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Discover Belarus
Some little known facts about Belarus:
- Pripyatski National Park is the only place where you can find primeval lowland oak-woods;
- Belovezhskaya Pushcha is the largest ancient forest in Europe;
- Nesvizh was owned by the Radziwills, one of Europe’s richest families;
- Belarus has the world’s largest population of bison, the majority of which live in the Belovezhskaya Pushcha;
- One of three East-Slavonic St. Sophia Cathedrals is situated in Belarus;
- Belarus was one of the first nations in Europe to have its own printed Bible (1517);
- Tadeusz Kosciuszko, the national hero of Belarus, Poland and United States, is a native of Belarus;
- The Belarusian partisan movement in World War II was the strongest resistance movement in Europe;
- The Slutsk belts were woven only by men.