Thanks in advance :)
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fgeorgio — 11 years ago(April 26, 2014 11:05 AM)
That is a rather naive thing to say.80% of the inhabitants of Belarus are of Belarussian nationality.Yes,in the centre and east of the country Russian is predominantly used.Language however doesnt mean nationality.Most educated Tunisians and Algerians speak French at home and at work,not Arabic.Nearly all the Irish speak English everyday,not Gaelic.The same goes for the Scots.
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DurakSuka — 11 years ago(December 28, 2014 12:10 PM)
Yes, but what percentage of the country do these "educated" Algerians and Tunisians constitute? Not more than an immeasurably small minority, I assure you. In Belarus, however, most people cannot even speak Belarusian. Most speak Russian and/or Trasianka.
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DurakSuka — 11 years ago(December 28, 2014 12:07 PM)
There's a big difference though since Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians come from the same stock whereas Irishmen and Englishmen are culturally, linguistically, and racially different.
And you need to get your head out of your arse when it comes to history. USSSR does not equate to Russia. Russia suffered most under Soviet rule.
Hama cheez ba-Beer behtar meshawad! -
kuruyad — 10 years ago(May 01, 2015 09:19 PM)
that is the meaning of Belarus in both Russian (the main language of both countries) and Belarusian
to be more precise, it's the name "Russia" that is falsely represented in English. it is rOssiya, with NO direct and selfevident link between the country name and the Russian language/ethnicity/people
ethnicities mentioned by others ARE interlinked by the root "Rus" (including less obvious ones, like the intentionally misspelled 'Ruthenia', actually more like Rusenia/Rusynia), as are their native languages and the country name Belarus but NOT Rossiya ("Russia" / false cognate translation)
the local self-naming like White Rus for Belarus, Rus for Russian Central Rossiya / Greater Rus (as in Larger Rus) for Rossiya, actually traces history to Kyiv/Kiev, not Moskva/Moscow