Union Flag or Union Jack

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island

History of

Great Britain

The Battle of Hastings on 14th October 1066. Robin Hood between 1261 and 1300. Christopher Columbus in 1492. William Shakespeare in 1564. Captain Cook in 1761. End of Slavery in 1807. Queen Victoria I & Industrial Revolution. The Titanic in 1912.

Capital :- London. Time Zone :- UTC0UTC+1. Currency :- Pound. Population :- 62.3mn. Climate :- 5.6 -13.1 (C).

Oceans :- North Sea to East and North Atlantic Ocean & Irish Sea to West.

The Chunnel links United Kingdom and France opened in 1994 lies beneath the English Channel.

River Severn is the longest(220 miles) but River Thames is the most famous and important river(215 miles).

National Animals
England

Ireland Scotland

Wales

National Bird

Economy
The economic system of UK is a mixed economy. GDP : 2.38 trillion USD

Exports & Imports of Goods & services

Trade Partners with United Kingdom

Exports: US 14.3% Germany 10.5% Netherlands 8.0% France 7.2% Ireland 6.0% Belgium and Luxemburg 5.1% Spain 3.7% Italy 3.3% Imports: Germany 12.5% China 8.4% US 7.6% Netherlands 7.3% France 6.0% Norway 5.7% Belgium and Luxemburg 5.0% Italy 3.9%

GDP

Banking System UK
Personal Bank Accounts Business Bank accounts Different aspects of banking:
High streets banks Business banking Investment banking Central banking

Top Banks of UK

FDI Trends

Exchange Rates
Pound to INR : 78.8114 Pound to USD : 1.60334 Pound to Euro : 1.16402 Pound to NZ dollar : 2.01684 Pound to cdn dollar: 1.63073 Pound to swiss franc : 1.421165

Economic Situation
National Debt:

Festivals, Traditions and Customs in Great Britain

New Years Day Valentines Day Crufts Supreme Championship Boat Race Good Friday London Marathon May Day Queens official Birthday Halloween Day Christmas Day Boxing Day

Dressing

Religions

Christians

23% 2% 1% 3% 71%

Islam

Hindu

Others

No Religions

Traditional Food Dishes

Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding

Cottage Pie
Roast Meats Shepherds Pie Fish and chips Ploughman's Lunch Toad-in-the-Hole Bubble & Squeak Pie and Mash with parsley liquor

Bacon Roly-Poly Bangers and Mash

Tourist Attractions
House of Parliament : Westminster Abbey : Big Ben : Glasgow Cathedral :

Interesting facts
The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe! The London Eye is the tallest observation wheel in the world and each rotation takes about 30 minutes.

It is illegal to be drunk in a pub or bar.

Republic of Belarus

History
In the beginning of 10th century Kievan Rus Kingdom was formed. Kievan Rus was destroyed in 13th century by Lituanian Duchy. Union with Polish was formed in 1940s. Under Russian rule, poverty led mass emigration to US. Congress of Belarusian Organization took place in 1917. On 27th July 1991, it was renamed the Republic of Belarus . In 1995, Belarus adopted Presidency.

Geography
Landlocked country Capital : Minsk

Population : 9.55 million

Currency : Belarusian ruble Time Zone : UTC +3 Official Language : Belarusian, Russian Religion : Orthodoxy(80%), Roman Catholics, Protestants, Jews, and Muslims(19%), others(1%)

Dnieper river (690 kms) Prypyats river (495 kms) Nyoman River (459 kms) Gora Dzerzhinskaya (345 m) Gora Vysokaya (188 m) Gora Sokolinskaya (182 m) Gora Mayakova (152 m) Land area : 2.02 lakh sq. km Water area : 4700 sq. km

National Bird : White Stork

National Animal : Winsent

Economy

GDP : 54.713 billion USD

Exports and Trade Partners

Imports and Trade Partners

Products : Machinery and Equipment, Mineral products, Chemicals, Metals, Textiles and Foodstuffs. Trade Partners : Russia - 32.3% Netherlands - 16.5% Ukraine - 8.5% Latvia - 6.5% Poland - 5.5% UK - 4.3% Others - 26.4%

Products : Mineral products, Machinery and equipment, Chemicals, and Foodstuffs.

Trade Partners : Russia - 59.4% Germany - 7.1% Ukraine - 5.3% Others 28.3%

Currency Exchange Rate

8650.05 BYR 1 USD

11891.53 BYR 1 Euro

175.93 BYR 1 INR

13892.24 BYR 1 Pound

99.65 BYR 1 XPF

Food and Festivals

Babka
New Years day

Draniki

Kartoflaniki

Orthodox Christmas Day

Orthodox Easter Fatherland Defenders and Armed Forces day Independence Day

Sports
Few Things are known about Belarus in the world. But the names of Belarus sportsmen are well recognized everywhere. Belarus has won total 156 olympic medals including 80 gold medals. And many more to come.
Igor Zhelezovsky- 6 time skating gold

Olga Korbut 4 time gymnastics gold Vitali Scherbo 6 times gymnastics gold

Tourists Attractions

Grodno
Victory Square, Church The ResurrectionMinsk Brest Fortress Rampart Heroes Monument Brest Fortress Primeval Forest

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