Portal:Belarus/Did you know
Did you know 1
- ...that during the two-month Second Battle of Smolensk, the Red Army broke through the German defense setup, recaptured Smolensk, and started to liberate occupied Belarus?
Did you know 2
- ...that Uładzimir Karatkievič was a Belarusian writer whose novels deal predominantly with Belarus's history, including the January Uprising?
Did you know 3
- ...that only eleven people have been decorated Hero of Belarus, the highest title that can be bestowed on a citizen of Belarus?
Did you know 4
- ...there are large stands of primeval forest on the border between Poland and Belarus?
Did you know 5
- ...that the 17th century Biaroza monastery (pictured) in Biaroza, Belarus, has throughout its history been adapted into military barracks and a prison, and currently its ruins are an important baroque relic in the town?
Did you know 6
- ...that Belarus Free Theatre is an underground theatre project created to oppose Belarusian government pressure and censorship?
Did you know 7
- ...that the only remaining instance of active use of the death penalty in Europe is in capital punishment in Belarus?
Did you know 8
- ...that there are large stands of old growth forest on the border between Poland and Belarus?
Did you know 9
- ...that Belarusian political authorities denounced Mitrofan Dovnar-Zapol'skiy's book History of Belarus in 1926 as a "Cathechesis of Belarusian National Democratism", banned it and confiscated its manuscript?
Did you know 10
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- ...that the 17th century Biaroza monastery (pictured) in Biaroza, Belarus, has in its time been adapted into military barracks and a prison, and currently its ruins are an important baroque relic in the town?
Did you know 11
Portal:Belarus/Did you know/11
- ...that romanization of Belarusian, the transliteration of Belarusian-language text from the Cyrillic alphabet to the Latin alphabet, is distinct from writing in Łacinka, the historical native Latin alphabet of Belarus?
Did you know 12
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- ...that the only remaining instance of active use of the death penalty in Europe is in capital punishment in Belarus?
Did you know 13
Portal:Belarus/Did you know/13
- ...that Belarus Free Theatre is an underground theatre project created to oppose Belarusian government pressure and censorship?
Did you know 14
Portal:Belarus/Did you know/14
- ...that Uładzimir Karatkievič was a Belarusian writer whose novels deal predominantly with Belarus's history, including the January Uprising?
Did you know 15
Portal:Belarus/Did you know/15
- ...that Brest Fortress in Belarus was belatedly honoured by the USSR as a Hero Fortress in 1965 for its resistance to the Nazi invasion in 1941?