Foreigners in Belarus: A Lithuanian student

Expats in Belarus

A Lithuanian student talking about studying at University and Belarusian "Trasianka"

Katya Bolohovetskaya, a student of MSLU, born in Lithuania, Klaipėda. In 2008 year she entered the University in Minsk.

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“People of Minsk can be very rude”

Politeness is not a very popular thing in Belarus, Olga Laryvonenka, a successful American photomodel, says. Born in Minsk she moved to the USA and first settled in Boston. Then she went to Miami and since then she enjoys there a wonderful lifestyle full of sun, sea and parties.  Now when she is in her native Minsk she shares her impressions about the both cities: Minsk and Miami.

Let’s start from you. Could you tell us a little bit about yourself?  What do you do in Belarus? And what do you do in Miami?

OK. My name is Olga. I live in Miami. I am a model there. My main work there is just lay down on the beach :) . Here I am visiting my mom, because I was born here.

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A Mexican in Minsk: Minsk is a great city

But it is also very restricted for a real Latino American guy. Guillermo Hernandez is a young man from Mexico who has been living in Minsk for more than a year. Now he shares his experience about life in Belarus and gives some advice to anyone who is planning to visit this country.

From the very beginning, could tell us a little bit about yourself
My name is Guillermo Hernandez. I am originally from Mexico and I am 27 years old. I graduated in Physical Engineering in Mexico. When I was a child I wanted to become a cosmonaut. And I knew that Yuri Gagarin was a Russian. So I wanted to study in Moscow and because of this I wanted to speak some Russian. After graduation I had been working as an engineer and a French teacher.

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“I keep telling my friends to come to Minsk”

How a British man became a man of Minsk

It is always useful to anyone who would like to visit a foreign land to have a chat with someone who has been there for a while. Ian is a British, ex-military, man who settled down in Belarus and has been living in Minsk for seven years. Here he shares his experiences about his life in this country.  There are some weird and bizarre things here, he explains, but, in general, Belarus and its capital Minsk is a nice place to live in.  Information about health care, police, places to visit, Belarusian bureaucracy, driving, weather, national holidays,  the expat  community  in Belarus and many other things  he talks about will definitely help our readers to avoid problems and pitfalls, whilst enhancing the enjoyment of their stay in Minsk and Belarus

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"Better than expected"

Despite bad press, lack of advertising and difficulties with visas the Europeans go to Belarus. They can be tourists, teachers or  businessmen  and their number in Minsk is growing. Belarus-Minsk.com has asked some of them to tell about their impressions about this country.
Two Spaniards, Victor Belenguer and Francisco Sanchez de Mora, share their experience about living in Minsk. Victor have been in Minsk for more than two years, Francisco just came over.  Both teach Spanish language and literature in Minsk Linguistic University.

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