Map of the cultural regions of Belarus (following Tsitou's ideas), superimposed over the administrative Regions of Belarus
Cultural regions of Belarus are historical and ethnographic regions that are located in the boundaries of what is now Belarus and are distinguished by a set of ethnocultural features: ethnic history, nature of settlement, economic activities and tools, folk architecture, arts and crafts, traditional clothing, folklore and local dialects.[1]
According to Viktor Tsitou [be], these are the ethnographic regions of Belarus:[1]
Belarusian Dvina Region [be] (Belarusian: Паазер’е, lit. 'Paazer’e' or Падзві́нне, lit. 'Padzvínnie')
Belarusian Dnieper Region [be] (Belarusian: Беларускае Падняпроўе, lit. 'Bielaruskaje Padniaproŭje')
Central Belarus [be] (Belarusian: Цэнтра́льная Белару́сь, lit. 'Centráĺnaja Bielarúś')
Upper Neman Region [be] (Belarusian: Панямонне, lit. 'Paniamonnie')
Western Polesie [be] and Eastern Polesie [be]
Researchers contest the definitions of these regions. In the case of Padzvinne, the Belarusian historian Vladzimir Auseichyk [be] contests its existence as a unified region and instead writes that there are two regions in that area.[2]
^Auseichyk, Vladzimir (2019-06-28). "On the question of the ethno-cultural district of the Belorussian Padzvinne". Pskov Journal of Regional Studies (38): 36–50. doi:10.37490/S221979310012056-4. ISSN 2219-7931. S2CID 239199200.
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