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Bit bizarre that Belarus is so close and I know practically nothing about it.
"Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe.[11] It is bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital and most populous city is Minsk."
I already know more about Belarus than 90% of the people writing articles about antibodies know about immunity
"The name Belarus is closely related with the term Belaya Rus', i.e., White Rus'. There are several claims to the origin of the name White Rus'.[28]"
"An ethno-religious theory suggests the name used to describe the part of old Ruthenian lands within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania that had been populated mostly by Slavs who had been Christianized early, as opposed to Black Ruthenia, predominantly inhabited by pagan Balts"
"The region that is now Belarus was first settled by Baltic tribes in the 3rd century. Around the 5th century, the area was taken over by Slavic tribes."
"In the 9th century the territory of modern Belarus became part of Kievan Rus', a vast East Slavic state ruled by the Rurikid dynasty."
"In a Russification drive in the 1840s, Nicholas I prohibited use of the Belarusian language in public schools, campaigned against Belarusian publications and tried to pressure those who had converted to Catholicism under the Poles to reconvert to the Orthodox faith"
"During the negotiations of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Belarus declared independence forming the Belarusian People's Republic.[67][68] Immediately afterwards, the Polish–Soviet War ignited, and the territory of Belarus was divided between Poland and Soviet Russia"
"Belarus declared itself sovereign on 27 July 1990"
"Two-round elections for the presidency on (24 June 1994 and 10 July 1994)[90] catapulted the formerly unknown Alexander Lukashenko into national prominence."
"Since 2014, following years of embrace of Russian influence in the country, Lukashenko has pressed a revival of Belarusian identity, following the Russian annexation of Crimea and military intervention in Eastern Ukraine."
"Ethnic Belarusians constitute 83.7% of Belarus's total population.[1] The next largest ethnic groups are: Russians (8.3%), Poles (3.1%), and Ukrainians (1.7%)" [
"the population is 9.49 million. Belarus has a population density of about 50/km2. Minsk, the nation's capital and largest city, was home to 1,937,900 residents"
"Since 2004, Belarus has been sending artists to the Eurovision Song Contest"
