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	Business Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Province is a name for a secondary level, or subnational entity, of government in most countries.
		In many federations (particularly those that are in fact confederations), the province or state is not clearly subordinate to the national or "central" government.
		Provinces are a tertiary unit of government in Peru, as the country is divided into twenty-five regions, which are then subdivided into 194 provinces.
	www.bizencyclopedia.com /index.php?title=Province (590 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Belarus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Belarus borders Poland on the west, Lithuania on the northwest, Latvia on the north, Russia on the east, and Ukraine on the south.
		Belarus is a republic governed by a President and a bicameral Parliament (National Assembly or Natsyyanal'ny Skhod).
		These historical symbols were adopted as the symbols of the Belarus National Republic and as the official national symbols of the Republic of Belarus from the time it got its independence in July 1991 and until the Referendum of 1995.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Belarus (1445 words)

	Belarus [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Belarus borders Poland The Republic of Poland, a country in Central Europe, lies between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania and Russia (in the form of the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave) to the north.
		Belarus is also the only country in Europe where capital punishment Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offense or a capital crime.
		Belarus is primarily inhabited by Belarusians Belarusians, also spelt Belarusans, Belarussians, Byelorussians and Belorussians are a distinct ethnic group of East Slavs who are the major population of Belarus, also being minorities in the neighboring Poland (especially Bialystok province), Russia, Lithuania and Ukraine.
	www.wikimirror.com /Belarus (11963 words)

	AQUASTAT - FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The cultivable area, which according to Belarus statistics corresponds to the land belonging to all types of agricultural farms (state, cooperative, private), is estimated at 11.9 million ha, which is 57% of the total area of the country.
		Belarus was heavily affected by the accident at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, which is located just over the border in neighbouring Ukraine close to the Pripyat River.
		Shirokov, V.M., Pidoplitchko, V.A. Dams in Belarus (Vodokhranilishtcha Belarusii).
	www.fao.org /ag/agl/aglw/aquastat/countries/belarus/index.stm (2313 words)

	Belarus
		Belarus (Belarusian: Ð‘ÐµÐ»Ð°ÑÑÌÑÑ, BieÅaruÅ ; Russian: Ð‘ÐµÐ»Ð°ÑÑÌÑÑ (formerly: Ð‘ÐµÐ»Ð¾ÑÑÌÑÑÐ¸Ñ)) is a landlocked nation of Eastern Europe with the capital Minsk.
		On December 8, 1991, the leaders of Russia (Boris Yeltsin), Ukraine (Leonid Kravchuk), and Belarus (Stanislav Shushkevich) republics met in Belarus, in Belavezhskaya Pushcha, to issue a declaration that the Soviet Union was dissolved and replaced by the Commonwealth of Independent States.
		Belarus is the only country in Europe to be barred from full membership in the Council of Europe and to be identified by the United States as an "outpost of tyranny."
	creekin.net /n17-belarus.html (1198 words)

	Access International Domains
		Belarus has implemented very little structural reform since 1995, when President Lukashenko announced the new economic policy of "market socialism." The government reimposed administrative controls over prices and currency exchange rates and greatly augmented the stateâs right to intervene in private businesses.
		Belarus has an external debt of $851 million (2001 est.), while the countryâs inflation rate was estimated in 2003 at 28.2 percent per annum.
		Belarus has been slow to embrace the market and political reforms that characterize the trend of most Eastern European countries since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
	webdb.iu.edu /internationalprograms/scripts/accesscoverpage.cfm?country=belarus (990 words)

	Pravincyja. What is that?
		Minsk was feeding on the creative resources of the provinces but has not elicited virtually anything of literary importance from those born, brought up, and educated among its drab concrete apartment blocks.
		True or not, it should, however, be noted that many Belarusian regions (especially those in the country’s west and north) may be closer to the heart of Belarusianness” than Minsk in the sense that their residents still speak Belarusian as well as follow some native traditions and customs in their everyday life.
		Belarus saw a group of interesting authors who were not only born outside Minsk (which is a norm in Belarusian literature), but also published outside Minsk and did not intend to move to Minsk.
	pravincyja.republika.pl /whatis_en.htm (1185 words)

	MapZones.com : Belarus Map
		Belarus, independent republic in eastern Europe, bordered on the north-west by Lithuania and Latvia, on the east by Russia, on the south by Ukraine, and on the west by Poland.
		The 1999 GDP of Belarus was an estimated $26.8 billion.
		Belarus has seen little structural reform since 1995, when President LUKASHENKO launched the country on the path of "market socialism." In keeping with this policy, LUKASHENKO reimposed administrative controls over prices and currency exchange rates and expanded the state's right to intervene in the management of private enterprise.
	atlas.mapzones.com /belarus/belarus.php (2600 words)

	Province - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Province is a name for a secondary level of government in most countries.
		For example, Canadian provinces are sovereign in regard to such important matters as law and order, property, civil rights, education, social welfare, medical services and even taxation.
		In Poland, the equivalent of province is województwo, often translated as voivodeship.
	www.grohol.com /wiki/Provinces (1049 words)

	Belarus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The state of Belarus was formed on the seventeenth of June 1990, in which since June 1994 the economic reforms have been headed by the first president Alexander Lukashenko.
		Belarus is predominantly lowland - flat plains occupy 60 percent of the territory, plateaux 10 percent, and highland hilly areas nearly 30 percent.
		Belarus is characterized by sufficient humidity; mean annual rainfall is 600-650 mm in the central and north-eastern part and is a little less than 600 mm in the low-lying part.
	www.fao.org /WAICENT/FAOINFO/AGRICULT/AGP/AGPC/doc/Counprof/belarus.htm (4343 words)

	Political Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After the reunification of Western Belarus with the BSSR (November 1939) 5 regions and 101 districts were formed on this territory: Baranovichi region, 26 districts; Bialystok region, 24 districts; Brest region, 18 districts; Vileika region, 22 districts; Pinsk region, 11districts.
		In the Second World War, Belarus was divided by the German occupiers into the General Okrug "Belarus" as part of the Reichscommissariat "Ostland"; the Rear Region of the Centre Army Group; and the Okrug "Bialystok" as part of the Province "Eastern Prussia".
		In September 1944, after the liberation of Belarus from the German invaders, 17 districts of Bialystok region and 3 districts of Brest region went into Poland; the Bialystok region was abolished.
	archives.gov.by /EItd/EAdm_del.htm (2330 words)

	CER \| Belarus: Lukasenka a mental lunatic?
		It is impossible to find a publisher in Belarus where 90 percent of the printing facilities are monopolized by the government, SiaredziÄ added.
		Michael Kozak, US ambassador to Belarus, was not invited to the 13 January reception given by Aliaksandar LukaÅ¡enka for foreign diplomats, the foreign ministry's spokesman Paval LatuÅ¡ka told Yu.S.News when asked about Kozak's status.
		Belarus has such agreements with Denmark, Ireland, Israel, Italy, and Sweden, a state in Germany and six states in the United States.
	www.ce-review.org /01/2/belarusnews2.html (1820 words)

	Belarus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The territory that is currently the Republic of Belarus was fully absorbed by the Russian Empire in 1795 and remained a part of that empire until World War I. These immigrants were generally listed as Russian or coming from Russia.
		The Jewish immigrants from Belarus and Lithuania were known as Litvacks with others identifying themselves regionally as being from Vilna, Grodno and the Minsk regions.
		The estimated number of people who have immigrated from Belarus either permanently or temporarily in the last twenty years is in the thousands.
	www.albaruthenia.by.ru /art/eng/freebies.htm (967 words)

	Minsk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Minsk ( Belarusian : ÐÑ—Ð½ÑÐº (official spelling in Belarus), ÐÐµÐ½ÑÐº ; Russian : ÐÐ¸Ð½ÑÐº) is the capital and a major city of Belarus with a population of 1.8 million.
		As a capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is also the capital of Minsk voblast ( province) and Minsk raion.
		Polish : MiÅsk, MiÅsk Litewski, MiÅsk BiaÅoruski, used when Belarus was under the Polish rule.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minsk (852 words)

	Belarus, Danish Environmental Protection Agency
		And in 1986 almost one quarter (23%) of Belarus’; territory was contaminated by radioactive fall-out from the Chernobyl NPP accident.
		The level of overall pollution on the 1/3 of the territory of Minsk, the capital of Belarus, is described as extremely unfavourable.
		The concept of state policy of the Republic of Belarus in the field of environmental protection was adopted by the Supreme Soviet on September 6, 1995.
	www.mst.dk /udgiv/Publications/2000/87-7909-888-6/html/kap18_eng.htm (3208 words)

	Belarus Project
		Zimovsky believes the CIA's activities in Belarus are aimed at discrediting the Belarusian government, generating discord between Belarus and the rest of the world, supporting dissidents, and generating inter-religious animosity.
		The new organization is to coordinate the activities of local branches of democratic NGOs and political parties ahead of the presidential election; to support a single candidate from the opposition for the presidency and to fight against the anti-democratic electoral system established by Lukashenko.
		The Belarus project was established to support Belarusian citizens in making their cases before the U.S. government and public and international fora and intergovernmental organizations regarding Alexander Lukashenko's wholesale assault on human rights and the rule of law in Belarus.
	www.ilhr.org /ilhr/regional/belarus/updates/2001/09.htm (2804 words)

	MapZones.com : Belarus People
		In July 1994, an around 10,405,000 people lived in Belarus, with additional populations of ethnic Belarusians living in Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
		population of Belarus was 10,152,000; a 2001 estimate was 10,350,000, giving the nation a population density of 50 persons per sq km.
		The most famous demographic trend since the 1950s has been the steady migration of the population from the villages to urban centers, and the correspondent aging of the population remaining in the rural areas.
	www.mapzones.com /world/europe/belarus/peopleindex.php (166 words)

	History of Belarus (Great Litva)
		Napoleon was defeated by the vastness of Russian territory and the skill of Russian Field Marshal Kutuzov in the Battle of Borodino near Moscow, Russia.
		On the 19 August, 1991 the BSSR was renamed to the Republic of Belarus.
		Belarus in the middle of the XVIII c.
	www.belarusguide.com /as/history/history.html (2512 words)

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		The National Library of Belarus was founded on September 15, 1922, originally as the Belarusian State and University Library.
		Of special value is a unique collection of half a million documents printed on the territory of Belarus since the beginning of the 19th century till nowadays as well as all publications and materials on Belarus, foreign editions included.
		Among them those on the history of Belarus gathered by P.Zhukovich, I.Kornilov and academician Picheta, on belarusian philology and ethnography accumulated by academician E.Karsky and professor N.Yanchuk, on the history of Lithuania and Poland by A.Sapunov and I.Goldstein, on slavic studies by K.Grot and a number of others.
	kolas.bas-net.by /bla/nb.htm (982 words)

	Belarus map and information page by World Atlas
		Belarus ( formerly Belorussia), translated as White Russia, gained its independence in 1991, with the breakup of the former Soviet Union (USSR).
		Landforms Belarus is a flat, low-lying country that includes the Poltsk Lowland (north) and the Dnieper Lowland (south).
		Belarus (Complete) information on the (GDP) overall economy, imports and exports, resources, government, population, military, transportation, and more here
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/europe/by.htm (390 words)

	Belarus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		'''Belarus''' ( Belarusian : ''Белару́сь;'' or ''Biełaruś'', Russian : ''Белару́сь'' (formerly: ''Белору́ссия''), Polish : ''Białoruś'') is a landlocked nation of Eastern Europe with the capital Minsk.
		Western media, politician s and political scientist s have increasingly labelled Belarus as Europe 's last dictatorship due to the authoritarian rule of president Lukashenko.
		At the higher administrative level, Belarus is divided into 6 province s ('' voblast s''), with Minsk city having a special status of the national capital.
	copernicus.subdomain.de /BY (1247 words)

	Europe - Countries in Europa: Belarus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Belarus is a landlocked country of 10,300,483 people in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Latvia, and Lithuania.
		Belarus is divided into 6 provinces (oblasts) and one municipality.
		Russia is Belarus' main trading partner, accounting for 50% of the country's exports and nearly two-thirds of its imports.
	www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca /canadaeuropa/country_bela_b-en.asp (356 words)

	Welcome to Belarus
		December 1991 - the leaders of Russia, the Ukraine and Belarus met at the Belovezha for- est-reserve.
		The program of the festival is extremely intense, it includes the con- test of young performers, contests of chil- dren's creative work, imposing concerts with the participation of variety stars not only from Belarus, but also from the Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria, Poland, Slovakia and other European countries.
		In November the festival of retro-music "Golden hit-song" is held in Mogilev.
	welcometobelarus.iatp.by /history.htm (964 words)

	ABM -- Introduction to Belarus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Republic of Belarus is a country that has seldom in its history been politically independent.
		However, because of past military and political domination of Belarus by its neighbors, such influences on its culture have been quite detrimental to the identification of the population with a national character.
		Belarus is a land-locked country in eastern Europe, surrounded by Poland to the west, (and continuing clockwise) Lithuania and Latvia to the west and north, the Russian Federation to the north and east, and Ukraine to the south.
	misc.home.by /bel-one.htm (1271 words)

	Articles - Belarus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Western media, politicians and political scientists have increasingly labelled Belarus as Europe 's last dictatorship due to the authoritarian rule of president Aleksandr Lukashenko.
		Belarus is the only country in Europe to be barred from full membership in the Council of Europe and to be identified by the United States as an " outpost of tyranny."
		Belarus'; highest point is Dzyarzhynskaya Hara (Dzyarzhynsk Hill), 345 m, and its lowest point on the Neman river, 90 m.
	www.1-helmets.com /articles/Belarus (1171 words)

	John B. Dunlop: The Lingering Dream of Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At the opening session of the union state’s Supreme State Council, held in January, Pavel Borodin—who had served for the previous seven years as Kremlin property manager, administering a vast financial empire estimated at $600 billion—was confirmed as state secretary and first deputy prime minister of the Russia-Belarus Union.
		The volatile and authoritarian president of Belarus, Alyaksander Lukashenko, has emerged (next to Borodin) as the most vociferous cheerleader for the new union.
		Because Russia wants Belarus to serve as a showcase for other former union republics contemplating joining the union, it has been fairly cautious in tampering overtly with the symbols of Belarusan independence.
	www.hooverdigest.org /004/dunlop.html (2336 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ivashekevich is the third journalist in Belarus tried and sentenced under criminal defamation laws for carrying out his professional duty.
		The two are serving their terms in remote locations in Mogiliov and Gomel provinces, eastern Belarus.
		BAJ also is continuing to collect signatures in support of abolishing three provisions in Belarus Penal Code, which protect the president and other government officials from legitimate criticism of the press.
	www.baj.ru /Zajav/z161202e.htm (372 words)

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