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Sponsored LinksTravel reviews & great deals at TripAdvisor: BelarusBelarus or Byelarus (both: bye"lurOOs') [key], formerly Belorussia,officially Republic of Belarus, republic (2005 pop. 9,799,000), c.80,150 sq mi (207,600 sq km), E central Europe. It is sometimes called White Russia. Belarus borders on Poland in the west, on Lithuania and Latvia in the north, on Russia in the east, and on Ukraine in the south. Minsk is the capital and largest city. Sections in this article: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Belarus from Infoplease:
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