Bhelarusi
I-Bhelarusi, ngokusemthethweni iRiphabhlikhi yaseBelarus, lilizwe elivaliweyo eMpuma Yurophu. Ijikelezwe yiRussia ngasempuma nakumantla-mpuma, iUkraine emazantsi, iPoland ngasentshona, kunye neLithuania kunye neLatvia emantla-ntshona. Ukugubungela ummandla 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) kunye nabemi abazizigidi ezisisi-9.2, iBelarus lelona lizwe likhulu kakhulu kunye ne- 20th-elinabantu abaninzi eYurophu. Eli lizwe linemozulu ene -hemiboreal kwaye lahlulwe ngokolawulo laba ziingingqi ezisixhenxe .I-Minsk yeyona dolophu inkulu kunye neyona dolophu inkulu.
Phakathi kwexesha eliphakathi kunye nenkulungwane yama-20, amazwe ahlukeneyo ngamaxesha ahlukeneyo ayelawula imihlaba yeBelarus yanamhlanje, kuquka iKievan Rus ', iNqununu yasePolotsk, iGrand Duchy yaseLithuania, i- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, kunye noBukhosi baseRashiya .Emva kweRevolution yaseRashiya ngowe-1917, kwavela amazwe ahlukeneyo ekhuphisana ngokuba semthethweni phakathi kweMfazwe yamakhaya, eyaphela ngokunyuka kwe- SSR yaseByelorussian, eyathi yaba lilizwe elisisiseko le -Soviet Union ngo-1922. Emva kweMfazwe yasePoland-Soviet, iBelarus yalahlekelwa phantse isiqingatha sommandla wayo ePoland. Uninzi lwemida yaseBelarus yathatha imilo yayo yangoku ngo-1939, xa amanye amazwe eRiphabhlikhi yesiBini yasePoland aphinda adityaniswa kuyo emva kohlaselo lwaseSoviet ePoland, kwaye yagqitywa emva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi. II. [1] <ref name="uni2">Taylor & Francis Group (2004) Europa World Year, Book 1 Europa publications ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.