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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: 82. Chapters: Belarus, Belarusian language, Alexander Lukashenko, Constitution of Belarus, History of the Jews in Belarus, Belarus national football team, Augustow Canal, Stanis aw Bu ak-Ba achowicz, Elections in Belarus, Patriarch Pavle of Serbia, Soviet-Lithuanian Peace Treaty, Belarusian presidential election, 2006, Flag of Belarus, Belarusian ruble, My Belarusy, Hero of Belarus, President of Belarus, West Belarus, National emblem of Belarus, Ignacy Domeyko, Orsha, S awomir Rawicz, Slutsk Defence Action, Lithuania proper, Belarusian referendum, 1996, Pylyp Orlyk, Partyja BPF, Vai vilkas, Sierra class submarine, Vileyka, Dmytro Dontsov, Ales Adamovich, Polish Radio External Service, Alaksandar Kazulin, European Radio for Belarus, Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich, List of submissions to the 58th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, National Library of Belarus, Vievis, Siarhey Balakhonau, Hienadz Karpienka, Radio Station Belarus, Minsk-Arena, Jan Zaprudnik, Ivonka Survilla, Basovi a, Dziady, Siarhiej Dubaviec, Bie arus. 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 fo...