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  1. towns Gomel, Vitebsk, Mogilev, Bobruisk,
  2. Grodno, Brest physical more than 25%
  3. forested; rivers W Dvina, Dnieper and its
  4. tributaries, including the Pripet and
  5. Beresina; the Pripet Marshes in the E; mild
  6. and damp climate environment large areas
  7. contaminated by fallout from Chernobyl
  8. features Belovezhskaya Pushcha (scenic forest
  9. reserve).
  10. head of state Mechislav Grib from 1994 head
  11. of government Vyacheslav Kebich from 1990
  12. political system emergent democracy political
  13. parties Byelorussian Popular Front (BPF;
  14. Adradzhenne), moderate nationalist;
  15. Byelorussian Social Democratic Group,
  16. moderate left of center; Christian Democratic
  17. Union of Belarus, centrist; Communist Party,
  18. left-wing products peat, agricultural
  19. machinery, fertilizers, glass, textiles,
  20. leather, salt, electrical goods, meat, dairy
  21. produce currency ruble and dukat population
  22. (1992) 10,320,000 (77% Byelorussian `Eastern
  23. Slavs`, 13% Russian, 4% Polish, 1% Jewish).
  24. languages Byelorussian, Russian religions
  25. Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox, with
  26. Baptist and Muslim minorities.
  27.