Geography According to abbreviationfinder, Minsk is the capital of the Republic of Belarus and the center of the province and district bearing the same name. It is situated on the Minsk Rise on the banks of the Svislach River. The surface of the city is 256 square kilometers, territorially it is divided into 9 administrative districts. Minsk is… Read More »
Belarus (official name, Respublika Belarus, Republic of Belarus). An independent republic of eastern Europe, bordered to the northwest by Lithuania and Latvia, to the northeast and east by Russia, to the south by Ukraine and to the west by Poland. The name of Belarus, a former Soviet socialist republic integrated into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), translates as White Russia.… Read More »
The idea of the rights of the individual and the need to limit the power and abuse of power of the ruler and the rulers is not entirely new. It has grown over several hundred years, but has especially gained momentum in the sails after 1945 – not least the last two to three decades.… Read More »