The Belarusian minority in Lithuania ( be, беларусы, ''biełarusy'', russian: белорусы, ''byelorusy'', Lithuanian: ''baltarusiai'' or ''gudai'') numbered 36,200 persons at the 2011 census, and at 1.2% of the total population of Lithuania, being the third most populous national minority. The Belarusian national minority in Lithuania has deep historical, cultural and political relations. Many famous Belarusians lived and created in Lithuania, mostly its capital

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urba ...

; it was in Vilnius that the first standardized Belarusian language grammar was printed. According to the 2011 census, only 18.4% of

Belarusians , native_name_lang = be , pop = 9.5–10 million , image = , caption = , popplace = 7.99 million , region1 = , pop1 = 600,000–768,000 , region2 = , pop2 ...

speak Belarusian as their mother tongue, while Russian is native for 56.3%, Polish - 9.3%, Lithuanian - 5.2% of Belarusians. The most widespread Christian denominations among Belarusians in Lithuania are Roman Catholicism (49.6%) and Orthodoxy (32.3%). Francysk Skaryna gymnasium is the only Belarusian school in Vilnius. One Catholic church in Vilnius (St. Bartholomew’s Church) provides religious services in Belarusian.

Some famous Lithuanian Belarusians

* Francišak Ałachnovič * Kłaŭdziy Duž-Dušeŭski * Konstantinas Gałkauskas *

Hryhoriy Kurec Grzegorz Kurec ( be, Григорий Курец, lt, Grigas Kurecas, 5 May 1868 in Shipka, Belarus - 6 March 1942 in Berlin, Germany) was a Polish entrepreneur, architect and builder of Belarusian origins. He created one of the biggest paper f ...

* Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski *

Anton Łuckievič Anton Luckievič (Belarusian: Антон Луцкевіч; 29 January 1884 - 23 March 1942) was a leading figure of the Belarusian independence movement in the early 20th century, an initiator of the proclamation of the independence of Belarus, t ...

Ivan Łuckievič Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...

* Łeonidas Muraška *

Piotra Sierhijevič Piotra or Pyotra may refer to: * Pyotra Krecheuski (1879–1928), Belarusian statesman *Piotra Sych (1912–1963), Belarusian writer and journalist See also *Piatro Sadoŭski Dr. Piatro Sadoŭski ( be, Пятро Садоўскі, born 1941) is ...

Władysław Syrokomla Ludwik Władysław Franciszek Kondratowicz (29 September 1823 – 15 September 1862), better known as Władysław Syrokomla, was a Polish romantic poet, writer and translator working in Vilnius and Vilna Governorate, then Russian Empire. Bi ...

* Kazimier Svajak *

Branisłaŭ Taraškievič Branislaw Adamavich Tarashkyevich, russian: Бронисла́в Ада́мович Тарашке́вич, lt, Bronislavas Taraškevičius, pl, Bronisław Adamowicz Taraszkiewicz (20 January 1892 – 29 November 1938) was a Belarusian public fi ...

* Zośka Vieras

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Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...