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 Belarus
Red, White, Green. The flag of Belarus is a larger, red stripe on top of a smaller, green stripe. To the left of the stripes is a decorative pattern that is red and white. The red stripe represents the history of Belarus, the color of the Belarussian forces at the Battle of Grunswald, and of the Red Army, when they fought the Nazis. The green stripe represents Belarus's bright future and many forests.
No coastline. Belarus is a landlocked nation and so it does not have a coastline.
Dzyarzhynskaya Hara. Dzyarzhynskaya Hara is the highest point in Belarus at 346 meters (1130 feet) and is located near the village of Dzyarzhynsk, which is west of the capital, Minsk. The was formerly called Svyataya Hara but was renamed to its current name after Felix Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the KGB who is a national hero in Belarus.
Five. Belarus is bordered by Latvia on the north, Lithuania on the northwest, Russia to the east, Poland to the west, and Ukraine to the south.
Forests. Forests cover nearly one third of Belarus, which makes wood an important and abundant resource.
Belarus Ruble. Belarus uses the Belarussian ruble as its currency and has since May of 1992, before that it used the Russian Ruble. Trying to have a currency along the lines of the Euro, Belarus may begin to use the Russian Ruble again, beginning in January of 2008.
Russian Orthodox. The large majority of Belarussians are Russian Orthodox, with small populations of Protestants and Catholicism. There use to be a sizable population of Jews in Belarus, but after the Holocaust, there are very few remaining. Fewer than 1 percent of the population is now Jewish.
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