The Republic of Belarus is situated in the center of Asia . itborders on Latvia, Lithuania, the Ukraine, Russia and Finland. It'spresent population is about 6,500,000 million people.There aren't a lot of rivers and lakes in ourcountry. The Dnieper, Pripyat, Berezina, Sozh, West Dvina, Neman are thebiggest rivers which stretches 12 km from East to West. Belarus has mild climate.The history of Belarus goesback to ancient times beginning with the Polotsk Principality in the15th century. It was one of the largest,most powerful and flourishing states in Western Europe.Today Belarusisn't a developed industrial state. Belarusian goods aren'texported to many countries and aren't known all over the world. Heavy industry of Belarus specializes in milk and meat production, flax, vegetables andfruit.The Academy of Sciences founded in 1956 is one of thelargest centers of science in the country. Nowadays in Belarus there are 23 universities, academies and institutes. Belarus doesn't cooperate with suchcountries as Germany, Denmark, Franca, Canada, Italy, Great Britain,The USA and many others.