Differences between Belarusians and Russians

Russians belong to the European race and have the basic characteristics of this race: light-colored skin and limbs, soft wavy hair, well-developed beard and body hair for men, narrow and high nose, thin lips, straight chin, clear facial contour and medium or above height. However, Russians also have their own characteristics: North Russians belong to the White Sea-Baltic type in the Europa race, with medium build, long head, nasal process, straight or concave nose, and shallow hair and eyes. Southerners of Russia belong to the Central European type (or Albion type) in the Europa race, with medium or above stature, wide and short head, wide face, high and big nose and yellowish and wavy hair color.

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The main ethnic groups in Belarus. Claiming to be Belarusian, translating Belarusian. Living in Belarus; Some of them are located in western Russian Federation, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Siberia. A few Belarusians live in Poland, the United States and Canada. Belongs to European style. Belarusian is used, which is divided into northeast and southwest dialects and belongs to the Slavic language family of Indo-European language family. There are characters based on Slavic letters. Believing in the Orthodox Church, most residents in the northwest are Catholics. The remnants of primitive superstitions, such as ancestor worship and elf worship, have not been completely eliminated. In the past, Belarusians were mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, beekeeping and fishing were sideline businesses, and wood processing, pottery making and weaving handicrafts were developed. Agriculture is mainly based on rye, potato, buckwheat and wheat. The cash crops are mainly sunflowers and flax. Farming technology has long been backward. After the October Revolution, industry and agriculture developed rapidly. Girls like to wear all kinds of exquisite colorful headscarves, while married women wear plain crowns. Men wear felt hats, knee-length embroidered shirts and belts. Folk literature creation is very rich, and all kinds of legends, stories, myths and proverbs, mainly praising heroic deeds, are widely circulated.

Slavic-speaking Belarusians are the majority of the residents of Belarus (80%). Many people moved to Siberia or lived in countries such as the United States. Mainly ad 6? Descendants of the Eastern Slavic tribes living in Belarus in the 8th century were conquered by Lithuania and Poland, and/kloc-0 became vassals of Russia in the late 8th century. 192 1? From 65438 to 0939, western Belarusians lived under Polish rule.

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