Belarusian Nature Encyclopedia. Edited by I. P. Shamyakin and many others. Mensk, Belarusian Encyclopedia; Belarusian Soviet Encyclopedia (named after Petrus Broyka); 1983-86; in 5 volumes; about 600 pages per volume; many color illustrations (photographs and drawings), maps, index, etc. ISBN (none). print run: 10,000 copies.
Text is in Belarusian (Cyrillic). Title: Энцыклапеыя Прыроды Беларусі ў пяці тамах.
The best resource on the natural environment of Belarus, lavishly illustrated.
Belarusian Nature Encyclopedia. Edited by I. P. Shamyakin and many others. Mensk, Belarusian Encyclopedia; Belarusian Soviet Encyclopedia (named after Petrus Broyka); 1986; in 1 volume.
One-volume, Russian-language summary of the 5-volume, Belarusian-language version. (I will supply more details of the book when I have the book in front of me.)
Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, Text in Russian and English. Edited by D. D. Stavrovksy & A. A. Kovalev. Mensk, Belarusian Encyclopedia; 1996; 192 pages; many color illustrations; maps, statistical charts. ISBN 985-11-0062-5. print run: 5,000 copies.
Founded in 1925, it became a biosphere reserve in 1979, and is the oldest reserve in Belarus.