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IT Guys Exposed: Belarusian Women Open Up About Their Most Disastrous, Heartbreaking Romances

Dating an IT specialist might look like a modern fairy tale – stable income, intelligence, and tech-savvy charm. But behind the screens and high salaries, some Belarusian women found themselves trapped in a nightmare of possessive jealousy, cold indifference, and shocking breakups.

Building the Belarusian family tree

Mark Manson

More Belarusian families search for their ancestral roots

The best of Belarus: meet Miss Railway and the nation’s winning welder

Mark Manson

When Rafal Milach arrived in Belarus from his native Poland in 2011, he was immediately struck by how “super-clean and super-tidy” everything looked. “Even the railway stations seemed glamorous,” he

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