A WEBSITE ABOUT B ELARUS a little bit of information about Belarus
The official name of the country is the Republic of Belarus. The flag of Belarus is a horizontal bicolor of red over green in 1:2 ratio, with a red ornament pattern on a white vertical stripe at the hoist.
The State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus is made up of a green outline of the Republic of Belarus lit by the golden rays of the sun rising over the globe. A five-pointed red star is located at the top of the outline. The emblem is encircled by a wreath of golden wheat heads intertwined with clover flowers on the right and flax flowers on the left. The wheat heads are embraced by a red- and-green ribbon with a golden inscription Republic of Belarus.
The are 6 regions in Belarus. The regions cities of Belarus are Minsk, Vitebsk, Brest, Gomel, Mogilev and Grodno. Minsk is the capital of the country.
Belarus is situated in the centre of Europe, and has international borders with 5 countries: Russia in the east northeast (959 km), Latvia in the north (141 km), Lithuania in the northwest (502 km), Poland in the west (407km), Ukraine in the south (891 km).There are no water borders. The total length of the state border makes up 2,969 km
Glassy plains, lowlands and gently rolling hills make up Belarusian landscape. In Belarus forests, 28 types of trees as well as around 60 types of shrubberies can be found. The fauna of Belarus has 457 vertebrate species (including 73 species of mammals, 290 species of birds, 60 species of fish) and more than 20 thousand species of invertebrates. Great economic importance of fishing and hunting animal species - fox, marten, hare, otter, ferret, stoat, as well as elk and wild boar.
Average temperature vary across Belarus. In January, temperatures average from -4.5 °C to -8 °C.In July the average temperature is +17 °C to °C. Some parts of Belarus experience sub-zero temperatures for more than a third of the year.
N ESVIZH Nesvizh is one of oldest and most mysterious cities in Belarus. It is located 100 km south of Minsk. At the end of the end of the 15 th - early 16 th - century the Radzivilles began the construction of the new castle on the place of the previous one made of wood. The beauty and splendor of decoration of the new residence could have left far behind many royal courts: stucco ceiling and gold-plated or painted walls, parquet flooring made o the most valuable sorts of wood. Nesvizh Castle also has its ghost-the Black Dame strolling along dark corridors of the palace during moonless night.