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Belarusian  Republican  Scout  Association



Word list:
Were disbanded -- были распущены;
 CIS (the Commonwealth of Independent States) -- СНГ (Содружество Независимых Государств);
iconographyиконография.
The first Scout groups were established in Belarus in 1909 while it was part of tsarist Russia, and were disbanded by the Soviets in 1922.
The Belarusian Republican Scout Association was  recognized by the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1998 to 2004. It joined the World Organization of the Scout Movement on March 13, 1998.
The Belarusian Republican Scout Association cooperates with The National Organization of Russian Scouts (NORS), based in Australia and has  regular contacts and exchanges with members of Scouts  in France and the CIS Scout associations.
The Belarusian Republican Scout Association includes more than 7,500 members, both boys and girls, from 8 to 17 years of age. They are spread all over the country but the majority of members come from the major cities.
The Belarusian Republican Scout Association regularly invites underprivileged children, some of them coming from the Chernobyl contaminated areas, to have a rest  their national summer camps.
The Scouts in France are working with Scouting in Belarus and provides support in the region of the city of Gomel.
The Scout Motto is “Be Prepared”. Its official language is  Russian. 
The membership badge of the Belarusian Republican Scout Association  is the Patriarchal cross of Eastern European iconography.
 Questions:
1.     When were the first Scout groups established in Belarus?
2.     What happened to them in 1922?
3.     When did the Belarusian Republican Scout Association join the World Organization of the Scout Movement?
4.     What organizations does the Belarusian Republican Scout Association cooperate with?
5.     Is the Belarusian Republican Scout Association numerous?
6.     How old are the members of this association?
7.     Does the association have a motto?
8.      Does the association have a symbol? What is it?



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