Belarusians
Belarusians are an East Slavic ethnic group. Most live in Belarus, and smaller communities live in Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Poland, Lithuania, Moldova, and others. According to population census of 2019, there were 7,990,719[1] belarusians in Belarus. About 600,000 Americans have Belarusian ancestry.[2]
беларусы | |
|---|---|
| Languages | |
| Belarusian | |
| Religion | |
| Eastern Orthodox | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Russians, Ukrainians, Poles |
Language
About 70% of Belarusians speak Russian at home, while only 26% speak Belarusian at home.[3]
Notable Belarusians
Belarusians Media
Slavic tribes in the 7th-9th century
Map of the Northwestern Krai of the Russian Empire
Ethnic territory of Belarusians* Modern state boundaries* According to the linguistic map by Yefim Karsky (1903)* According to Mitrofan Dovnar-Zapolsky (1919)*The major discrepancy between Karsky and Dovnar-Zapolsky is due to Karsky's identification of transitional Ukrainian-Belarusian dialects
References
- ↑ "National Statistics Committee presents data on ethnic". TV channel «Belarus 24». Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- ↑ Garnett, Sherman W. (1999). Belarus at the Crossroads. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. ISBN 978-0-87003-172-4.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
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