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Belarus - Wikipedia  Belarus officially the Republic of Belarus, formerly and sometimes known as Byelorussia is a ... The Constitution of Belarus does not declare any official religion, although .... In 1696, Polish replaced Belarusian as the official language and Belarusian ..... The depreciation was even steeper on the black market and financial...
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After decades of Russian dominance, Belarus reclaims its language ...  Jan 28, 2015 ... Belarus' president, Alexander Lukashenko, who is widely criticised for ... Belarusian and Russian are both considered official languages of ... is a distinct growing interest in the Belarusian culture and even goes ... The symbolism was not lost on proponents of Belarusian language ..... What is it related too?
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Shocking! Belarusian President Speaks Belarusian  Jul 2, 2014 ... Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has stunned his ... one day before Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Belarus to ... for Lukashenka, says people shouldn't read too much into it. ... of a state language, alongside Belarusian, following a controversial .... No Thanks, My Dad's An Oil Exec...
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Belarusian language - Wikipedia  Belarusian is an official language of Belarus, along with Russian, and is spoken abroad, chiefly ..... School attendance was not made mandatory, though. ... In 19291930, the Communist authorities of Soviet Belarus made a series of drastic .... for the Belarusian language could also be easily considered "too strong" and even...
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Belarusian kills and dismembers US citizen who insulted President ...  Sep 6, 2016 ... According to the Belarusian, the American insulted not only the president, but the people of Belarus too. The Belarusian could not tolerate it, so...
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Latvian language - Wikipedia  Latvian (latvieu valoda [latviu valuda]) is the official state language of Latvia. It was previously known in English as Lettish which remains the standard today in various forms in most other Germanic languages. ... Latvian is a Baltic language and is most closely related to Lithuanian.
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Belarus - Wikipedia  Belarus officially the Republic of Belarus, formerly and sometimes known as Byelorussia is a ... In the aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution, Belarus declared ... Belarus lost almost half of its territory to Poland after the Polish-Soviet war of ... Much of the borders of Belarus took their modern shape in 1939 when some...
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Tanzania dumps English as its official language in schools, opts for ...  Mar 5, 2015 ... Tanzania is set to become the first sub-Saharan African country to use an African language as the medium of instruction throughout the schooling years. As part of far-reaching plans to reform education, President Jakaya Kikwetes administration announced last week that, going ...
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Belarus - Wikipedia  Belarus officially the Republic of Belarus, formerly and sometimes known as Byelorussia is a ... Belarus lost almost half of its territory to Poland after the Polish-Soviet war of 1919-1921. ... about a third of its population and more than half of its economic resources. .... Some nationalists object to the name for the same reason.
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The Pyrenees Region  EGO  May 31, 2012 ... In addition to the official state languages Spanish and French, Basque ... However, the border area between France and Spain was not only a ... in the middle of the (high) mountains, the small Principality of Andorra (Principat d'Andorra). ... along with Catalan and Castilian, as one of the official languages of...
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European Languages by Countries :: :: Official and national ...  List of Official and Spoken Languages of European Countries. ... Some countries have even more than one national language. ... people in the border regions of countries might understand and speak the language of the neighboring country. ... There are Europeans who have learned Spanish, French, German, English,...
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Languages of Azerbaijan - Wikipedia  Several languages are native to the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Contents. [hide]. 1 Present day; 2 History; 3 See also; 4 References; 5 External links. Present day[edit]. The primary and official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, Azeri, ... to the 2009 census of the country Azerbaijani is spoken as a native language...
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Minsk - Wikipedia  Minsk is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Belarus, situated on the Svislach and ... From 1919 to 1991, after the Russian Revolution, Minsk was the capital of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic within the Soviet Union. .... By 1150, Minsk rivaled Polotsk as the major city in the former Principality of Polotsk.
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Belarus - Country Profile - Nations Online Project  Spoken languages are Belarusian (official) 24%, but 70% speak Russian (official), there are small Polish- and ... Official Name: ... Belarus legal information exchange. ... Searchable map and satellite view of the capital of Belarus, Minsk.
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Minsk - Wikipedia  Minsk is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Belarus, situated on the Svislach and Nyamiha rivers. It is the administrative centre of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). As the national capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus ... There are six smaller rivers within the city limits, all part of the Black Sea...
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Belarus | United States Institute of Peace  ... the USSR, Belarus attained its independence in 1991. It has retained closer political and economic ties to Russia than any of the other former Soviet republics.
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My Ukraine: A personal reflection on a nation's dream of ...  May 12, 2015 ... Hear Chrystia read the first line of this Essay, in both Ukrainian and Russian ... Less than two weeks after the language measure was enacted it was rescinded, ... Kyiv (then known to most of the world by its Russian name, Kiev). .... of the Soviet-era leadership: Leonid Kravchuk, Ukraine's first president, had...
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What Do People Speak in Switzerland? | USA Today  Switzerland, a country with a population of only 7 million, has four official languages. (Photo: ... Although English isn't an official language, it's widely spoken and ... only half of 1 percent of the population -- speak Romansh than Serbo-Croatian.
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There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, and there never will  THE MODERATOR. Good evening. I am Pauline Frederick of NPR [National Public Radio], moderator of the second of the historic debates of the 1976 campaign...
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'Language or Dialect?: The Politicisation of Language in Central and ...  The decision on whether a people spoke a. ... by 150,000-200,000 people in the Latgalia (Latvian: Latgale; Latgalian: Latgola) region of ... whereas the Latvians of the western provinces are mostly Lutheran), parallel systems of writing ... and Russia, Latgalia is one of the least ethno-linguistically 'Latvian' parts of the country.
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Official languages of the United Nations - Wikipedia  The official languages of the United Nations are the six languages that are used in UN .... Arabic was made an official and working language of "the General Assembly and ... Later, Arabic, Chinese, and Russian were added as working languages in ... as the sixth official language of the United Nations in 1973);; UN Chinese...