The Republic of Belarus or Belarus, the country of forests and snow, is one of the countries that did not receive the spotlight, which deprived it of many of the advantages achieved by the media, Belarus is located in Eastern Europe, which was subject to the former Soviet rule for many decades, it gained its independence with the collapse of the Soviet Union and was declared in August 1991,
Belarus is located in the region of Eastern Europe, which was subject for many decades to the former Soviet rule.
Belarus. Snow and white clothes
The Republic of Belarus derives its name from the term «White Russia». There are several hypotheses about the origin of the name. The name describes the snow-covered region of Eastern Europe inhabited by the Slavic people as a beautiful and free region, Another hypothesis is that the name goes back to the southern lands «Polakak», «Vitsbek» and "Mogilev", because the Tatars could not conquer them.
The capital of Belarus is Minsk, the country's main city, home to nearly ten million people, with an area of 207,600 square kilometers, 38% of that area is covered by forests, a landlocked country with no maritime borders.
Belarus is a landlocked country with no maritime borders.
<p class="p2" dir="rtlRivers, forests and flatness
Most of the land in Belarus is flat with no mountains or plateaus, although there is a large amount of swamps in the forest-covered lands, and Belarus passes through multiple rivers that feed the country with sufficient water for agriculture, industry, and population consumption, Despite the relative flatness of Belarus, it is relatively high above sea level, which made it enjoy very cold winters due to the continental climate in the region and the lack of bodies of water that mitigate the severity of the cold weather, but this height makes summer temperatures fairly good to prevail in a mild climate in that season.
State socialist economy
The economy in Belarus is largely semi-socialist, with about half the population working in government-owned enterprises and organizations, while private businesses are owned by Belarusian citizens, with a small percentage of foreign investment, mostly from Eastern Europe or Russia, The country also has few natural resources, which are limited to small amounts of oil, natural gas and others, and the pattern of industrial production has not changed much from the Soviet period, and Belarus produces textiles and wood as basic products in its economy, in addition to agricultural products and agricultural machinery, especially heavy ones.
World Wars and the country's exhaustion
The capital of Belarus, Minsk, or "Belarus," is most noted by tourists for commemorating its soldiers involved in the two world wars, which took a heavy toll on the country with the loss of a third of the population and more than half of the economic resources, Minsk celebrates its soldiers and victims who paid the price for freedom, in the form of monuments and statues in the streets, museums and tunnels, as well as specially dug trenches to embody their lives with their pain and sorrows as they were.
<p class="p1Minsk is a global industrial city
Minsk, the capital city of Belarus with a population of more than 1.5 million, contains 20 cities, 23 towns and 5250 villages and is the highest level of residential construction in the republic, planning from 2011 to 2015 to build 7.275 million square meters of houses.
Minsk is a global industrial city
Minsk is the capital of Belarus with a population of more than 1.5 million.
The city turned into a region with a huge industrial and agricultural capacity, and succeeded in establishing an infrastructure that served the Soviet Union, and after its dissolution in 1991, Perhaps most notably the truck industry, where today Minsk has the third largest automobile production plant in the world, producing a wide range of large trucks with a maximum payload of 360 tons.
<p class=«p1Surplus of $150 million
Belize, the largest in Belarus, exports 95% of its products outside the republic, to more than 65 countries, including Africa, Australia and others. The factory succeeded in increasing its foreign exports, which paves the way for it to achieve its most important goal for the next five-year period, which is to equalize foreign trade operations, by reaching an estimated surplus of $150 million by the end of 2015.
Belarus's largest factory.
325 integrated agricultural cities
On the agricultural side, Minsk is a region with enormous agricultural capacity, and its distinctive feature is that it has a well-developed infrastructure for agricultural trade. The agricultural sector in the region contains more than 34 agricultural zones and 470 personal farms representing a quarter of the country's agricultural production, and there is an increase in dairy, meat, grain, potatoes, beets and vegetables in the region. In the last five years, 325 integrated agricultural cities have been built in the region, all adapted to the structure of local population centers.
325 integrated agricultural villages have been built in the region.
Investment in tourism and entertainment
Tourism in Minsk is one of the richest and most weighty areas of the country's economy, which is reflected in various tourist attractions, led by the National Art Museum, which was inaugurated in 1939 and, although many pieces were looted during the two world wars and are now in Germany and Russia, houses 30,000 pieces, only 10% of which are on display.
Minsk's tourism industry is one of the richest in the country's economy.
The museum's 30,000 holdings constitute a rich artistic and historical heritage dating back to different centuries, distributed among various paintings, including portraits of well-known personalities such as members of the royal families, with each painting insured for one and a half million euros. The museum's 30,000 holdings represent a rich artistic and historical heritage dating back to different centuries.
Selegy's amazing tourist resort In addition to the museum and closed tourist places in Minsk, there are open tourist places that take advantage of the weather conditions to serve the nature of their services, the most prominent of which is the »Seligi" project inaugurated in 2006, which includes a large area for skiing and other sports that vary according to the seasons, for which a multi-use hall is also dedicated.
The Selgi project not only offers the largest and best natural hills in Belarus for skiing and other sports, but also a range of facilities including chalets, Russian saunas, and a luxury hotel. The Selgi project offers a range of facilities including chalets, Russian saunas, and a luxury hotel.
Notes and observations from Belarus Tourists visiting Belarus will notice several things: Tourists visiting Belarus will notice several things: The lack of Arabic restaurants, which is a concern for families in providing their meals, so visitors to Belarus should learn the art of cooking. Tourists visiting Belarus should learn the art of cooking.
One of the difficulties Belarus faces in communicating with Arabs is that there are no direct airlines, which negatively affected its promotion and marketing of tourism.
Limited local consumer industries such as food, clothing, footwear and other consumer industries. Limited local consumer industries such as food, clothing, footwear and other consumer industries. Transportation is convenient and organized, as there are buses for transportation within and outside the cities, and taxis are available at reasonable fares. Limited local consumer industries such as food, clothing, footwear and other industries.
Belarus is a tidy, organized and clean country with public squares and walking paths. Belarus is a tidy, organized and clean country with public squares and walking paths.
Housing is good and organized, reflecting the efforts of the official authorities in planning, availability and strength of infrastructure. Belarus is a tidy, organized and clean country with public squares and walking paths.
