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  NATO Research Fellowships 1994-1996
Belorussians and Russians live in Belarus together often creating mixed families, that is basically due to linguistic and ethnic closeness of the two peoples.
Belorussian national radicals in 1990 understood that rude anti-Russian policy would not be accepted by Belorussian population which overwhelmingly voted for preservation of the Soviet Union.
Belorussian dependence on Russian raw materials is of a comprehensive character, and some of the problems may not be resolved by purely free-market economy methods.
www.nato.int /acad/fellow/94-96/latypov/01.htm   (3101 words)

  
 BACKGROUND Belarus
The population of the Belorussian SSR was jolted into national awareness in the late 1980s with the occurrence of one disaster and the discovery of another.
The territory of the Belorussian SSR was enlarged in both 1924 and 1926 by the addition of Belorussian ethnographic regions that had become part of Russia under the Treaty of Riga.
In the early 1920s, Belorussian language and culture flourished, and the language was promoted as the official medium of the communist party and the government as well as of scholarly, scientific, and educational establishments.
www.district87.org /staff/gordonr/russia/belarus.htm   (10814 words)

  
 NATO Research Fellowships 1994-1996   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Belorussian neutrality reflected in its Constitution contributes considerably in the establishment of an independent Belorussian state.
Belorussian neutrality will be determined by factors of internal and external policy and economics which in development.
Belorussian experience of making its neutral status compatible with participation in integration processes within CIS is at least not less interesting from both theoretical and practical points that of European neutral states participation in integration process in Europe.
www.nato.int /acad/fellow/94-96/latypov/concl.htm   (459 words)

  
 EUROPA - Education and Training - Regional and minority languages - Euromosaïc study   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The language is mostly spoken by students and Belorussian academics, often in the context of religious or folk celebrations.
The use of Belorussian at school is based on the 2002 decree of the Minister for National Education and Sports (see country report).
This religious split is one of the reasons why Belorussians in Poland identify themselves more with their nationality than the Belorussians in Belarus: the membership in the Orthodox Church distinguishes them from the Poles and is a statement of strong local roots in the region.
europa.eu.int /comm/education/policies/lang/languages/langmin/euromosaic/pol1_en.html   (1241 words)

  
 EUROPA - Education and Training - Regional and minority languages - Euromosaïc study   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
From the end of the 1930s to the 1990s Belorussian gradually was ousted by Russian in all spheres of life: education, newspapers, theatre, book publishing, politics, party administration, etc. Russian thus became the high language whereas the role of Belorussian was reduced to that of a minority language and a more or less rural language.
Belorussian does not play a significant role in Latvian business life and is as good as absent in advertisements.
As to the situation of Belorussian in Latvia today, according to provisional census figures from 2000, about 18,000 Belarusians (19% of the total number) declare Belorussian to be their mother tongue.
europa.eu.int /comm/education/policies/lang/languages/langmin/euromosaic/lat1_en.html   (1470 words)

  
 Belorussian
Belorussian, a Balto-Slavic language belonging to the Indo-European family, is spoken by about 10 million people, including some in Poland.
The Belorussians are descended from eastern Slavic tribes who moved into the region between the 6th and 8th centuries
Belorussian was the official language of the grand duchy until its union with Poland in 1569.
www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0031686.html   (199 words)

  
 World War 2 - Timelines - War in Europe - Eastern Europe - 1945
Zhukov's 1st Belorussian Front begins an offensive toward Pillkallen in East Prussia, against which their is stiff resistance from the 3rd Panzer Army.
Preceded by a tremendous artillery and air bombardment, the 3rd Belorussian Front with Four armies, 137,000 men, 530 tanks and 2,400 aircraft begin their final assault against Königsberg, which is held by 35,000 Germans troops.
However, the 1st Belorussian Fronts offensive against Berlin is stalled by tenacious German resistance on the Seelow Heights, 2 miles West of the Oder, with great losses of troops and tanks for the Russians.
www.worldwar-2.net /timelines/war-in-europe/eastern-europe/eastern-europe-index-1945.htm   (3137 words)

  
 Belarus Belorussian Territory under Poland - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current ...
The country's 3.5 million Belorussians were able to open their own primary schools, high schools, and teachers' colleges; the government supported cultural activities; and Belorussians elected three senators and eleven deputies to the Polish parliament, or Sejm, in 1922.
The Belorussian region became an agricultural appendage to a more industrialized Poland, and unemployment and land hunger were widespread.
The Belorussians lost their last seat in the Polish Sejm in the general elections of 1935, and the legislation that guaranteed the right of minority communities to have their own schools was repealed in November 1938.
workmall.com /wfb2001/belarus/belarus_history_belorussian_territory_under_poland.html   (407 words)

  
 G21 EUROPE - "Young & New"
The Belorussian group "Ljapis- Trubetskoj," for example, became very popular only after appearing on Russian radio and TV; before that they were almost in the underground, having no possibility to be shown on Belorussian TV.
Belorussian estrada is popular mostly among middle-aged people, Belorussian rock is listened to by the youth, but both parents and teenagers prefer foreign music -- Russian, European and American.
But, of course, Belorussian young people do not live only in old memories of dead heroes, and their life is not an eternal social protest.
www.g21.net /euro18.htm   (1622 words)

  
 Belorussian students learn about democracy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
At the invitation of the National Student Union, fourteen Belorussian students visited the Netherlands during the past two weeks to practice university democracy.
To strengthen the morale of the Belorussians who are looking for reform, there was support this weekend from the European Student Convention in Brussels.
The Belorussian authorities are not too keen on being challenged.
www.observant.unimaas.nl /jrg22/obs12/art35.htm   (319 words)

  
 A brief overview of Belorussian Historiography on Belorussian refugees   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Literature explicitly concerned with the issue of Belorussian refugees in 1918-1921 is sparse.
Being a native Belorussian he saw the problem of Belorussia's future in the context of Russian domination.
Belorussian historians became increasingly interested in the problem of refugees.
www.art.man.ac.uk /HISTORY/ahrbproj/web/resources/Bibliography/Utgof_Belorussia_bibliog.htm   (549 words)

  
 Country Reports
The Belorussian Commission reported to Moscow the loss of 11.641 museum objects due to the war, but this figure does not correspond with the actual losses.
She lists 27 Belorussian icons of the 17th and 18th century, which were transported to Germany during the occupation of Belorussia.
We are looking for 71 icons which vanished from the Belorussian State Museum between 1941 and 1944.* Some of the icons, which were brought to Germany in 1943, are recorded in the prewar catalogues, others have been photographed before they were taken away.
www.dhh-3.de /biblio/bremen/sow2/belorussia.html   (1055 words)

  
 Regional variation of Russian language? (page 2) | Antimoon Forum
Belorussian and Ukranian differ from Russian - I can not get a half of words, sounds and phrases.
Since the languages are close it is easy to think that there will be a huge shift to Belorussian in the near future (since the country is independent and Belorussian has been made compulsory).
I think the Belorussians are foolish for trying to back to their own language.
www.antimoon.com /forum/posts/6483-2.htm   (766 words)

  
 UNI : Belarus: Protest letters to the political leaders of the Russian Federation
All this has taken form of unconcealed pressure on the unions, particularly before the Congress of the FTUB to be held on October 10 and 11.
Prior to that, the Belorussian authorities had also been making repeated attempts to curtail the rights and freedoms of the trade unions, which resulted in the country's unions lodging a complaint with the ILO, duly filed and noted, against multiple violations of the ILO Convention Nr.
The FNPR requests you to use Your authority and influence to prevent any further encroachments on the rights and freedoms of Belorussian workers and their unions, all the more so that this is observed on the territory of a state that has a confederate agreement with Russia.
www.union-network.org /uniindep.nsf/4e36123c6ddb05b7c12568f000341550/7007cdfdbccbf195c12569740036ac17   (293 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Belarusian language Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It is one of the three East Slavic languages and is spoken in and around Belarus.
It is also known as "Belarusan", "Byelorussian", "Belorussian", or "Belarusian".
The word "Byelorussian" is an adjective derived from the transliteration of the Russian name of the country (Byelorussia).
www.ipedia.com /belarusian_language.html   (1061 words)

  
 Belarus: History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Beginning in the 6th century the territory of modern Belarus was settled by East Slavic tribes, the ancestors of the Belorussians.
After the disintegration of Kievan Rus' in the 13th century, the Belorussian lands were incorporated into the expanding Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
At first the Belorussians exerted a strong religious and cultural influence on the pagan Lithuanians; after the dynastic union of Lithuania and Poland in 1386, however, the Lithuanians converted to Latin Christianity, and the position of the Orthodox Belorussians began to decline.
www.cs.ucf.edu /~MidLink/belarus/belarus.history.html   (325 words)

  
 Yevgeny Poplavsky (Yauhen Paplauski)
Belorussian composer of mostly orchestral, choral and vocal works that have been performed in Europe.
Poplavsky studied composition with Igor Luchenok and Dmitry Smolsky at the Belorussian Academy of Music in Minsk, where he earned his diploma in 1986, and had post-graduate studies in composition with Sergey Slonimsky at the Conservatory of Music in St. Petersburg from 1989-91.
He co-founded with Sergey Beltiukov, Galina Gorelova, Vyacheslav Kuznetsov, Dmitry Lybin, and others the Belorussian Society for Contemporary Music in 1990 and co-organized the Festival of Modern Chamber Music in Minsk from 1991-95.
composers21.com /compdocs/poplavskyy.htm   (344 words)

  
 Letter to the Friends   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Catholic Church is the heir to the Union of Brest (the Belorussian, "Bierascie") that is located in Belorussian territory.
From the middle of the 19th century the Belorussian Greek-Catholics were persecuted and suppressed by the Russian Czars.
The Belorussian Greek-Catholic Church remains under the direct jurisdiction of the Congregation of the Oriental Churches.
praiseofglory.com /letterfriend.htm   (1012 words)

  
 Belarus: Disappeared or kidnapped?
ISHR recalls Viktor Gonchar, former deputy speaker of the Belorussian parliament.
It is suspected that high-ranking Belorussian politicians were involved in the kidnappings/disappearances.
ISHR supports this concern of the citizen's initiative and calls upon the Belorussian authorities to initiate an immediate and independent investigation of these cases under participation of foreign specialists as well as an open information policy towards society and in particular towards the relatives of the disappeared.
www.ishr.org /press/pr2004/jul04/040719belarus.htm   (351 words)

  
 Pravda.RU:Belorussian Opposition Invited to EC Parliamentary Assembly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Belorussian opposition has received an invitation to participate in a session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Council, reported Belorussian non-governmental radio station Ratsia yesterday.
As Deputy Chairman of the Narodnaya Gramada social democratic party Vladimir Nistyuk, a delegation member, said, the three-member delegation would raise the issue of the OSCE group of consultants and observers currently working in Belarus.
The delegation of Belarus, nevertheless, plans to take advantage of its participation in the session to draw Europe's attention to the political situation in Belarus, especially in the light of the National Assembly tackling the bill concerning information security and mass media.
english.pravda.ru /world/2002/04/17/27714_.html   (161 words)

  
 The emergence of the Belorussian S.S.R. (from Belarus) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The emergence of the Belorussian S.S.R. (from Belarus) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
History > The emergence of the Belorussian S.S.R. Belarusian nationalist and revolutionary stirrings had been evident at least since the Russian Revolution of 1905, when peasants joined the uprising against the monarchy.
More results on "The emergence of the Belorussian S.S.R. (from Belarus)" when you join.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-33455?tocId=33455   (909 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Belarus - Belarus - Chronology of Important Events | Belarusian Information Resource
NINETEENTH CENTURY 1839 Tsar Nicholas I abolishes Uniate Church and forces Uniates (three-quarters of Belorussians are members of Uniate Church) to reconvert to Orthodoxy; bans use of name "Belorussia" and replaces it with name "Northwest Territory." 1861 Serfdom is abolished in Russian Empire.
1990 June Supreme Soviet of Belorussian SSR adopts Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic; Belarusian is declared the official language.
Supreme Soviet of Belorussian SSR declares independence on August 25 and changes name of country to Republic of Belarus.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/belarus/belarus5.html   (661 words)

  
 InterType for Palm OS /Belorussian/
Localization is pretty much essential for anyone whose native language is not among the ones built in the original device configuration.
Even if you know English or German or Spanish well enough, if you are a native Belorussian speaker, you would likely be receiving emails in Belorussian, reading Belorussian websites and having contacts in Belorussian.
Without attempting to completely turn the device to Belorussian, InterType addresses the very need to be able to read and write other languages in every application.
www.beiks.com /palmzonebg/ShowTitle.asp?TitleID=570   (1584 words)

  
 Russia, Belarus, Lukeshenko, U.S. Policy - JRL 8-24-04
"We in our country and Belorussians in theirs have to think on our own, be independent in making decisions and assessments as to our steps in economy, policy, social sphere and internal security", said the Russian president.
It was not them who put me on the post, and they will not be the ones to overthrow me. There are the Belorussian people, which are very good at overthrowing and appointing", said the Belorussian president.
Vladimir Putin stated that the upcoming elections to the Belorussian parliament would show how the Belorussian people see the activities of the country's administration.
www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/8340-17.cfm   (427 words)

  
 WILL RUSSIA AND BELORUSSIA FORM A CONFEDERATION? (Executive and Legislative Newsletter Nos. 1-2. In full.) 13 Jan 97   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A draft treaty on Russia-Belorussia integration, which provides for the conversion of the Russian-Belorussian Community into a Union this April, will probably be discussed at an emergency session of the Belorussian parliament later this month.
In the first half of 1997 additional powers are to be granted to the Union and that will lead to the creation of common ministries and government departments.
There is reason to believe that after its discussion in the Belorussian parliament, the document will be sent to the Community's Supreme Council and then it will be submitted to the presidents of Russia and Belorussia for approval.
www.fas.org /news/belarus/msg00016o.htm   (303 words)

  
 Search Results for Belorussian - Encyclopædia Britannica
Belarusian nationalist and revolutionary stirrings had been evident at least since the Russian Revolution of 1905, when peasants joined the uprising against the monarchy.
Following the German attack on Poland in 1939 and the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop nonaggression pact between Stalin's Soviet Union and Hitler's Germany, which divided eastern Europe into German...
Devastation during World War II nearly wiped out agriculture and industry in the Belorussian S.S.R., and the intensive postwar drive to restore the economy resulted in a large industrial sector that...
www.britannica.com /search?query=Belorussian&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT   (355 words)

  
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Ha Noi, Nov. 9 (VNA) -- Belorussian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky, who is now on a visit to Viet Nam, has called on Vietnamese and Belorussian businesses to enhance bilateral investment cooperation.
He said those products suit the demand of not only the Belorussian market but also the Russian and European market.
The Belorussian PM outlined his country's potential for exporting industrial equipment, trucks, tractors, diesel-fuelled engines, electronics, chemicals and petro-chemicals.
www.vnagency.com.vn /NewsA.asp?LANGUAGE_ID=2&CATEGORY_ID=30&NEWS_ID=126004   (274 words)

  
 ITAR-TASS: BELORUSSIAN EMBASSY INSTRUCTED TO TAKE BORODIN UNDER CONTROL. 18/1 1@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Belorussian embassy instructed to take Borodin under control.
MINSK, January 18 (Itar-Tass) -- The Belorussian embassy in Washington and the Belorussian mission at the United Nations in New York have been instructed to follow the developments around Pavel Borodin who was detained in New York.
The Belorussian foreign missions have also been instructed if possible, to attend court hearings scheduled for Thursday night if the trial at the Manhattan district court is open, spokesman for the...
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:39626215&refid=holomed_1   (172 words)

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