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Republic ofBelarus

an East Slavic ethnic group Population – 9,6 mln. people(outside + 2.5-3.5 mln. people) Area – 207,600 sq. km Independence from USSR declared on 27 July 1990 The most spoken language Russian (72% of the population)Belarusian is only used by 19.2% Religion - Eastern Orthodoxy (80%), Roman Catholics (17%),

Protestantism (1%), others - Islam and Judaism (2%) GDP (PPP) per capita (2008 est.) - $12,313 (67°, IMF) Exports - $33.04 billion; Imports - $39.16 billion (2008 est.)

Belarus – land of castles

Belarus – land of lakes is landlocked, relatively flat, and contains

large tracts of marshy land 11,000 lakes are

found in Belarus

40% of Belarus is covered by forests

Belarusian famous people Pavel Sukhoi - aircraft designer, found Sukhoi Design Bureau Simon Kuznets - (Kuznets curve ;-) the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Alexander Popov - inventor of the radio Zhores Alferov - won the Nobel Prize in Physics Marc Chagall - a pioneer of modernism and one of the greatest

figurative artists of the 20th century Francysk Skaryna - one of the first publishers in Eastern Europe, laying

groundwork for the development of Belarusian language Isaac Asimov - widely considered a master of the science-fiction genre Louis Burt Mayer - as a studio boss of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

made it the most successful motion picture studio in the world Tadevush Kastsyushka - political and military leader with liberal views

and great military talent, defender of the Commonwealth, and participant in the American War of Independence

Shimon Peres – the current president of the State of Israel Ariel Sharon - an Israel former Prime Minister and general Alexander Medved' - the Greatest Wrestler of the 20th Century in

Freestyle others people are not less talented, beautiful, intelligent and smart :-)))

Russian speakers one of three East Slavic languages

(the others Belarusian, Ukrainian) the most geographically

widespread language of Eurasia the most widely spoken

of the Slavic languages Total speaking population –

278 mln. people one of the six UN official languages Russian alphabet is a variant

of the Cyrillic alphabet Consists of 33 letters (10 vowels,

21 constants + 2 no sound letters)

Country of native Russian

Population of native Russian

Weight

Russia 115,889,107 82.8% Ukraine 8,334,000 6.0% Kazakhstan 3,962,100 2.8% United States 3,152,959 2.3% Belarus 1,142,000 0.8% Latvia 646,567 0.5% Uzbekistan 620,000 0.4% Kyrgyzstan 679,000 0.5% Canada 300,600 0.2% Moldova 369,488 0.3% Estonia 331,000 0.2% Turkmenistan 314,000 0.2% Lithuania 219,789 0.2% United Kingdom 300,000 0.2% Brazil 200,000 0.1% Italy 199,600 0.1% Germany 187,835 0.1% Azerbaijan 144,000 0.1% Argentina 114,303 0.1%Others 2,893,652 2.1%

Simple wordsEnglish Russian Transcription

Hi! Привет! Privet!

Good morning. Доброе утро! Dobroe utra.

Good day. Добрый день Dobryj den‘.

Good evening. Добрый вечер! Dobryj vecher.

Good-bye. До свидания Da svidanija.

Good night. Спокойной ночи Spokojnyj nochi.

Bye Пока Paka.

Welcome ! Добро пожаловать! Dobro pozhalavat'!

How are you? Как дела? Kak dela?

Fine. That’s OK Хорошо Harasho

My name is ….. Меня зовут … Menja zavut …..

What is your name? Как Вас / тебя зовут? Kak Vas(polite)/tebja zavut

Nice to meet you. Приятно познакомится Prijatna poznakomitsja.

Where are you from? Откуда Вы / ты? Otkuda Vy( polite) / ty?

I am from ….. Я из …. Ja iz …….

Simple wordsEnglish Russian Transliteration

I don't speak Russian. Я не говорю по-русски Ja ne gavarju pa-russki. I speak a little Russian. Я чуть-чуть говорю по-

русскиJa chut’-chut’ gavarju pa-russki.

Yes. Да Da.

No. Нет Net.

Please. Пожалуйста Pazhalujsta.

Thank you. Спасибо Spasiba.

Not at all. Не за что Ne za chto.

I'm sorry. Прости(те) Prasti(te). in brackets polite form

Excuse me. Извини(те) Izvini(te). in brackets polite form

Help! Помоги(те)! Pamogi(te)! in brackets polite form

I Я Ja Congratulations! Поздравляю! Pazdravljaju!Happy New Year! С Новым годом! S Novym Godom!Happy Birthday! С Днем Рождения! S Dnjom Razhdenija!Good luck! Удачи! Udachi!Cheers! Ваше здоровье! Vashe zdarovje!

Welcome to Belarus!!!Добро пожаловать в

БеларусьJoin Russian speakers the world