Belarus Part 1

This is the last country in Europe which still uses the death penalty and the last country in Europe run by a dictator. It is also the only country of the former USSR that has restored the Soviet flag (with minor changes). This is a country where every second child, instead of wanting to be an astronaut, wants to become a programmer, since it is considered a very prestigious profession, where people here earn more than programmers in all the neighboring countries. Listen to learn which popular computer game and apps were developed in this country – Belarus.

·      00:00 – Intro 

·      00:27 – Bare Bones

·      02:20 – Heart of the Nation (First Half)

(Geography/Climate through Economy)

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Where is this information coming from?

Britannica

https://www.britannica.com/place/Belarus

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Belarus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Belarus–European_Union_border_crisis

Global Fire Power

https://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.php?country_id=belarus

Country Reports

https://www.countryreports.org/country/Belarus.htm

Every Culture

https://www.everyculture.com/A-Bo/Belarus.html

Trend Economy

https://trendeconomy.com/data/h2/Belarus?time_period=2020,2019,2018,2017,2016,2015,2014,2013,2012,2011,2010,2009

CIA World Factbook

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/belarus/

Think Hazard

https://thinkhazard.org/en/report/26-belarus

Nations Online

https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/belarus.htm

Worldometers

https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/belarus-demographics/

Nations Encyclopedia

https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Belarus.html

Travel.State.Gov (US Dept. of State)

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/Belarus.html

The World Bank 

https://databank.worldbank.org/views/reports/reportwidget.aspx?Report_Name=CountryProfile&Id=b450fd57&tbar=y&dd=y&inf=n&zm=n&country=BLR

https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/BLR/Year/2019/Summary

Human Rights Watch

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/country-chapters/belarus

Freedom House

https://freedomhouse.org/country/belarus/freedom-net/2021

UNESCO World Heritage sites full list

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/?search=belarus&order=country

Heritage

https://www.heritage.org/index/country/belarus

Food and Agricultural Organization 

https://www.fao.org/giews/food-prices/food-policies/detail/en/c/1441298/

Culture Crossing

http://guide.culturecrossing.net/basics_business_student.php?id=20

Lonely Planet

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/belarus/attractions

Taste Atlas (foods from around the world)

https://www.tasteatlas.com/belarus

Index Mundi 

https://www.indexmundi.com/belarus/

ARDA

https://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_21_1.asp

IEA

https://www.iea.org/reports/belarus-energy-profile

Amnesty International

https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/europe-and-central-asia/belarus/report-belarus/

Countrylicious

http://countrylicious.com/belarus#!/introduction

Want to Know It

https://wanttoknowit.com/interesting-facts-about-belarus/

Cool Kid Facts

https://www.coolkidfacts.com/belarus/

The Fact File

https://thefactfile.org/belarus-facts/

The Crazy Tourist

https://www.thecrazytourist.com/15-best-places-visit-belarus/#more-8269

The Culture Trip

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/belarus/articles/13-intriguing-facts-belarus/

Intrepid Travel

https://www.intrepidtravel.com/adventures/facts-about-belarus/

Visit Belarus

https://www.visit-belarus.com/en/interesting-facts-about-belarus/

Atlas Obscura

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/brest-hero-fortress

The Conversation

https://theconversation.com/belarus-lukashenko-threatens-to-turn-off-the-gas-to-western-europe-as-migrant-crisis-deepens-171643

EVN Report

https://www.evnreport.com/understanding-the-region/fact-sheet-what-is-the-collective-security-treaty-organization

Global Table Adventure

http://globaltableadventure.com/recipe/borshch-soup-from-belarus-beet-soup-with-potatoes/

Around the World with Haas

https://haasararauna.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/bread-and-salt-in-belarus/