Belarus - the only country in Europe (among 47 countries), which is not included in the Council of Europe, and is still a candidate for membership. "We have no leverage over Belarus", - declares Strasbourg. They can not put sanctions on tranche policy, intimidate non-recognition of the election, or close their territoties for Belarussian authorities to visit. On the other hand they have less work - Belarussians can not make a claim to European Court of Human Rights. Also, the OSCE missions were expelled from Minsk to "not to interfere in their right to elect and to be elected".
Belarus is the only country in the former Soviet Union to restore the Soviet flag (with minor modifications). Local wits immediately dubbed it "Sunrise over the marsh" (or "Sunset over the marsh," as you like).
At the core of the flag's ornament is the pattern called "Rising Sun", woven in 1917 by Matryona Markevich, a peasant woman from village Kostelische, renamed into Senno, Vitebsk region. The pattern was found in the archives of Belarussian Industry Board and was originally targeted for women's clothing. It is worth mentioning that Belarus is the world's first country to use national pattern as part of the national flag.
It is believed that when God gave countries minerals, Belarus made it just for leftovers. But it got a whole sombrero, I mean Starobin potassium salts (near the town of Soligorsk) - the largest in the world, more than 9 percent of the world's proven reserves, second only to one field in Canada. Billions of tons. It is a real tidbit.
The longest street in Belarus - Minsk's Independence Avenue. During its history, the street not only grew in length and width, but also changed the 14 titles. This is one of the last main neoclassical ensembles in the world architecture, one of the longest streets in Europe, the applicant for inclusion in the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
I've often heard the slogan "Belarusian Wetlands - Lungs of Europe." I have no idea whether Europe is aware of that, but the fact is that 1.7 million acres of wetlands annually remove from the atmosphere 550-1880 kilograms of carbon dioxide gas (just like 10-20 hectares of forests do). It is a pity, though, that despite all that there is a barbaric inning for peat and sapropel taking place in Belarus.
During the World War II housing in Minsk was destroyed by 70%, and utilities by 80%. On the day of the liberation of Minsk by the units of the Soviet Army and partisans of Belarus (3 July 1944), the city was nothing but a solid pile of rubble, ash and smoldering ruins.
House of Parliament - one of the few buildings that survived intact in the last war. Germans used it as barracks and, during retreat, turned it into a powder keg literally - the document with a list of explosives was found in the archives. The building was packed with almost 2 tons of donar and 184 bombs, 100 kg each. It remains a mystery why Germans did not blow it up.
Belarus is the only country in the former Soviet Union to restore the Soviet flag (with minor modifications). Local wits immediately dubbed it "Sunrise over the marsh" (or "Sunset over the marsh," as you like).
At the core of the flag's ornament is the pattern called "Rising Sun", woven in 1917 by Matryona Markevich, a peasant woman from village Kostelische, renamed into Senno, Vitebsk region. The pattern was found in the archives of Belarussian Industry Board and was originally targeted for women's clothing. It is worth mentioning that Belarus is the world's first country to use national pattern as part of the national flag.
It is believed that when God gave countries minerals, Belarus made it just for leftovers. But it got a whole sombrero, I mean Starobin potassium salts (near the town of Soligorsk) - the largest in the world, more than 9 percent of the world's proven reserves, second only to one field in Canada. Billions of tons. It is a real tidbit.
The longest street in Belarus - Minsk's Independence Avenue. During its history, the street not only grew in length and width, but also changed the 14 titles. This is one of the last main neoclassical ensembles in the world architecture, one of the longest streets in Europe, the applicant for inclusion in the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
I've often heard the slogan "Belarusian Wetlands - Lungs of Europe." I have no idea whether Europe is aware of that, but the fact is that 1.7 million acres of wetlands annually remove from the atmosphere 550-1880 kilograms of carbon dioxide gas (just like 10-20 hectares of forests do). It is a pity, though, that despite all that there is a barbaric inning for peat and sapropel taking place in Belarus.
During the World War II housing in Minsk was destroyed by 70%, and utilities by 80%. On the day of the liberation of Minsk by the units of the Soviet Army and partisans of Belarus (3 July 1944), the city was nothing but a solid pile of rubble, ash and smoldering ruins.
House of Parliament - one of the few buildings that survived intact in the last war. Germans used it as barracks and, during retreat, turned it into a powder keg literally - the document with a list of explosives was found in the archives. The building was packed with almost 2 tons of donar and 184 bombs, 100 kg each. It remains a mystery why Germans did not blow it up.
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