Belarus Travel guide

Capital: Minsk 
Government: Republic (de facto dictatorship) 
Currency: Belarusian ruble (BYB/BYR) 
Area: 207,600 km2 
Population: 10,293,011 (July 2006 est.) 
Language: Belarusian, Russian, Polish, other 
Religion: Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% 
Electricity: 220V/50Hz (European plug) 
Calling Code: +375 
Internet TLD: .by 
Time Zone: UTC +2

  Belarus is an ancient Slavonic country situated in the East of Europe. It has borders with Russia in the North and the East. On the Ukraine in the southeast, on Poland in the West and on Latvia and Lithuania in the northwest.