A Little Country in the Center of Europe

Belarus. It's Geographic Features, Economy and State System. The Republic of Belarus (Belarus) is located in the Eastern part of Europe. In the west it borders on Poland, in the north-west on Lithuania, in the north on Latvia, in the north-east and east on Russia, in the south on Ukraine. Belarus is divided into six regions (oblast): Brest oblast, Vitebsk oblast, Gomel oblast, Grodno oblast, Minsk oblast and Mogilev oblast. The capital of Belarus is the city of Minsk, which is the biggest political, economic, scientific and cultural centre of the country. The population of Minsk is 1.729 million people.