Country Profiles: Belarus

Republic of Belarus -- Respublika Byelarus'

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Belarus Country Page Library of Congress
• Statistics on Belarus: CIA World Factbook
• U.S. Embassy in Minsk
• Embassy of Belarus in Washington, D.C.

International Organizations and Development Programs

• Permanent Mission of Belarus to the United Nations
• World Bank: Europe and Central Asia regional page
• USAID Belarus Country Page Information about Belarus and USAID programs
• Belarus and the IMF The IMF's Belarus Country Page with links to articles
• Soros National Foundations
• The Eurasia Foundation and the Western NIS

Internet Resources: General

• Belarus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• About Belarus provides concise country information by topics and lists a directory of Belarus related websites.
• Slavic and East European Library at the University of Illinois; includes a guide to internet resources and access to their excellent Slavic Reference Service
• Reenic Excellent collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Newly Independent States
• Reesweb The best collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe and Russia
• Belarus Page of the Institute of  East Central Europe at Columbia University
• Belarus Page of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University
• Slavic-Eurasian Studies Web Directory sponsored by the Hokkaido University Slavic Research Center, Japan
• Travel Information Travel to Belarus with the Lonely Planet

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and the Arts

• National Academy of Sciences, Belarus
• Culture of Belarus in the Virtual Guide to Belarus
• Belarus Inside independent site on culture and history

Online News Sites and Servers

• Vechernii Minsk Online news about Belarus in English, Russian and Belarussian
• Belarusian News on the Internet links to newspaper, television and radio news sources
• News Releases from the Supreme Soviet of Belarus
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Belarusian Service
• Web Radio International Hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

Belorussian Language Study

• The UCLA Language Materials Project learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world
• East Slavic online dictionaries
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Provides funding for study in many scholarly program in Central and Eastern Europe
• The Association for Women in Slavic Studies The AWSS homepage contains a list of members' research, information about AWSS, a mentoring list, and other information
• The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages The AATSEEL page provides computing resources, information about the annual AATSEEL conference, job listings, study and funding information
• Social Science Research Council Fellowship and program information for Soviet Successor States
• ACTR/ACCELS For fellowships and exchange programs in Central and East Europe, Russia and NIS
• Library Servers via WWW Libraries from over 90 countries, updated daily. Sponsored by UC Berkeley library and Sun Microsystems

Belarus is a landlocked nation of Eastern Europe with the capital Minsk. Belarus borders Poland on the west, Lithuania on the northwest, Latvia on the north, Russia on the east, and Ukraine on the south.