Belarusians in Ukraine

Not to be confused with Ukrainians in Belarus.

Belarusians in Ukraine
білоруси
bilorusy

Flag of Belarus
Total population
275,763 (2001)
Regions with significant populations
Donetsk Oblast	44,525 (2001)
Crimea (w/ Sevastopol)	35,157 (2001)
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast	29,528 (2001)
Luhansk Oblast	20,587 (2001)
Kiev	16,549 (2001)
Kharkiv Oblast	14,752 (2001)
Odessa Oblast	12,767 (2001)
Zaporizhia Oblast	12,655 (2001)
Rivne Oblast	11,827 (2001)
other regions of Ukraine	77,416 (2001)
Languages
Russian (62.5%) Belarusian (19.8%)
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy
Related ethnic groups
Slavic people (West Slavs, East Slavs, South Slavs)

Belarusians in Ukraine is the second biggest minority after Russians. Unlike many other ethnic groups, Belarusians do not have any particular concentration in the country, but spread out more-less evenly across all regions.

Location and number

In Ukraine, the number of Belarusians is estimated at over 275,000 (the 2001 Ukrainian Census) Most of the Belarusians diaspora in Ukraine appeared as a result of the migration of Belarusians to the Ukrainian SSR during the Soviet Union. Lviv has been an important center of Belarusian social and cultural life during the Russian Empire and interwar Poland. There are now Belarusian organizations in major cities like Lviv, Sevastopol in the Crimea, and others. A notable Ukrainian of Belarusian descent is Viktor Yanukovych, the fourth president of Ukraine.

See also

• Belarus–Ukraine relations
• Monument Belarusians who died for Ukraine