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                            Celebrating the New Year’s Eve in Belarus: The Russians are Coming                        
                    
                 
                Traditionally, Belarusians celebrated Christmas as a part of Kaliady – a two week long pagan holiday of winter solstice. However, today most Belarusians celebrate New Year's Eve as their main winter holiday.
This tradition comes from Soviet times, when communists rejected...
         
        