Belarus, a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, is bordered by Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, and Poland to the west. With its capital in Minsk, Belarus spans approximately 207,600 square kilometers and is home to around 9.4 million people. The country’s landscape is predominantly flat, characterized by extensive forests, numerous lakes, and a network of rivers, including the Dnieper and the Neman.

Historically, Belarus has been a crossroads of various cultures and powers. It was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the medieval period before joining the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In the late 18th century, it was absorbed into the Russian Empire and later became one of the founding republics of the Soviet Union in 1922. After the collapse of the... Read More