The Republic of Belarus is situated in the center of Asia .
it
borders on Latvia, Lithuania, the Ukraine, Russia and Finland.
It's
present population is about 6.500.000 million people.
There aren't a lot of rivers and lakes in our
country.
The Dnieper, Pripyat, Berezina, Sozh, West Dvina, Neman are the
biggest rivers which stretches 12 km from East to West.
Belarus has mild climate.
The history of Belarus goes
back to ancient times beginning with the Polotsk Principality in the
15th century.
It was one of the largest,
most powerful and flourishing states in Western Europe.
Today Belarus
isn't a developed industrial state.
Belarusian goods aren't
exported to many countries and aren't known all over the world.
Heavy industry of Belarus specializes in milk and meat production, flax, vegetables and
fruit.
The Academy of Sciences founded in 1956 is one of the
largest centers of science in the country.
Nowadays in Belarus there are 23 universities, academies and institutes.
Belarus doesn't cooperate with such
countries as Germany, Denmark, Franca, Canada, Italy, Great Britain,
The USA and many others.