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Belarusians
Belarusian: Беларусы
Total population
c. 9 million
Regions with significant populations
Belarus 7.99 million[1][2]
United States (Belarusian ancestry)
600,000[3][4]–768,000[5]
Russia
521,443 (2010)[6]
Ukraine
275,763 (2001)[7]
Poland
105,404 (2020)[8]
Latvia
55,929–60,445 (2023)[9][10]
Kazakhstan
66,476 (2010)[11]
Germany
61,000[12]
Lithuania
60,000[13]
Czech Republic
31,000[14]
Moldova
20,000[14]
Canada
15,565[15]
Brazil
12,100[14]
Estonia
11,828 (2017)[16]
Slovakia
10,054[14]
Italy
8,529[14]
France
7,500[14]
United Kingdom
7,000[14]
Argentina
7,000[14]
Spain
5,828[17]
Sweden
2,833[18]
Turkmenistan
2,000
Belgium
2,000[14]
Australia
1,560 (2006)[19]
Greece
1,168[20]
Portugal
1,002 (2009)[21]
Bulgaria
1,000
Netherlands
973 (2016)[22]
Austria
below 500[14]
Languages
Belarusian (historical and native)
Russian (dominant)
Religion
Orthodox Christianity (majority), Roman Catholicism, Belarusian Greek Catholicism, Irreligion (minority)
Related ethnic groups
Poles, other East Slavs (Poleshuks, Podlashuks, Russians, Ukrainians)
Belarusians (Belarusian: беларусы, romanized: bielarusy) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Belarus. More than 9 million people proclaim Belarusian ethnicity worldwide.[23] Nearly 7.99 million Belarusians reside in Belarus,[1][2] with the United States[3][4][5] and Russia[6] being home to more than half a million Belarusians each.
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and Russia being home to more than half a million Belarusians each. During the Soviet era, Belarusians were referred to as Byelorussians or Belorussians...
Look up Belarusian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Belarusian may refer to: Something of, or related to Belarus Belarusians, people from Belarus,...
000 Belarusians, which comprise about 19.7% of Belarusians living in Ukraine (data from 2001 Ukrainian census In Ukrainian). In Poland, the Belarusian language...
people identifying themselves as Belarusians according to official censuses. The Minsk-based World Association of Belarusians is the international organization...
immigrants came before the full development and spread of Belarusian nationalism. Most ethnic Belarusians (those who were not genetically or culturally Polish...
women). Over 99% of Belarusians aged 15 and older are literate. According to the census of November 2011, 58.9% of all Belarusians adhered to some kind...
Karelia and Siberia. Most Belarusians in Russia are migrants from modern Belarus or their descendants, while a minor part of Belarusians in Russia are indigenous...
Belarusians in Chicago are an ethnic group in the Chicagoland area. The first Belarusians to arrive in Chicago emigrated around 1900. During and after...
of the Belarusians into account." US Ambassador on the attitude of Belarusians to the war and Makei's proposal]. Радыё Свабода (in Belarusian). Retrieved...
Belarusians in Latvia (Belarusian: Беларусы Латвіі, romanized: Biełarusy Łatvii make up the country's third largest ethnic group after Latvians and Russians...
were 18,850 Canadians who claimed Belarusian ancestry. Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič estimated the number of Belarusians in Canada in late 1959 at about 40...
these first Belarusians were registered as Russians, except those who were Roman Catholics, registered as Poles.[citation needed] Most Belarusians that immigrated...
Belarusians in Ukraine (Belarusian: Беларусы Украіны, romanized: Biełarusy Ukrainy; Ukrainian: Білоруси в Україні, romanized: Bilorusy v Ukraini) are the...
The ruble, rouble or rubel (Belarusian: рубель, romanized: rubieĺ, Russian: рубль, romanized: rubl'; abbreviation: руб or р. in Cyrillic, Rbl in Latin...
million Belarusians in 1921. Most historians estimate the number of Belarusians in Poland at that time to be from 1.7 million up to 2 million. Belarusians formed...
Russians (25.5%), Poles (11.4%) and Belarusians (9%). The latter figure may be not accurate, as some local Belarusians were likely counted as Russians. A...
climate, Belarusians were always fond of a kind of somewhat sour rye bread, and the most traditional hard drink, the local vodka or harelka (Belarusian: гарэлка)...
the SSRB were the Belarusians, which made up 82% of the rural population, but less than half of the urban one (40.1%). The Belarusian national sentiment...
The Monument to Belarusians who died for Ukraine in Kyiv is the memorial sign dedicated to the Belarusians who died during the events at Euromaidan and...
Alaksandar Kot Pavał Šaŭcoŭ, Association of Belarusians in Great Britain Siarhiej Piatkievič, Association of Belarusians in Great Britain Hanna Surmač, Belarusan-American...
Belarusian nationalism refers to the belief that Belarusians should constitute an independent nation. Belarusian nationalism began emerging in the mid-19th...
catering to Belarusians. The majority languages of Belarusians are Belarusian and Russian. Accurately estimating the population of people of Belarusian descent...
populated by Belarusians, rejecting the then split of the Belarusian lands between Germany and Russia. The areas were claimed because of a Belarusian majority...
61.2% of ethnic Belarusians and 54.5% of ethnic Poles declaring Belarusian as their native language. In everyday life in the Belarusian society the Russian...
Belarusian Resistance may refer to: Belarusian resistance movement Belarusian resistance during World War II Belarusian opposition Belarusian partisan...
shortcomings of the Soviet system and galvanized a significant section of Belarusians around the issues of environment, de-Stalinization, national revival...
Spanish: Bielorrusos en Argentina) are a part of the Belarusian diaspora that consists of the Belarusians who emigrated to Argentina and their descendants...
A modern Belarusian name of a person consists of three parts: given name, patronymic, and family name (surname), according to the Eastern Slavic naming...
polonization and discrimination against Belarusians under the Second Polish Republic were still fresh. Many Belarusians wanted an independent nation and co-operated...
been sentenced to hefty fines. Belarusian World (Belarusian: Беларускі свет): A programme presenting the lives of Belarusians resident abroad, focusing particularly...
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Belarus 7.99 million[1][2]
United States
Russia
Ukraine
Poland
Latvia
Kazakhstan
Germany
Lithuania
Czech Republic
Moldova
Canada
Brazil
Estonia
Slovakia
Italy
France
United Kingdom
Argentina
Spain
Sweden
Turkmenistan
Belgium
Australia
Greece
Portugal
Bulgaria
Netherlands
Austria