| The              Library of Congress>>Especially              for Researchers>>Research              Centers   Home >> Country             Studies >> BelarusFindinFederal Research                      Division PagesResearchers                      Web PagesAll Library of Congress PagesA Country Study: Belarus**Library of Congress Call Number DK507.23                   .B45 1995****Please                   note**: The current Country Study was previously in a                   multi-country volume. Chapter numbers reflect those used in                   the printed book.- Belarus  ForewardAcknowledgments
- Preface  Introduction- Chapter                       1 - Belarus  (Jan Zaprudnik and Helen Fedor)                          - Chronology                           of Important Events  Country                           Profile- Country  GeographySociety
- Economy  Transportation                               and TelecommunicationsGovernment                               and Politics
- National                               Security    Historical                           Background - Early                               History  Belorussia,                               Poland, and CatholicismThe                               Partitions of Poland
- Early                               Belorussian Nationalism  World                               War and RevolutionBelorussian                               Territory under Poland
- World                               War II  Stalin                               and RussificationPerestroika
- Independent                               Belarus   Physical                           Environment - Topography                               and Drainage  ClimateEnvironmental                               Concerns
- Population                           and Ethnic Composition    - Population                               Characteristics  Ethnic                               CompositionLanguage,                           Religion, and Culture
Language
- Religion  CultureEducation,                           Health, and Welfare
Education
- Health  WelfareHousing
- The                           Economy     - Government                               Policy  PrivatizationAgriculture
- Industry  MiningEnergy
- Labor                               Force  Banking                               and FinanceTransportation                               and Telecommunications
- Foreign                               Economic Relations    - Exports  ImportsJoint                                   Ventures
- Government                           and Politics    - Prelude                               to Independence  Problems                               of DemocratizationGovernment                               Structure
The                                   Constitution
- National                                   Government  Local                                   GovernmentPolitical                               Parties
- The                               Media   Foreign                           Relations - Russia  United                               StatesUkraine
- Poland  LithuaniaLatvia
- National                           Security     - The                               Armed Forces      - Ground                                   Forces  Air                                   ForceManpower,                                   Education, and Training
- Expenditures  Nuclear                                   WeaponsThe                               Defense Industry
- The                               Commonwealth of Independent States  Russian                               TroopsInternal                               Security
Crime
- Human                                   Rights        - Appendices      - Appendix A.                           Tables  Appendix B.                           The Minsk AgreementAppendix C.                           The ALMA-ATA Declaration
-  Appendix                           D. Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova   BibliographyGlossary

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