Bison, hockey, lots of forests, having a powerful ally while at the same time trying to make the cultural differences clear to the world so they don't think you're that culture... Is Belarus Europe's Canada??

,,Don't call me German!'' said the Austrian in German

Well this video needs an updated version soon.

Almost all Belarusians know Belarusian but we speak russian.We love our language,and try to save it but it is very hard.

In Arabic Belarus literally means ''without Russians''

1:09 [BREAKING NEWS! ESTONIA GETS ANNEXED BY RUSSIA]

Who's here after the protests?

2020 upd: We still have Lukashenko

Just wanted to say that the official Pokemon of Belarus is Bulbasaur.

I’m Polish, i like Belarusians, very nice people, always friendly. Sending much love from Poland 🇵🇱🇧🇾 Edit: Government doesn't define the people!

You might need to update the Friend Zone section now Barbs. Something tells me that the Slavic sisters aren’t getting along anymore.

Playing CS:GO. Belarus people: Screaming at you in Russian. Everyone Else: O great..... Russians.... Suka Bylat. Belarus: More screaming in Russian.

"Don't call me American" Said the Canadian

It's not an European bison, it's żubr Yeah, I'm Polish

Belarus is a beautiful country with very friendly people... I did visit it and did like a lot.. Greetings from Austria/Estonia (mixed family, now living in Estonia)

I think we all know why we are here

I`m Belarusian and I`m delighted how detail you`ve studied and presented all the facts about Belarus. 95% of what you`ve told is true, so thanks for the OBJECTIVE story. great job!

My dream is to visit this wonderful country. Nature there is a heaven on earth. People are really friendly and peaceful. I am your biggest fan Belarus🇧🇾 Love from Italy 🇮🇹

Whos here after protest 2020

08:58 ,,these three countries understand each other bettter than anyone else in the worl’’ lol this didn’t age well

Lukashenko looks like Dr. Phill...

that moment when you live in Brest and only now realise what it sounds like yikes

Belarusians polish people support you. Stay strong and fight for your democracy. 🇵🇱🇧🇾

Belarus means White Rus or White Ruthenia... not Russia

Belarus is beautiful but so underrated...I really want to visit it. Greetings from a fellow Slavic country, Bosnia.

"Рушнік" - это полотенце. Орнамент - это "орнамент", он может быть нанесён в том числе и на рушнікі. Жителей Канады не называют "французами" или "англичанами", как и жителей США не называют "англичанами", таких стран в мире много. Почему же белорусов должны называть "русскими" из-за языка? Насчёт того, что западноевропейцам сложно приехать в страну из-за проблем с визой, думаю не правда. Не слышала о таком. Белорусский язык изучали в школах ВСЕГДА. Я училась в "белорусской" школе, это значит - все учебники кроме русскиго и немецкого языков, были на белорусском. Мои дети учатся в "русской" школе, все предметы кроме белорусского и английского у них преподаются на русском языке. Я прекрасно знаю белорусский язык, но в повседневной жизни говорю на русском. Могу читать на украинском, при разговоре понимаю украинский чуть хуже из-за особенностей произношения людей. Кого-то лучше, кого-то хуже. А в целом было интересно. Спасибо.

білоруси - найпозитивніші слов‘яни східної Європи яких я зустрічав! завжди радий зустріти білоруса!

Love Belarus from Greece🇬🇷❤️🇧🇾

UPDATE!! I am fully aware that YES I forgot to add Croatia to the EU at 8:14 and YES I didn't realize while photomapping the image, I accidentally included Estonia in Russia's borders at 8:53. Oh and I spelled "Duchy" wrong and wrote "Dutchy." Yeesh, This is why I need to hire a motion graphics editor for my videos. I am now accepting applications.

>video about Belarus >without jokes about potatoes 0 мешков бульбы/10 Усов бацьки, плохое видео

2021 upd : EU&UN : DON'T FLY OVER BELARUS AIRSPACE

Love Belarus from USA 🇺🇸♥️🇧🇾

i did the math its going to take nearly 16 years to get to my country.

I am Belarusian and this video is good, but not perfect. At first, if I speak Belarusian with people from Russia, they almost can't understand me, so it's better to speak Russian with Russian people (I am a native Belarusian speaker). Also it's kinda weird to call our language "a mixture between Polish and Russian". Then, after Crimea was taken to Russia, Belarus became really neutral (it lead to even more close friendship with Ukraine). And, if to be exact, it's correct to pronounce not "Belarušian", but "Belarusan". Howewer, you may write "Belarusian" and it would be correct. I will write something about the history of the region and Belarus from Grand Dutchy to USSR. During Grutchy of Lithuania Belarus developed its culture and force. Dutches were Belarusian and govermental documents were also made in Ruthenian (Old Belarusian) language, but that Dutchy was really tolerant. All nations (from Tatars to Polish) and all religions (from Heathenism to Islam) in Dutchy were treated the same almost all time before Commonwealth was formed. In the times of Alhierd and Vitaut the Great our Dutchy was a country from the sea to the sea (covering everything between Baltic and Black sea). During the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Belarusians were somehow pressed by Polish. Their influence became really great after 1650s. But Dutchy was still independant in that Commonwealth. Belarusians, Lithuanians etc. were still able to develop their culture freely. After 1790s almost all Dutchy was covered by Russia. Howewer, national cultures of nations from Dutchy were still developing. That time brought Belarusians and Ukrainians (and, of course, Russians) their best poets and authors. In Belarus -- Bahuševič, Kolas, Kupala etc. In Ukraine -- Taras Shevchenko, in Russia -- Pushkin and Lermontov. When Empire fell, national republics started to form (Belarusian People's Republic, Ukrainian People's Republic). But it didn't take long to them to be covered by Soviet Russia (formed is 1917), later USSR (from 1922). I guess later history of the region is well known. Thanks for a great video!

Somehow I feel like this video will gain some traction today.

I want to go to Belarus, love from the Netherlands and Norway 🇳🇱🇳🇴 ❤️🇧🇾

Belarus is also the only country in Europe to have the death penalty.

I'm from Belarus and I could say that this video is highly relatable! It was fun to watch XD Still the truth is that in schools the prime language is still russian, and we usually have belarussian classes like 2-3 times in a week. Which is really sad, tbh And, yeah, don't call me russian

Love Belarus From Bulgaria brothers and sisters 🇧🇬❤️🇧🇾

2019 UPDATE: Citizens of most western countries can come to Belarus visa free for 30 days.

I'm russian and i have no idea what did he say in the begining

Love ❤ to Belarus from Poland

Прывітанне з Азербайджана! Я люблю Беларусь і ганаруся тым, што ў нас добрае сяброўства.🇦🇿❤🇧🇾

Brest is also the name of a city of 140.000 inhabitants in western France.

In 2017 Belarus has cancelled visa requirements for 80+ nationalities worldwide, including all European countries. It's time to visit.

Жыве Беларусь!

Thank you for making this video and for sharing it. I really enjoyed it.

They've had the SAME leader since 1994.

Most underrated european country ever.

In 5:51, they are saying: Belarusian: ДОБРЫ ДЗЕНЬ Russian: Я ПОНИМАЮ Belarusian: Good day Russian: I understand

Been staying in Minsk for a couple of days and it is truly a beautiful city. Lots of love from Germany 🇩🇪

coming back here to say this was around when i found geography now, its so wild how far this channel has come since this point and ive been glad to be here all the way since then. If it werent for my homeschool at the time featuring the argentina episode i wouldnt have found geography now i dont think. I distinctly remember then checking the rest of the videos this channel made at the time and this being the most recent one at the time. I was like 8 when i found this channel and now im 16 which is awesome how ive grown up with this!

One of your best in a while, Paul. You really should get a sponsor for you to promote at the end of the video so that you can have more money to make these.

Belarusian is not derived from Russian, those languages are closely related, with common roots. If Belarus, Ukraine and Russia are sisters like you said, then it's a sister-language to Russian :) In fact the form of "Ruthenian" which become modern Belarusian was a dominant (and for long time official) language of Grand Duchy of Lithuania. There where books printed in this language since early XVI century (like Skaryna's Bible), before first books printed in Russian.

I was born in Belarus and lived there a few years before moving out. Still coming back sometimes to check the family. Cool video

I think you need to update this video, especially the Friends Zone part. The way Belarus supported Russia after its invasion on Ukraine makes one doubt if it is still an independent country.

Random fact: There's also a town in France named Brest. And much like Belarus' Brest, it's the located at the west end of the country (or Metropolitan area to be precise)

In portuguese we say "Belarrússia" which actually means BeautifulRussia 😂

Каханая Беларусь! Love from Brazil 🇧🇷 ❤ 🇧🇾

Good job explaining all this! Thank you

I am from Cephalonia island,Greece.Married to a Belarussian,I had the opportunity to visit the country twice with the usual paperwork you need for a visa to a non-E.U. country.I visited the city of Gomel (my wife's homeland) and thoroughly enjoyed it,it is a very nice place.I recommend visiting the country in early and mid May,it is teeming with green and flowers....and that goes not only for the countryside but for the cities as well....

Interesting fact about Belarus: even though almost all of Belarus citizens prefer speaking Russian, and despite russians are the most frequent visitors to Belarus, all the road signs in Belarus are made either in Belarusian or English.

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

Big love from Serbia for our friends❤

Greetings from Belarus in Minsk

I salute you, you pronounced Lithuanian names quite well! I also like how you didn't make the common mistake of calling Lithuanian a slavic language :)

Just discovered your channel, love the quick delivery and humor.

Looks like a beautiful country, especially the rural. There’s a couple good travel videos by Bald and Bankrupt, he does some fun exploring

hello from Minsk)))

I am a Pole and I just love this country. The best state in Eastern Europe :)

4:21 : *candy intensifies*

Привет из Азербайджана! Я люблю Беларусь и горжусь тем, что у нас хорошая дружба.🇦🇿❤🇧🇾

I'm from Belarus and I am proud of my country.And I'm talking on Belarusian

Што тут сказаць, Жыве Беларусь!

As an American of partial Belarusian descent, I found this video quite informative! Subscribed!

this has not aged well...

To my mind it's amazing video about my mothercountry, our people kind and friendly. We always glad to see tourist in our country. Belarusian nature picturesque, cities clean and beautiful. Welcome to Belarus ❤

Dear +Geography Now. Thank you for an overall pretty comprehensive video. I wanted to provide some feedback if you are open to it. Belarus does not mean White Russia, sorry to disappoint the pro-Russian rhetoric. It is derived from the terms Belaja - White , Rus - Ruthenia. Russia likes to claim the name, however, Ruthenia was a different historical multi-ethnic state and does not correspond to the current day Russia - Rossia. The name of the mixed language is Trasianka not Transianka, which is also easier to pronounce. Russians do not understand Belarusan/Belarusian when it's spoken. The only Russians that understand Belarusan language are the ones that studies or have been exposed to if for an extended period of time. I tested this many times, but people just blink, stare and on rare occasion smile. The language was NOT derived from the Russian language but. It was Russified by Russian starting in 1800s as part of the colonization rhetoric. There are a number of features that Belarusan has, which neither Russian nor Polish languages exhibit. So to claim that it's a mix or a dialect is incorrect. There are two different set of grammar and spelling rules for Belarusan language, one predates Russian influence and another one after it. They are called Taraškievica and Narkamaŭka. Taraškievica includes more native words and phonetic spelling. While Narkamaŭka is the result of Russification of the langauge. While the pronunciation is of Belarusian is close enough, it is not technically correct. More exact pronunciation is Beh-lah-roo-see-an and alternative spelling Belarusan - Beh-lah-roo-san. In some shots I also saw the misspelling with 2 s. It's always 1 s as there is only 1 s in the world Belarus. Thanks for your time.

I'm going to visit Belarus in a couple of days - so excited! 😍🥳🥳

I always wanted to see a video of my country!

Я смотрю это видео в 2019 и я живу в Беларуси :'3

Hi from Brest =)

Love to Belarus from Macau!

Lukashenko sounds like a very "The trains run on time" type leader.

Hello from Kazakhstan! Thanks for the great video. Беларусь классная страна)))

*cough* Switzerland is not in the EU *cough cough*

Well information. Good information.

Your videos are on fire!

0:36 ''freedom'' you know that country does not allow press freedom.

Устаревшая инфа уже ездят по безвизу к нам

First time learning about Belarus, it seems the country is beautiful and clean. I hope one day i can visit Belarus. Greetings from Malaysia.(Asia)

Belarus flag looks like a Christmas sweater

As to the flag - I think it's was worth mentioning about the write-red-white flag that war prior to Lukashenko.

I'm from Belarus and this video is very accurate! Great job :)

Wish to say...you do a great job at educating people. Thanks.

Very nice and helpful

Приезжайте в Беларусь, будем рады :)

I’ve been to Belarus. It’s a beautiful place with some great people

dear people from Belarus. Your are great people and dont deserve a dictator. Pls come to into the Eu.

Great video! Relevant with current developments in Ukraine and Russia.