In Belarus, I felt the weight of history more than pretty much any other country I have visited. To put things in perspective, Minsk is geographically midway b

In Belarus, I felt the weight of history more than pretty much any other country I have visited. To put things in perspective, Minsk is geographically midway between Berlin and Moscow. In World War 2, the whole country was basically the front line between Germany and Russian. Most houses and infrastructure were destroyed and and 2.3m people -- a quarter of the population -- lost their lives. The equivalent in the US today is 75 million people! I find it amazing that the country has recovered so well.