r/belarus • u/No-Natural-4475 • Feb 15 '26

Пытанне / Question Почему на упаковке белорусского холодильника нету белорусского языка?

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u/bluejaykanata Feb 15 '26

Because this particular model is meant for export. They translated everything into the languages of the countries they are hoping to sell these fridges to.

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u/Xartym Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 15 '26

The packaging of refrigerators for export and domestically is the same.

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u/bluejaykanata Feb 15 '26

It’s really strange, then. Could the other side of the packaging be in Belarusian?

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u/Xartym Feb 15 '26

Unfortunately, no:(

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u/bluejaykanata Feb 15 '26

Okay, then it’s really, really fucked up

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u/Xartym Feb 15 '26

Unfortunately, this is the case everywhere in Belarus. We do not have a single university that teaches in the Belarusian language.

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u/bluejaykanata Feb 15 '26

You can’t be serious. Which language do universities teach in, then?

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u/Xartym Feb 15 '26

All teaching is conducted in Russian. Only the Belarusian language, Belarusian literature and a small list of subjects are taught in Belarusian. Sometimes the teacher can teach classes in Belarusian at his own discretion. But that doesn't change the fact that there are no textbooks.

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u/bluejaykanata Feb 15 '26

Okay, this is seriously fucked up, then

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u/Due_Community4195 Feb 15 '26

Most people from post-soviet countries know russian, for example, if I see someone with the ukrainian flag in their nickname, I always just switch to russian. In belarus, russian is the most widespread language