Talk:Swamps of Belarus

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A fact from Swamps of Belarus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 June 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that there are more than 9,000 swamps in Belarus?

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst talk 13:25, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Swamp in Białowieża Forest, on the Polish-Belarusian border

... that there are more than 9,000 swamps in Belarus? Source: [1], it's in Russian so you can ctrl-f "9192"
- ALT1: ... that swamps are often seen as a symbol of Belarus? Source: Elena Gapova, “The Land under the White Wings”: The Romantic Landscaping of Socialist Belarus
- ALT2: ... that over 60% of Belarusian swamps were drained during the Soviet era? Source: [2], "Площадь осушенных торфяников: 1 697 500 га (66,3% общей площади болот)", tr: "Area of drained peatlands: 1,697,500 ha (66.3% of the total swamps' area)"
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Come, O thou Traveller unknown

Created by Artem.G (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

Artem.G (talk) 15:41, 3 June 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Article is recent & has enough prose. Earwig is acting pretty slow right now, AGF due to non-English sources. Hooks OK, I find ALT2 the most interesting. QPQ done. Nice work. B3251_(talk) 15:06, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I did my best to translate the PDF. Had to try three different browsers in order to open it. I found the numbers for the swamps. Lightburst (talk) 13:24, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]