Belarus Study & Guide - AllRefer - Belarus Information

* Introduction
* Belarus
o Chronology of Important Events
o Country Profile
+ COUNTRY
+ GEOGRAPHY
+ SOCIETY
+ ECONOMY
+ TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
+ GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
+ NATIONAL SECURITY
o HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
+ Early History
+ Belorussia, Poland, and Catholicism
+ The Partitions of Poland
+ Early Belorussian Nationalism
+ World War and Revolution
+ Belorussian Territory under Poland
+ World War II
+ Stalin and Russification
+ Perestroika
+ Independent Belarus
o PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
+ Topography and Drainage
+ Climate
+ Environmental Concerns
o POPULATION AND ETHNIC COMPOSITION
+ Population Characteristics
+ Ethnic Composition
o LANGUAGE, RELIGION, AND CULTURE
+ Language
+ Religion
+ Culture
o EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND WELFARE
+ Education
+ Health
+ Welfare
+ Housing
o THE ECONOMY
+ Government Policy
+ Privatization
+ Agriculture
+ Industry
+ Mining
+ Energy
+ Labor Force
+ Banking and Finance
+ Transportation and Telecommunications
+ Foreign Economic Relations
# Exports
# Imports
# Joint Ventures
o GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
+ Prelude to Independence
+ Problems of Democratization
+ Government Structure
# The Constitution
# National Government
# Local Government
+ Political Parties
+ The Media
o FOREIGN RELATIONS
+ Russia
+ United States
+ Ukraine
+ Poland
+ Lithuania
+ Latvia
o NATIONAL SECURITY
+ The Armed Forces
# Ground Forces
# Air Force
# Manpower, Education, and Training
# Expenditures
# Nuclear Weapons
+ The Defense Industry
+ The Commonwealth of Independent States
+ Russian Troops
+ Internal Security
# Crime
# Human Rights
* Appendices
o Appendix A. Tables
o Appendix B. The Minsk Agreement
o Appendix C. The ALMA-ATA Declaration
o Appendix D. Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova
* Glossary