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Encyclopedia > Belaya Vezha, Belarus

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Belavezhskaya Puscha (1123 words)
The forest acquired its name thanks to the white tower (Belaya Vezha) which was erected more than 700 years ago (between 1276 and 1288) near the small town of Kamianiec.
The tower ("vezha" in Belarusian) had strategic military purpose - to watch the approach of enemy troops.
The residence in Viskuli acquired the status of governmental residence of the Republic of Belarus.
Belarus (1149 words)
Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered in the north and east by Russia, in the south by Ukraine, in the west by Poland, and in the Northwest by Lithuania and Latvia.
Belarus was long thought to he poor in minerals, its natural resources are limited to peat, gravel, sands.
In the beginning of the 6th century the territory of modern Belarus was settled by East Slavic tribes, the ancestors of the Belorussians.
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