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This month in Belarus: The XXI International Tourist Exhibition

2014-10-13 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Minsk

Coming to Minsk October 24th thru October 28th, the XXI International Tousist Exhibition will the largest tourism expo in Belarus. Slated for the BelExpo National Exhibition Center, this year’s event will show off Belarus tourism as never before.

Tags: Belarus, Belarus expo, Minsk, Minsk travel

Travel Belarus: Down On the Belarusian Farm Style

2013-05-16 by Phil Butler

Traditional Belarus farm

While not the most notorious form of vacationing on Earth, farm tourism is an ever increasingly popular traveler activity in Belarus. According to a study released by the government there, this form of tourism is actually going quite viral. Svetlana Shevchenko, Deputy Head of the Central Office for Natural Persons Taxation of the Belarusian Tax Ministry there told a recent conference that farm tourism has actually increased by a factor or 15 in the last five years.

Tags: Belarus, Belarus agriculture, Belarus countryside, Belarus travel, Farm travel farm tourism, Minsk travel, Svetlana Shevchenko

Minsk Kristall: The Pride of Minsk and Belarus

2013-05-13 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Minsk Kristall

Travelers to Belarus are always in for huge surprises but none more dramatic than tasting the local vodka. That’s right, the country is not only famous for Olga Korbut and cosmonauts, the vodka here is extraordinary.

Tags: Belarus products, Belarus travel, Minsk facts, Minsk products, Minsk travel, Olga Korbut, vodka

Minsk Airport Renovation Hits Snag

2012-04-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Minsk Airport

According to news from Belarus, the Minsk National Airport renovation will not be carried out by Chinese contractors as was the plan. Evidently costs differences between the Aviation Department and China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation (CPMIEC), could not be reconciled.

Tags: Belarus travel, CPMIEC, Ice Hockey, Minsk Airport, Minsk National Airport, Minsk tourism, Minsk travel, Uladzimir Kostsin

Minsk – Trapped in a Soviet Era

2011-05-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Just one of the many Lenin statues in Minsk.

Politically speaking, it may well be on the very edge of Europe, and in more ways than one given some of its government policies, yet in many other ways the mysterious land known as White Russia is an integral part of Central Europe with its rich culture and its depth of history. Belarus has had […]

Tags: Belarus, Belarus travel, Independence Square, Minsk, Minsk travel, President Lukashenko, Soviet style, Soviet Union, stalinist architecture, White Russia

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