IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE
Gosnell, Kelvin. The Former Soviet States: Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova. Millbrook Press, 1992. 
This book describes the history of Belarus and the problems facing the country since independence.

Levy, Patricia. Belarus. Marshall Cavendish, 1998.
Part of the Cultures of the World Series, this book for children is full of colourful pictures of life in Belarus.

Marsden, Philip. The Bronski House. Flamingo (an imprint of HarperCollins), 1996.
The author accompanied poet Zofia Ilinska to the Belarusian village where she had spent her childhood. This novelistic account gives a sense of the rhythm of life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the impact of the Russian Revolution and two world wars on the area.

Zaprudnik, Jan. Belarus: At a Crossroads in History. Westview Press, 1993.
An in-depth historical and social commentary by a historian and native Belarusian. It details the complex past of the country and then analyses the challenges now facing the republic.

 WEB SITES

http://www.belarus.net 
http://www.belarustourist.minsk.by 
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/eur/bela.htm