Belarus

About Belarus

Belarus spreads across a gently rolling plain in Eastern Europe, a landlocked country of birch forests, vast marshes, and thousands of lakes and rivers. Minsk, its capital, was rebuilt on a grand scale after the Second World War, with sweeping avenues and monumental architecture. On the western border, the ancient Belovezhskaya Pushcha forest shelters the European bison, the continent's heaviest land animal.

• ·Belarus is the largest landlocked country lying entirely within Europe.
• ·The name Belarus is usually rendered as 'White Rus,' though scholars still debate what the 'white' originally meant.
• ·Vast marshes along the Pripyat River in southern Belarus rank among the largest wetlands in Europe.

Mastery

1. Capital
2. Flag
3. Shape
4. Drop
5. Borders
6. Population
7. Landmark

Neighbours

• Lithuania
• Latvia
• Poland
• Russia
• Ukraine