Cathedral of Saint Sophia in Polatsk.

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordering Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia, the capital is Minsk. Other important cities include Brest, Grodno, Gomel, Mogilev and Vitebsk. One third of the country's surface is covered in forests.

Belarus is located on the watershed of the Baltic and Black Seas. The capital city is Minsk. The country borders on Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia and the Ukraine.

Belarus is slightly smaller in area than Great Britain and Romania, more than twice the size of Portugal and Hungary and 5 times larger than the Netherlands and Switzerland.

The country totals 207.6 thousand sq km in area, is 650 km in distance east to west and 560 km in distance from north to south. The country enjoys mild and humid winters, warm summers and damp autumns. Average July temperatures range from +17 C to +18.5 C, January temperatures vary from -8 C to -4.5 C.