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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 103. Chapters: Belarus, History of Belarus, Rurik, Ruthenia, Roslagen, Rusyn language, Oleg of Novgorod, Belarusians, Galicia, Varangian runestones, Rus' Khaganate, Carpathian Ruthenia, Old Belarusian language, Rusyns, Lemkos, Caspian expeditions of the Rus, Rus' people, Red Ruthenia, Carpatho-Ukraine, Ruthenian language, Ruthenian Catholic Church, Christianization of the Rus' Khaganate, Trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks, Hutsuls, Ruthenian Voivodeship, Lech, ech, and Rus, List of early East Slavic states, Military history of Carpathian Ruthenia during World War II, Askold and Dir, Historical states of Russia, Posadnik, Boyko, Paphlagonian expedition of the Rus', Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve, Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth, Principality of Trubetsk, Places inhabited by Rusyns, Polesia, Ruthenians, Garoariki, Drutsk, Arsania, Hutsul Republic, Poleszuk, Tysyatsky, Bravlin, Belarusian heraldry, Ru Szlachtowska, Black Ruthenia, Transcarpathia. Excerpt: Belarus (; Belarusian: , Russian: , ), 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 (Vitsebsk). Over forty percent of its 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) is forested, and its strongest economic sectors are agriculture and manufacturing. Until the 20th century, the lands of modern day Belarus belonged to several countries, including the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Empire. As a result of the Russian Revolution, Belarus became a founding constituent republic of the Soviet Union and was ...
