Ethnic symbols
| Name: | Belorussia (Republic of Belorussia) |
| Local name (Belorussian): | Беларусь (Рэспублiка Беларусь) |
| Local name (Russian): | Белоруссия (Республика Белоруссия) |
| Bordering countries: | Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 207.6 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 10 322 ths. |
| Capital: | Minsk (Мiнск / Минск) |
| Official languages: | Belorussian, Russian |