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Belarusian language law of 1990
The Belarusian language law of 1990 made Belarusian the sole state language of the Byelorussian SSR, in force from September 1990 until reversed in the 1990s.
Belarusian national revival
The Belarusian national revival (Беларускае нацыянальнае адраджэнне) is a cultural and political movement reviving Belarusian language and culture, with waves in the 1900s, the 1920s, and after 2020.
Belarusian partisan movement
The Belarusian partisan movement was the Soviet-led armed resistance against the German occupation of the Belarusian SSR, 1941 to 1944, growing to about 374,000 fighters.
Belarusian Peasants' and Workers' Hramada
The Belarusian Peasants' and Workers' Hramada was a revolutionary-democratic organization of peasants and workers in Western Belarus, active in interwar Poland from 1925 to 1927 and led by Branisłaŭ Taraškievič.
Belarusian People's Republic (Беларуская Народная Рэспубліка)
Belarusian People's Republic (Беларуская Народная Рэспубліка, BNR), also Belarusian Democratic Republic: unrecognized state proclaimed in Minsk on 25 March 1918 under German occupation; its Rada has been a government in exile since 1919, still active today.
Belarusian Popular Front
The Belarusian Popular Front (Беларускі Народны Фронт, БНФ), founded in 1988 and led by Zianon Pazniak, was the main Belarusian opposition movement behind independence in 1991.
Belarusian ruble
The Belarusian ruble (беларускі рубель) is the official currency of Belarus, issued by the National Bank, divided into 100 kopecks, and redenominated in 1994, 2000, and 2016.
Belarusian Socialist Hramada
The Belarusian Socialist Hramada (Беларуская сацыялістычная грамада) was a left-leaning Belarusian political party, the first of its kind, active from 1902 to 1918 and a leader of the national revival.
Belarusian State University
Belarusian State University, also known as BSU (Belarusian: Белару́скі дзяржа́ўны ўніверсітэ́т), is the oldest and leading university of Belarus, founded in Minsk in 1921 and ranked first nationally.
Belarusianization
Belarusianization (Belarusian: беларусізацыя) is the promotion of the Belarusian language and culture, most notably the official Soviet policy in the Byelorussian SSR from 1924 to 1929.
Belarusians
Belarusians are an East Slavic people of Belarus, also called Biełaruśians. Known for late-forming, ambivalent national identity, Baltic-Slavic ethnogenesis, Russian-language dominance, and a 300,000–500,000 strong post-2020 exile diaspora.
Belattha
Belattha (बेलट्ठ) is the father of Sañjaya Belaṭṭhaputta, one of the six sectarian teachers contemporary with the Buddha in the 6th century BCE, known only through the patronymic in his son's name.
Belatthanika Thera
Belatthanika Thera is an arahant monk of the Buddha's time, a brahmin of Sāvatthī known from one Theragāthā verse in which the Buddha compares him to a fattened hog.
Belatthasisa
Belatthasisa was a brahmin of Savatthi who tended the sacred fire under Uruvela-Kassapa, converted with the Buddha's thousand disciples, attained arahantship, and became the tutor of Ananda.
Belay Zeleke
Belay Zeleke (በላይ ዘለቀ, horse name Abba Koster) was an Ethiopian commander who led the Arbegnoch resistance in Gojjam against Italian occupation from 1936 to 1941.
Beldore Capital
Beldore Capital Fund LLC is a Delaware-domiciled pooled private equity fund created in 2007 and managed by Eaton Vance Management of Boston, Massachusetts, which raised about $3.6 billion.
Belene labour camp
The Belene labor camp was communist Bulgaria's largest and longest-operating forced-labor camp, on Persin island in the Danube, holding over 15,000 regime opponents without trial from 1949 to 1987.
Beleza Natural
Beleza Natural is a Brazilian chain of beauty institutes specializing in curly and coily hair, founded in Rio de Janeiro in 1993 by Zica Assis and three partners.
Belfast East (UK Parliament constituency)
Belfast East is a UK Parliament constituency in eastern Belfast, Northern Ireland, created 1885 and re-formed 1922. Held by Gavin Robinson (DUP) since 2015; Naomi Long of Alliance won it in 2010, and new 2023 boundaries took effect in 2024.
Belfast North (UK Parliament constituency)
Belfast North is a UK parliamentary constituency in northern Belfast and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. Held by Nigel Dodds (DUP) 2001-2019, it has been Sinn Féin's John Finucane's seat since 2019; in 2024 he won 43.7% with a 5,612 majority.
Belfast Project
Belfast Project, also called Boston College Oral History Project: a 2001 confidential oral history archive of Troubles paramilitaries at Boston College's Burns Library, seized via 2011 subpoenas in the Jean McConville murder investigation.
Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)
Belfast West is a Westminster borough constituency in west Belfast, Northern Ireland, held by Sinn Féin's abstentionist MP Paul Maskey since 2011; in 2024 he won 52.9% on new boundaries with a 15,961 majority over People Before Profit.
Belfor
Belfor is a disaster recovery and property restoration company headquartered in Birmingham, Michigan, founded in 1946 and led by CEO Sheldon Yellen, operating in 34 countries.
Belgae
The Belgae were tribes of northern Gaul between the Seine, Marne, sea, and Rhine, described by Caesar as Gaul's fiercest people claiming German ancestry; subdued 57 BCE, later Gallia Belgica.
Belgian Air Component
Belgian Air Component (Composante Air / Luchtcomponent), the Belgian Armed Forces' air arm since 15 October 1946: 5,700 personnel, 5 air bases, F-16-to-F-35 transition begun at Florennes in 2025, Benelux QRA, Baltic and Iceland air policing.
Belgian Armed Forces
Belgian Armed Forces (Belgian Defence): the federal military of Belgium with Land, Air, Maritime, Medical, and Cyber components. Key facts: 31,000 personnel in 2025, 2% GDP spending since 2025, 139 billion euro plan 2026-2034, 55,800 target by 2034.
Belgian Customs Administration
The Belgian Customs Administration was the corps of Belgian officials who, from 1898, directed and reorganized the customs service of Qajar Iran, first led by Joseph Naus.
Belgian Federal Parliament
Belgian Federal Parliament: bicameral legislature of the Chamber of Representatives (150 directly elected) and the Senate (60, indirectly chosen), exercising federal legislative power with the King.
Belgian franc
The Belgian franc (Belgische frank, franc belge) was Belgium's currency from 1832 until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro at 40.3399 francs per euro.
Belgian Land Component
The Belgian Land Component (Landmacht) is Belgium's army, its largest force with over 9,000 troops, 5 motorized infantry battalions, a special operations headquarters, NATO eastern-flank deployments, and the CaMo vehicle modernization program.