• Russia
• Ukraine
• Poland
• Lithuania
• Latvia

• Brest region 
• Gomel region 
• Grodno region
• Minsk region
• Mogilev region 
• Vitebsk region

• classical university
• profile university or academy
• institute
• higher college

• completed application form
• copy of your certificate of education showing your subjects and grades
• copy of your passport and birth certificate
• copy of your medical certificate

• confirmation of acceptance at the university or college
• official certificate of education showing your subjects and grades
• medical certificate
• negative HIV certificate
• your passport and birth certificate
• 6 photos (4 x 6 cm)

• Simeon Polotsky
• Yanka Kupala
• Yakub Kolas
• Maxim Bogdanovich
• Vasil Bykov

• the International Film Festival Listapad and the Children and Youth Film Festival Listapadzik (Minsk)
• the National Festival of Belarusian Films (Brest)
• the International Animated Film Festival Animaevka (Mogilev)
• International  festival of Christian movies and TV programs Magnificat (Glubokoye)

• puppet theatres can be found in most towns, and are hugely popular with children and adults alike
• professional theatre companies are active across Belarus, many of them dating back to the early 20th century
• opera – every major town has its own opera house
• ballet has been very popular in Belarus since the 18th century, and most towns have their own ballet; the National Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Ballet of the Republic of Belarus has an excellent reputation
• Belarus plays host to numerous theater festivals. Prestigious theatrical forums are regularly held in various parts of Belarus bringing together performers from all over the world. The most famous theater forums are:
  
  

• •  International Theater Festival Belaya Vezha (Brest)
  •  International Theater Festival Panorama (Minsk)
  •  International Festival of Student Theaters Teatralny Kufar (Minsk)
  •  M.art.contact International Youth Theater Forum (Mogilev)
  •  International Forum of Theater Arts TEART (Minsk)
  •  Belarusian International Festival of Puppet Shows (Minsk).
  
  

• The audience favorite, Theatrical Meetings, is held within the framework of the International Arts Festival Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk.
  
  

• Milogradskaya culture
• Pomorskiy culture
• Dneiper-Dvinskiy culture (ancestors of the Letts)

• 1654-1667 – war with Russia
• 1700-1721 – North War (Sweden and Russia)

• Revolt under Tadeusz Kostushko’s leadership (1794)
• Napoleonic invasion of Russia (1812)
• Polish Revolt (1830 – 1831)
• Great Rebellion, headed by Kastus Kalinovski (1863-1864)

• 144 stadiums
• 332 swimming pools
• 4,588 gymnasiums
• 52 athletics centres
• 35 ice rinks

• track and field athletics
• football
• gymnastics
• skiing
• hockey
• tennis
• fencing
• wrestling
• volleyball
• handball
• swimming
• chess and checkers

• 6.2km roller ski track
• 20.5km ski tracks
• shooting grounds
• indoor skating rink with locker rooms, a sauna, a gym, a cafe, equipment rentals
• gyms
• 150m ski track
• freestyle skiing slope
• synthetic tennis courts
• outdoor playground
• equipment rentals

• Belarusian State University of Physical Education
• 11 Olympic-standard colleges
• 165 Olympic-standard specialised schools
• Over 250 youth sports schools

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• Roman Catholics (almost 400 churches)
• Protestants (over 500 communities including Lutherans, Mormons, Baptists, Calvinists)
• Jews (more than 40 Hebrew communities)
• Muslims (27 communities and nine mosques)

• 1 January: New Year
• 7 January: Orthodox Christmas
• 23 February: Fatherland Defenders and Armed Forces day of the Republic of Belarus – a day that pays tribute to servicemen past and present, and recognises all men too.
• 8 March: Women’s Day – This day was established following the revolution in 1917. In modern Belarus 8 March is a celebration of love and respect toward women.
• 1 May: Labour Day (Worker’s Day) - International Labour Day is one of the most popular holidays in Belarus. To celebrate there are lots of concerts and public entertainment and many families celebrate with picnics and shashlyk barbecues.
• 7 November: October Revolution Day
• 25 December: Catholic Christmas

• 9^th day after Orthodox Easter: Commemoration Day (Radonitsa) – on this day, people in Belarus usually visit cemeteries to pay respect and lay flowers on the tombs of relatives and friends.
• 26 April:  Day of Remembrance of the Chernobyl tragedy
• 22 June: Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Great Patriotic War

• 6 – 7 July: Kupalle – Celebrated over the entire night of 6 July, this holiday is accompanied by songs, dances and traditions such as fire-jumping and night swims. 

• 1 January: New Year
• 7 January: Orthodox Christmas
• 8 March: Women’s Day
• 9th day after Orthodox Easter: Radonitsa
• 1 May: Labour Day
• 9 May: Victory Day
• 3 July: Independence Day
• 7 November: October Revolution Day
• 25 December: Catholic Christmas

• St Simeon’s Orthodox Cathedral, an example of architecture of pseudo-Russian style (1865)
• Roman Catholic Church of Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Vozdvizhenie Sviatogo Kresta) (1856)
• Railway station, an example of architecture of the Pseudo-Russian style (1886).

• Kamenets tower (Belaya Vezha), a fine example of defensive architecture (13th Century)
• Charles Baramesha's Church in Pinsk, an example of baroque architecture (18th Century)
• Butrimovich Palace in Pinsk, an example of late baroque architecture (1784-1790)
• The Palace complex in Ruzhany (17th – 18th Century)
• Kossovo Palace, which shows elements of classicism (19th Century).

• Mozyr church and Bernadine Cloister, an example of baroque architecture (1648) 
• Cistercian Cloister (1743-1745) 
• Petrikovsky Nikolaev church, an example of the Pseudo-Byzantian style architecture (2nd half of 19th Century) 
• Chechersk town hall, classical style (2nd  half of 18th Century). 

• Borisoglebsky (Kalozhskaya) church, an example of Old Russian architecture (2nd half of 12th Century) 
• Royal Palace, an example of rococo architecture (1734-1751) 
• Church of St. Franziska Ksaverij, an example of baroque architecture (late 17th – 18th Century).
• Franciscan monastery, an example of baroque architecture (18th Century). 

• Mir Castle, a UNESCO world heritage site – one of the famous castles in Belarus and an outstanding example of defensive architecture (16th Century) 
• Lida Castle (14th – 15th Century). 

• Piously-Mikhailovsky church in the village Synkovichi (Zelva area), an example of defensive architecture with gothic features (late 15th to early 16th Century). 
• Church-fortress in the village of Murovanka (Schuchin area), an example of defensive architecture (early 16th Century)
• St. Uspensky Zhirovichi Monastery (17th – 18th Century)

• Petropavlovskaya Orthodox Church, an example of architecture with elements of renaissance and baroque (1611)
• Deva Maria Catholic Church (1798)
• Alexander Nevsky Church, an example of the retrospektiva-Russian style (1898)
• Kalvarijsky church, an example of neo-gothic style (19th Century).
• The Church of St. Simon and Elena (Red church), a neo-gothic building with modernist features (1908-1910).

• Nesvizh palace - park complex (16th – 19th Century). 
• Nesvizh church of the Divine Body, an example of baroque architecture (1584-1593).
• Slutsk Brahma, an example of baroque architecture (17th – 18th Century) 

• Bernardin Church in Budslav (Myadel area), an example of baroque architecture (18th Century)
• Voskresensky Cathedral in Borisov, an example of the Pseudo-Russian style (1874)
• Spaso-Preobrazhenskaya Church in Zaslavl (late 16th to early 17th Century)

• Nikolaevskaya Tserkov, an example of baroque architecture (1669-1672)
• Stanislavskiy Kostiol, an example of baroque architecture (1738-1752)
• Archiepiscopal palace, an example of architecture of classicism (about 1780) 
• Mogilev town hall (17th – 20th Century).

• Shklov town hall, an example of classical architecture (late 18th Century)
• Preobrazhensky church in Shklov, an example of the neo-Russian architecture (early 20th Century).
• Sviato-Troitskaya Tserkov in Bykhov, wooden style (mid-19th Century) 
• Synagogue in Bykhov, an example of architecture of the late Renaissance (mid-17th Century)
• Bobruisk Fortress, an example of defensive architecture (1st half 19th Century).
• Bykhov Castle, an example of palace-castle architecture (late 16th to early 17th Century).
• Palace in Zhilichi (Kirov area), an example of classical style (1830s)

• Blagoveshchenskaya church, an example of Old Russian architecture (mid-12th Century)  
• Kazan church, a specimen with elements of baroque and early classical architecture (1760)   
• Varvariansky church, in the neo-Romantic style (1785)   

• St. Sofia Cathedral, (11th - 18th Century), one of three Old Russian temples devoted to St. Sofia. (The others are in Kiev and Novgorod.) 
• Spaso-Evfrosinievsky church, an example of Old Russian architecture (1152-1161). Unique ancient frescos are still visible on its walls and columns.

• St. John Krestitelja Church in Kamai (Postavy area), a monument combining forms of defensive, Gothic and Renaissance architecture (1603-1606)
• Church in Sariya (Verkhnedvinsk area), an example of neo-gothic architecture (1852-1857).

• Life expectancy at birth – 73.2 years
• Population living in cities – 77.9%
• The capital is Minsk – 1.974,8 million inhabitants

• Brest Oblast – 1.386,4 million inhabitants          (Brest – 340 thousand) 
• Vitebsk Oblast – 1.188,0 million inhabitants          (Vitebsk – 376 thousand)  
• Gomel Oblast – 1.420,6 million inhabitants          (Gomel – 531 thousand) 
• Grodno Oblast – 1.047,5 million inhabitants          (Grodno – 366 thousand)
• Mogilev Oblast – 1.064,4 million inhabitants          (Mogilev – 378 thousand)
• Minsk Oblast – 1.423,0 million inhabitants

• mineral products – 21.6%
• chemical industry production, rubber – 20.2%
• cars, equipment and vehicles – 18.4%
• black, nonferrous metals and products from them – 6.9%
• articles of food and agricultural raw materials – 17.5%
• others – 15.4%

• mineral products – 27.5%
• cars, equipment and vehicles – 22.8%
• black, nonferrous metals and products from them – 8.1%
• chemical industry production, rubber – 15.0%
• articles of food and agricultural raw materials – 14.6%
• others – 11.0%

• Russia
• Ukraine 
• China
• United Kingdom 
• Germany 
• Poland
• Netherlands 
• Lithuania
• Turkey
• Italy

• metallurgical
• mechanical engineering, including tractors and agricultural, cars, machine-tool constructing and tool industry, instrument making, radio engineering, electro technical, electronic, optics-mechanical industry; and metal working
• chemical and petrochemical
• light industry
• food industry

• wood
• peat
• potash and rock salts
• small oil and natural gas fields
• granite
• dolomite
• limestone
• clay
• sand

• production sector – 23.3%
• agriculture, hunting, forestry industry – 9.6%
• civil engineering – 7.3%
• transportation and communication – 6.7%
• retail; repairs of automobiles, household goods, and personal-use items – 14.5%
• education – 10.2%
• others – 28.4%

• Russians (8.2%) have always lived in the region, with a large influx into the country after the Second World War
• Poles (3.1%) have lived in the western side of the country for centuries
• Ukrainians (1.7%) – the largest influx came in the 18th and 19th centuries
• Jews (0,13%): the first Jews settled in Belarus in the 15th century, but emigration to Israel and other states since the 1980s means that the Jewish population of Belarus is now less than 30,000

• weaving
• woodworking
• glass blowing

• International expo Mass Media in Belarus
• Belarusian international media forum Partnership for the Future
• Forum of young journalists
• Minsk International Book Fair

• National contest for print media Zolotaya Litera
• National writing contest Zolotoye Pero
• National television contest Televershina