Belarusian is the regional language used in Belarus along with Russian. The language is also closely related to Ukrainian. A study done in 1999, showed that it was the spoken language by approximately 37% of the population and around 85.6% of the Belarusians declared it as their “mother tongue”. Another study by the Belarusian government in 2009 showed that 72% of Belarusians speak Russian at home, while Belarusian was actively used by only 11.9% of Belarusians. However, the medium of instruction for MBBS in Belarus is English though the students are required to study the local language so as to provide ease to communicate with the patients.