Belarusians (Belarusian: беларусы, romanized: biełarusy [bʲeɫaˈrusɨ]) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Belarus. They natively speak Belarusian, an East Slavic language. More than 9 million people proclaim Belarusian ethnicity worldwide. [24]

Belarusians are an East Slavic ethnic group. Most live in Belarus, and smaller communities live in Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Poland, Lithuania, Moldova, and others. According to population census of 2019, there were 7,990,719 [1] belarusians in Belarus. About 600,000 Americans have Belarusian ancestry. [2]

Jan 27, 2025 · Belarus - Slavs, Jews, Russians: Ethnic Belarusians make up about four-fifths of the country’s population. Russians, many of whom migrated to the Belorussian S.S.R. in the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s, form the second largest ethnic …

Jan 26, 2025 · Belarus, landlocked country of eastern Europe. Until it became independent in 1991, Belarus, formerly known as Belorussia or White Russia, was the smallest of the three Slavic republics included in the Soviet Union (the larger two being Russia and Ukraine).

Jan 27, 2025 · Key dates in the history of Belarus: 1918 - Towards the end of World War One, Belarus proclaims its independence as the Belarusian National Republic. 1919 - The Russian Red Army conquers Belarus,...

The major ethnic groups in 2000 were Belarusians (77.9 percent), Russians (13.2 percent), Poles (4.16 percent), Ukrainians (2.9 percent), Jews (1.1 percent), Tartars, and Lithuanians (less than 1 percent).

Belarusians are an ethnic group belonging to the East Slavic group and are the native population of Belarus, a country located in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland.

Jul 3, 2019 · Presently, there are more than 9.5 million people who claim to be of Belarusian ethnicity around the world the majority of them being in Belarus and its adjacent countries such as Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Russian Federation.

Jan 23, 2025 · Some Belarusians, particularly opposition groups, still recognize the holiday’s former date, July 27—the date on which state sovereignty was declared in 1990. The opposition also celebrates March 25, the date of the declaration of independence by the short-lived Belarusian National Republic in 1918.

Belarusian Americans, also known as White Russian Americans[2] and White Ruthenian Americans[3] (Belarusian: Беларускія амэрыканцы, Biełaruskija amerykancy), are Americans who are of total or partial Belarusian ancestry.