Belarusian
From near Lithuania
Belarusian refers to the people, language, or culture of Belarus, a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and the Baltic states.
The Belarusian language is East Slavic, closely related to Russian and Ukrainian.
She's studying Belarusian history.
He speaks fluent Belarusian.
Belarus's largest city
Legal belonging to country
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
- identityWho someone is
- emigrantPerson resettling in another nation
expatriate · minority · citizenship · passport · naturalization · repatriation · ancestry
Edible underground tuber
- babushkaTriangular cloth head covering
- embroideryDecorative stitching on fabric
- linenFlax-derived textile
- strawTube for sipping
woodcarving · rye · flax
Staunch factional supporters
- ChernobylSoviet nuclear disaster site
- WWII1939-45 global conflict
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
Holocaust · Lithuania · Soviet · independence · Russification
Belarusian authoritarian president
- SovietOf the USSR
- CISPost-Soviet regional organization
- KGBUSSR intelligence service
- collectivizationForced communal ownership transfer
opposition · sanctions · dictatorship · protests · exile · dissidents · authoritarianism · elections
Slavic alphabet system
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- dialectRegional language variety
- orthographyStandard writing conventions
Minsk
Belarus's largest city
nationality
Legal belonging to country
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
- identityWho someone is
emigrant · expatriate · minority · citizenship · passport · naturalization · repatriation · ancestry
potato
Edible underground tuber
- babushkaTriangular cloth head covering
- embroideryDecorative stitching on fabric
- linenFlax-derived textile
straw · woodcarving · rye · flax
byliny
Russian oral epic poems
- firebirdLuminous bird of myth
partisans
Staunch factional supporters
- ChernobylSoviet nuclear disaster site
- WWII1939-45 global conflict
- occupationOne's regular paid work
resistance · Holocaust · Lithuania · Soviet · independence · Russification
Lukashenko
Belarusian authoritarian president
collectivization · opposition · sanctions · dictatorship · protests · exile · dissidents · authoritarianism · elections · repression
Cyrillic
Slavic alphabet system
orthography · vocabulary · pronunciation · bilingualism · Russification
- Eastern EuropePoland, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria
- European LanguagesGerman, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
- European peoplesGermans, Italians, Greeks, French, Poles
- EuropeansAustrian, Belgian, Brit, Briton, Bulgarian
- Slavic cultureRussian, Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, Serbian
- Eurasian LanguagesTurkish, Mongolian, Korean, Japanese, Kazakh
BelarusianRussian
Eastern Slavic language
Ukrainian · Polish · Lithuanian · Latvian · American
BelarusianWestern
Of Euro-American civilization
democratic · Polish · anti-authoritarian · European Union · NATO member