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Belarus

LC control no.n 91128701
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingBelarus
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Geographic subdivision usageBelarus
Variant(s)Republic of Belarus
Rėspublika Belarusʹ
Republic of Byelarusʹ
Respublika Byelarusʹ
Byelarus
République de Bélarus
República de Belarús
Republik Belarus
Weissrussland
White Russia
Belorussia
Belorus
Biélorussie
Bielorussia
Białoruś
Беларусь
Рэспубліка Беларусь
Республика Беларусь
ベラルーシ
Berarūshi
See alsoByelorussian S.S.R.
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Associated placeEurope Europe, Eastern
Special noteNon-Latin script references not evaluated.
DESCRIPTIVE USAGE: Name heading for the government after 1991 and qualifier for places within the country.
Note the term White Russia can refer to both Belarus and the Byelorussian S.S.R.
Found inBGN per phone, 12-24-94 (Byelorussian S.S.R. has been renamed Byelarusʹ, Respublika [Byelorussian]; Republic of Byelarus [conventional]; Byelarus [conventional brief]; ADM 1 53°00ʹN 28°00ʹE; approved by FNC 11-25-91)
BGN, 11-18-91 (Byelarus [conv. brief] changed its name on 09-19-91 from Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic to Republic of Byelarus, or in abbrev. form Byelarus; United Nations approved change on 09-30-91; variants: Rėspublika Belarusʹ, Bélarus, République du Bélarus, Belarús, República de Belarús, Republic of Belarus)
BGN per phone, 12-31-91 (U.S. Dept. of State has now recognized Byelarus 'de jure' as an independent political entity; the designation code PCLI is therefore applicable)
BGN. Foreign names info. bull., Feb. 1992, surrogate: p. 2(former name: Belorusskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika; new name: Byelarus [brief], Republic of [conventional], Respublika Byelarusʹ [Byelorussian] [Byelarusʹ = brief]; PCL1, 53°00ʹN, 28°00ʹE)
BGN. Foreign Names Comm., 06-18-92 (Present entry: Byelarus [brief], Republic of [conventional]; Respublika Byelarusʹ [Byelorussian]: PCLI: Recommended entry: Belarus [brief], Republic of [conventional]; Respublica Byelarusʹ [Byelorussian]: PCLI, 53°00ʹN, 28°00ʹE)
U.S. Dept. of State, 06-17-92 (Govt. of Byelarus indicated preference for English-lang. spelling of its country name as Belarus instead of Byelarus; Dept. of State requests US BGN alter spelling of officially approved conventional name from Byelarus to Belarus)
Tec, N. They chose to fight, 1993: CIP t.p. (Belorussia)
Kompleksnoe obsledovanie vod basseĭna reki Zapadnyĭ Bug v ii︠u︡ne 1991 g., 1991: t.p. (Respubliki Belarusʹ)
LC Russbks file,11-22-95 (1992 hdg.: Belarusʹ, Respublika)
Sacred choral music from White Russia, 1994.
Kto estʹ kto v Respublike Belarusʹ, 1999: cover (Belorus)
Biélorussie, c2001: t.p. (Biélorussie)
3. Internationaler Kongress "Die Welt nach Tschernobyl", 1996: t.p. (Republik Belarus)
Le terre di mezzo, c2007: t.p. (Bielorussia)
Oświata i szkolnictwo polskie na ziemiach północno-wschodnich II Rzeczypospolitej i współczesnej Białorusi 1939-2001, 2007.
Wikipedia, October 3, 2018 (Belarus (Belarusian: Беларусь = Belarusʹ; Russian: Беларусь = Belarusʹ), officially the Republic of Belarus (Belarusian: Рэспубліка Беларусь = Rėspublika Belarusʹ; Russian: Республика Беларусь = Respublika Belarusʹ), formerly known by its Russian name Byelorussia or Belorussia (Russian: Белоруссия = Belorussii︠a︡, Byelorussiya [in roman]); landlocked country in Eastern Europe)
Web NDL authorities, October 3, 2018 (ベラルーシ = Berarūshi; variant: Belarus)
   <https://id.ndl.go.jp/auth/ndlna/00577502>
Not found inLC data base, 12-24-91 (Byelorussian S.S.R.)
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Invalid LCCNsh 85018446