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Many
people think Olga Korbut is Russian. Well, she isn't.
Olga was born in Belarus -- a small independent country in Central
Europe. Belarus borders Poland in the west, Lithuania in the northwest,
Latvia in the north, Russia in the northeast and east, and Ukraine
in the south.
The territory of Belarus is 78 thousand square miles (which is about
the territory of Great Britain or the State of Arizona) populated
by 10.2 mln. Citizens, 70% of them are urban. About one fifth of
the population live in the city of Minsk - the capital of Belarus.
The distance from Minsk to Warsaw is 300 miles, to Moscow - 450
miles.The length of Belarus: 350 miles from North to South, 406
miles from East to West. From 1919 until 1991 Belarus was a part
of USSR as one of 15 republics.
The surface is mainly flat; the average altitude is about 524ft.
The climate in Belarus is moderate continental. The average temperatures
in Minsk in January are 27F degrees, in July 70F degrees. About
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The
most distinguished Belarusian athletes are six time Olympic Champion
Vitaly Shcherbo, six time World Champion in skating Igor Zhelezovsky,
four time Champions Olga Korbut, Victor Sidyak and Elena Belova
(fencing). Svetlana Boginskaya (gymnastics), Alexander Medved (wrestling),
Vladimir Parfenovich (canoeing), and Tatiana Samusenko (fencing)
ascended the Olympic podium three times |
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Before
reading the map just look at the official Belorusian flag.
Belarus have a different flag. It is was changed by pro-Moscow
president of Belarus.
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is the real flag of Belarus. Unfortunately it's gone. Click
here
to find out how the power of Moscow has destroyed this.
More... |
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from Belarus. |
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