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.