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Resources
General
Akavita
Search engine and link directory.
Language: Belarus, Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
open.by
Belarussian Information Search Engine.
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Belarusskij Rejting
Search engine and link directory.
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic
WWW Belarus
Gateway to government-independent information on Belarus.
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin
A Belarus Miscellany
Oppositional information on Belarus.
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin
Religion
JewishGen.org: Belarus SIG
Resources pertaining to jewish issues in Belarus, mainly genealogy and the Holocaust.
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin | Descriptors: Jewish geneaology
History and archaeology
History of Belarus (Great Litva)
Provided by the Virtual Guide to Belarus.
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin
JewishGen.org: Belarus SIG
Resources pertaining to jewish issues in Belarus, mainly genealogy and the Holocaust.
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin | Descriptors: Jewish geneaology
Seventeen Moments in Soviet History
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin | Publisher: Russian Source Book Project Grant
WWW-VL History: Belarus
World-Wide Web Virtual Library Belarusian History Index.
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin | Publisher: World-Wide Web Virtual Library
Soviet Archives Exhibit
Library of Congress's Soviet Archives exhibit.
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin | Publisher: ibiblio.org
Belarusian Historical Review / Scientific Magazine
Language: Belarus, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Institut istorii NAN Belarusi
Institute of history of National academy of science
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Stalin Era Research & Archives Project / SERAP
Multidisciplinary undertaking seeking to stimulate the reinterpretation of politics and society in the USSR under Stalin through the use of newly declassified archival materials.
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin | Creator: Centre for Russian and East European Studies | Publisher: University of Toronto
Language
Tavarystva belaruskaj movy
Belarusian Language Association
Language: Belarus | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Archives and libraries
Nacional'naja biblioteka Belarusi
National Library of Belarus
Language: Russian, Belarus, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Arkhivy Belarusi
Archives of Belarus
Provides a directory of state archives and an online catalogue.
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
The Yakub Kolas Central Scientific Library of the Academy of Sciences
Addresses to the library.
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin
Research and academics
Nacijanal'naja Akade'mija Navuk Belarusi
The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Information server on academy activities.
Language: Russian, Belarus, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Ministerstva adukacyi Respubliki Belarus'
Ministry of Education of Belarus
Language: Belarus, Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Evropejskij Gumanitarnyj Universitet
European Humanities University
Exiled Belarus university based in Lithuania.
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Meždunarodnyj Ekologiceskij Universitet imeni A.D. Sakharova
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Belorusskij Gosudarstvennj Universitet
Belarusian State University
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Biznes-škola IPM
IPM Business School
Research centre aiming to be a resource for the development of new private enterprises in Belarus.
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Latin, Cyrillic
Baltic & East European studies
North American Association for Belarusian Studies - NAABS
Non-profit scholarly organization which seeks to promote research, study, and teaching in all aspects of Belarusian studies, including the fields of history, language and linguistics, literature and the arts, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology and ethnography, political science, economics, and international relations.
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin
Baltic & East European affairs
Bac'kauščyna
World Association of Belarusians "Batskaushchyna"
Association to augment Belarusian culture worldwide.
Language: Belarus, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Grodna i Wilna / TPGiW
Association of friends of Grodno & Wilno
Polish organisation in support of Polish minorities and heritage in Belarus.
Language: Polish | Alphabet: Latin
Głos Znad Niemna
Voice over Niemuna
Polish newspaper in Belarus.
Language: Polish | Alphabet: Latin
Belarusskij Partisan
Russia-supported Belarus newspaper oppositional to Lukashenka and run by exiled Pavel Sheremet.
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Evroazijskij Dom / Informacionno-analitičeskij portal
Eurasian Home - Analytical resource
Open forum for dialogue and reflection, bringing together experts, politicians and journalists from the New Independent States, Russia, European Union, Asia and America.
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin | Publisher: Eurasia Heritage Foundation
Fond Nasledie Evrazii
Eurasia Heritage Foundation
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Business and economy
Nacional'nyj Bank Respubliki Belarus'
National Bank of the Republic of Belarus
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Belorusskaja Delovaja Gazeta
Belarus business paper.
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Biznes-Belarus'
Business Belarus online information catalogue.
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Belorusskaja torgovo-promyšlennaja palata
Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
News and media
Belarus Today
Everyday news from Belarus in English and Russian.
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Belarusskoe Telegrafnoe Agenstvo (BelTA)
Belarusian Telegraph Agency
Government News Agency.
Language: Russian, Belarus, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
BELAPAN / Belarusian Information Company
Private news agency.
Language: Belarus, Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Narodnaja Gazeta
Parliament controlled newspaper.
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic | Publisher: Parliament of the Republic of Belarus
Sovetskaja Belorussija / Belarus Segodnja
President controlled newspaper.
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic | Publisher: Sovetskaja Belorussija
Naša Niva
Opposition newspaper based in Minsk.
Language: Belarus | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Pagonja
Opposition magazine.
Language: Belarus. | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Radio Racyja
The Free Uncensored News Source from Belarus. Oppositional radio and news channel, formerly based in Poland.
Language: Russian, Belarus, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin | Publisher: Radio Racyja
Svaboda
Opposition newspaper.
Language: Belarus, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Belarusskij Partisan
Russia-supported Belarus newspaper oppositional to Lukashenka and run by exiled Pavel Sheremet.
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Minsk Times
Weekly semi-official newspaper in English.
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin
Sojuz / Belarus-Rossija
Official periodical of the Ministerial Council of the "Belarus-Russia Union".
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Society and law
e-Belarus.ORG
Information and communication technology thinktank, with a focus on e-government and e-democracy.
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin
International relations
Ministe’rstva Zamežnykh Sprau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Organizacija Ob'edinnenykh Nacij v Belarusi
United Nations in Belarus
Language: Russian, Belarus, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
OSCE Office in Minsk
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin | Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Posol’stvo Respubliki Belarus’ v FRG
Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Germany
Language: Russian, German | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Belaruski Institut Strategičnych dasledavannjau
Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies
Language: Belarusian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Dyplamatyčnyja Pradstaunictvy Respublici Belarus'
Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Stockholm
Language: Belarus, Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Posol’stvo Respubliki Belarus’ v Litovskoj Respublike
Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Lithuania
Language: Russian, Belarus, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Posol’stvo Respubliki Belarus’ v Rossijskoj Federacii
Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Russian Federation
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Human rights
Vjasna / Pravaabarončy ce'ntr
Vjasna Human Rights Center
Human rights' NGO, created in 1996 during mass protest actions of the democratic opposition in Belarus.
Language: Belarus, Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Pravaabarocny Centr Vjasna
The Human Rights Center VIASNA
NGO for the support and information on civil rights in Belarus.
Language: Belarus, Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Belorusskij Khelsinkskij Komitet
Belarusian Helsinki Committee
The Belarusian branch of the Helsinki international human rights' movement.
Language: Belarusian, Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, English
Khartija 97
Charter 97
Oppositional organisation that works for human rights and civil liberties in the tradition of Czechoslovak Charta 77.
Language: Belarus, Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Human Rights Watch: Belarus
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin
Den' našej solidarnosti
A day of solidarity with Belarus
Organisation in support of political prisoners, disappeared oppositionists and independent media in Belarus.
Language: Belarus, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Norwegian, German, French | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Political science and politics
Political Resources on the Net - Belarus
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin | Publisher: Political Resources on the Net
Supreme Soviet: Ex-Byelorussian Parliament
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin
Naše Mnenie
Independent political science project.
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Civil society
Dzedzič
Foundation for Support of Youth Initiatives Dzedzič
Youth and student organisation.
Language: Belarus | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Vjasna / Pravaabarončy ce'ntr
Vjasna Human Rights Center
Human rights' NGO, created in 1996 during mass protest actions of the democratic opposition in Belarus.
Language: Belarus, Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Pravaabarocny Centr Vjasna
The Human Rights Center VIASNA
NGO for the support and information on civil rights in Belarus.
Language: Belarus, Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Asambleja Demakratičnykh Njauradavykh Arganizacyjau
Assembly of Pro-Democratic NGOs
Largest network of Belarusian NGOs.
Language: Belarusian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Khartija 97
Charter 97
Oppositional organisation that works for human rights and civil liberties in the tradition of Czechoslovak Charta 77.
Language: Belarus, Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
NGO.by
Information portal for non-governmental organisations in Belarus.
Language: Belarus, Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Den' našej solidarnosti
A day of solidarity with Belarus
Organisation in support of political prisoners, disappeared oppositionists and independent media in Belarus.
Language: Belarus, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Norwegian, German, French | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Assembly of Belarusian Pro-Democratic NGOs
Language: Belarus, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Salidarnas'c' / Kamite't abarony re'pre'savannykh
Salisarnasc Committee for Defence of the Repressed
Organisation against regime repression against citizens who openly expressed their thoughts during the presidential elections 2006.
Language: Belarus, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Tretij Put'
Third Way Belarus
NGO with the aim to assist the process of modernization of Belarus into a successful and competitive country with the priority of liberal values.
Language: Belarus, Russian, English, German | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Graždanskaja iniciativa "My pomnim"
Civil Initiative «We Remember»
Civil Initiative «We Remember» is non-governmental organization uniting family members of the involuntary disappeared persons in Belarus during 1999-2000.
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Malade'čna za Svabodu!
Malade'čna for Freedom!
Regional Initiative Maladzechna for Freedom.
Language: Belarus | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Malady Front
Young Front
Oppositional youth organisation.
Language: Belarus | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Związek na rzecz Demokracji na Białorusi
Union for democracy support in Belarus
Polish democracy movement in Belarus.
Language: Polish, Belarus, English | Alphabet: Latin, Cyrillic
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung: Regionalbüro Ukraine, Belarus und Moldau
Friedrich Ebert Foundation: Regional Office for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova
Language: German, Ukrainian | Alphabet: Latin, Cyrillic
Political parties
Partyja Belaruski Narodny Front - Adradže'n'ne / BNF
Belarusian Popular Front Party - Adradže'n'ne
The first opposition party in Belarus, formed out of the Soviet dissident movement.
Language: Belarus | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Narodnaja Gramada / Belaruskaja Sacyjal De'makratyčnaja Partyja
Narodnaja Gramada - Belarusian Social-Democratic Party
Language: Belarus, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Belaruskaja Khrys'cijanskaja De'makratija
Belarusian Christian-Democratic Party
Language: Belarus | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Galounaja / Zjalënyja - Belaruskaja Partyja
Belarusian Green Party
Language: Belarus | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Ob'edinennaja Graždanskaja Partija
United Civic Party of Belarus
Language: Russian, Belarus, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Belaruski Narodny Front - BNF / Adradžen'ne
Belarusan Popular Front - Renaissance
Language: Belarus, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Aljaksandr Milinkevič
Website of Belarusian opposition leader.
Language: Belarus | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Ob'edinnenaja Graždanskaja Partija / OGP
United Civil Party
Liberal Conservative party.
Language: Russian, Belarus, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Paval Sevjarynec
Website of Belarus opposition politician Paval Sevjarynec.
Language: Belarus | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Administration
Sovet Ministrov Respubliki Belarus'
Official Site of the Government of Belarus
A gateway to official government documents etc.
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin | Creator: Government of Belarus
Prezident Respubliki Belarus'
President of the Republic of Belarus
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin | Publisher: Government of Belarus
Sovet Respubliki
Council of the Republic
National assembly of the Republic of Belarus.
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Law
Konstitucionnyj Sud Respubliki Belarus'
Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus
Language: English, Russian | Alphabet: Latin, Cyrillic
Ministerstvo Justicii Respubliki Belarus'
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Nacional'nyj pravovoj Internet-portal Respunliki Belarus'
National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin | Publisher: Government of Belarus
Nacional'nyj Centr Pravovoj Informacii Respubliki Belarus'
National Centre of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
The Belarus Legal System
Key information and documents on Belarus' legislation.
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin | Publisher: LLRX.com
Jurist
Monthly law journal.
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Guide to legal research in Belarus
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin | Creator: Tatyana Khodosevich | Publisher: Globalex - Hauser Global Law School Program
Emigration, immigration, minorities
Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Grodna i Wilna / TPGiW
Association of friends of Grodno & Wilno
Polish organisation in support of Polish minorities and heritage in Belarus.
Language: Polish | Alphabet: Latin
EKHIPEN / Belarusian Roma organization
Organisation for the Roma people in Belarus.
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin
Gender
Ženskoe Nezavisimoe Demokratičeskoe Dviženie
Women's Independent Democratic Movement
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Belaruskaja Žanočnaja Liga
Belarussian Women League
Belarusian Social Democratic women's organisation.
Language: Belarus, Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Statistics
Ministerstvo Statistiki i Analiza
Ministry of Statistics and Analysis
Official statistics from the government of Belarus.
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Insurance
Fond Social'noj Zaščity Naselenija
Social Security Fund
Government social insurance fund.
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Military and security
Ministerstvo Oborony Respubliki Belarus’
Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus
Language: Russian, Belarus, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Ministerstvo Vnutrennykh Del Respubliki Belarus’
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Žurnal Armija
Army Journal
Journal of the Belarus army.
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic | Publisher: Ministry of Defence of Belarus
Belaruski Institut Strategičnych dasledavannjau
Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies
Language: Belarusian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Vo Slavu Rodiny
Belarus Ministry of Defence daily newspaper.
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic | Publisher: Ministry of Defence of the Republich of Belarus
Country information and geography
CIA World Factbook - Belarus
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin | Publisher: Central Intelligence Agency
Belarus - a country study
From the Library of Congress, USA.
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin
Interesting www sites in and about Belarus
Language: English, Russian, Belarus | Alphabet: Latin, Cyrillic | Creator: Dr. Nikolai N. Kostyukovich | Publisher: Department of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
Belarus maps
From the Perry-Castańeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas, Austin.
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin | Publisher: University of Texas, Austin
In your pocket: Belarus Travel Guide
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin | Publisher: In your pocket
In your pocket: Minsk City Guide
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin | Publisher: In your pocket
Alba Ruthenia / Web site devoted to history and the present of Belarus
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin
Kamunikat / Belarusian Internet Library
Information on Belarus.
Language: Belarus | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Minsk Travel Guide
Travel information Attractions in Minsk Restaurants, night clubs and entertainment, shopping in the capital of Belarus, photos from Minsk, visas and more.
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin
Data / Independent Belarusian Web-site
Information about Belarus.
Language: English, Belarusian, Russian | Alphabet: Latin, Cyrillic
Environment
Ministerstvo Prirodnykh Resursov i Okhrany Okružajuščej Sredy Respubliki Belarus'
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Glavnyj Informacionno-Analitičeskij Centr
Central Information-Analytical Center
United national information and analytical center for monitoring the environment and national resources.
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Central'nyj Naučno-Issledovatel'skij Institut Kompleksnogo Ispol'zovanija Vodnykh Resursov / RUP
Central Research Institute for Complex Use of Water Resources
Specialised scientific institute for the research in the fields of water resources management and engineering.
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin | Publisher: Ministry for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
Izmenenie Klimata i Respublika Belarus'
Climate Change and the Republic of Belarus
Information website about environmental protection and the Kyoto protocol, published by the Ministry of Natural Resources.
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Respublikanskij Centr Radiacionnogo Kontrolja i Monitoringa Okružajuščej Sredy / RCRKM
Republican Center for Radiation Control and Environmental Monitoring
Makes observations of the pollution level of the atmospheric air, surface water, soil, atmospheric precipitation and snow cover aiming to identify the anthropogenic load on these environmental components resulting from the emissions (discharges) of pollutants and their transboundary migration.
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Nacional'nyj Koordinacionnyj Centr Biobezopasnosti
National Co-ordination BioSafety Centre
Centre providing information and advice on issues of biological safety.
Language: Russian, English | Alphabet: Cyrillic, Latin
Blogs
Krusenstern
Very active blog covering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
Language: German | Alphabet: Latin | Creator: Jürg Vollmer
English Russia / The Eastern Entertainment Channel
Pro-Kremlin news and information on Russia and other countries with Russian speakers.
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin
Belaruskya palityka
Blog community on politics in Belarus.
Language: Russian, Belarus | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Bělorusko - Belarus
Czech blog about the political situation in Belarus.
Language: Czech | Alphabet: Latin
Fle'š-mob. Prisoedinjajsja!
Opposition blog community.
Language: Russian, Belarus | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Minsk!
Minsk blog community on LiveJournal.
Language: Russian, Belarus | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Point of View
Blog on politics and society in Belarus.
Language: Belarus | Alphabet: Cyrillic | Creator: Miikola Andrejeu
Samm
Blog on politics and society by a Belarus expat in the Czech Republic.
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic | Creator: Samuel Smith
Urban.by
Blog about life and pleasure in the Belarus metropolitan.
Language: Russian | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Za wolność naszą i waszą
Opposition blog with nationalist views.
Language: Russian, Belarus | Alphabet: Cyrillic
Dziennik Rosyjski
Russian Diary
Polish blog on daily life and society in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.
Language: Polish | Alphabet: Latin
The Being Had Times
Belarus friendly news and information by an American exiled to Minsk.
Language: English | Alphabet: Latin