World on my postcards

 Such a beautiful postcard that says everything about it self on it.

  The Republic of Belarus is a country located in Central Europe (28-32° east longitude, 51-55° north latitude) with the territory of 207,6 thousand square km. It borders with Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia and Ukraine. Though  Belarus  is not such a big country there are 22 variants of the national costume. Regional differences are mainly in the small details of the costume and in motives and subjects of ornament. Garments for the women include a chemise ( kashulya ) made of homespun linen; a heavy pleated checked or striped woven wool or linen skirt ( spadnitsa  or  andarak ); a linen homespun apron, and a waistcoat. Sleeves, shoulder insets, collar and bosom have embroidered patterns in red and black yarn, the composition of ornamenting depending on the region where the set belongs.  The obligatory part of every costume is multi-color belt with pompons, tassels or fringes. On their head young girls would wear coronets a...

Brest Fortress is a 19th-century Russian fortress in Brest, Belarus. It is one of the most important Soviet World War II war monuments commemorating the Soviet resistance against the German invasion on June 22, 1941 (Operation Barbarossa).  Following the war, in 1965 the title Hero-Fortress was given to the Fortress to commemorate the defence of the frontier stronghold during the first weeks of the German-Soviet War. It was then part of the Byelorussian SSR. The title Hero-Fortress corresponds to the title Hero City, that was awarded to an eventual total of twelve Soviet cities. Brest Fortress is situated at an height of 135 meters.