Belarusians facts for kids
Belarusians are an East Slavic ethnic group. Most live in Belarus, and smaller communities live in Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Poland, Lithuania, Moldova, and others. About 600,000 Americans have Belarusian ancestry.
Language
About 70% of Belarusians speak Russian at home, while only 26% speak Belarusian at home.
Notable Belarusians
Images for kids
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Some Belarusians in Rudna in 1960
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Linguistic, ethnographic, and political map of Eastern Europe by Casimir Delamarre, 1868 Ruthenians and Ruthenian language
See also
In Spanish: Pueblo bielorruso para niños
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