

    The former castle in Navahrudak, Belarus (Belarusian: Навагрудскі замак) was one of the key strongholds of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, cited by Maciej Stryjkowski as the location of Mindaugas's coronation as King of Lithuania as well as his likely…

  • Mound of Glory

    The Mound of Glory (Belarusian: Курган Славы) is a memorial complex honouring Soviet soldiers who fought during World War II, located 21 km from Minsk, Belarus on the Moscow Highway.

  • Lakhva

    Lakhva (or Lachva, Lachwa) (Belarusian and Russian: Лахва, Hebrew: לחווא‎, Polish: Łachwa, Yiddish: לאַכװע) is a small town in southern Belarus, with a population of approximately 2,100. Lakhva is considered to have been the location of one of the f…