Telephone communication is a quick and convenient way to exchange news with relatives or talk with partners who are in different cities or even countries. To make long-distance and international calls, subscribers must know the telephone codes of countries and localities, as well as the order of dialing numbers.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) recommends that countries around the world switch to common standards for access to long-distance and international communications, but different countries still have their own rules. As an example, let's try to call Belarus from a landline phone from Russia.

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Dial order

To call a subscriber located anywhere in the world, you need to know the country code, area code and telephone number. The order of dialing numbers to call Belarus will be as follows:

• First of all, you need to get into long-distance communication - for this in Russia the number 8 is used. In other countries that have their own telephone numbering plan, the access code for long-distance communication will be different. Once the connection is established, a long beep will sound on the handset, indicating that you can continue dialing.
• If a subscriber is calling from Russia, after dialing eight and hearing a “beep”, he needs to dial the code of the operator providing international access. Rostelecom is considered a standard international communications operator, its code is 10.
• Next, you need to enter the country code, the length of which may vary depending on the country (for example, for Abkhazia the telephone code is 7, for Greece - 30, and for Israel - 972). The telephone code of Belarus consists of three digits - 375.
• Then enter the locality code or mobile network code.
• Dial the subscriber's number.

Regional codes of Belarus

In large cities of Belarus, numbers consist of seven digits; in smaller settlements, five- or six-digit numbers are used. The state is divided into 6 regions, each of which is assigned its own telephone code:

• Brest region – 16.
• Vitebsk region – 21.
• Gomel region - 23.
• Grodno region – 15.
• Mogilev region – 22.
• Minsk region – 17.

To call the regional center, you need to dial the number 2 after the region code (for example, the Brest code is 162, the Mogilev code is 222). The exception is the capital, Minsk code is 17.

Each regional center is assigned a four-digit code, the first two digits of which coincide with the regional code (for example, the telephone code of the city of Yelsk, Gomel region will be a combination of numbers 2354).

International operator codes

According to the order of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, at the time of writing, there are 7 operators providing long-distance and international connection services. For each of them, a two-digit code for selecting an international communication operator is defined:

• OJSC Rostelecom - code 10.
• OJSC Interregional Transit Telecom (MTT) – code 58.
• OJSC "VmpelCom" - code 56.
• CJSC TransTeleCom Company (TTK) – code 57.
• Equant LLC - code 59.
• JSC "ARKTEL" - code 26.
• OJSC Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) – code 28.

If a subscriber wants to use the services of a specific company, then after 8 and a long beep, he can dial the corresponding operator code to access international communications.

Today, many people have relatives and even just acquaintances abroad. At some point, there is a desire or even a need to contact them via telephone. And here the question arises: how to call abroad?

How call to other countries?

The answer to this question depends on several factors. The first thing we need to figure out is which phone number we are going to call: a landline or a mobile. At first glance, it seems that this is not so important, what difference does it make which number to call? But, oddly enough, there is a difference, and a huge one at that. The next step should be to decide from where we will call: from a mobile phone or from a landline phone, or from a computer? Many people don’t even know how to call Belarus from Russia for free. We'll talk about this next.

How to call Belarus?

If our call needs to be made to a mobile phone, then there is no problem, we dial our subscriber’s number and after a couple of seconds we already hear the familiar voice that we miss so much. If you have to call to a landline number, then to make this call we will need a small amount of information, which will include: country code, city code, and, of course, the phone number of the subscriber with whom we want to contact.

How to call Belarus from Russia?

Landline phone

To make this call, we will need the information discussed above. If we are going to make a call from a mobile phone, it will look like this:

• our combination will begin with the connection sign “+”, followed by the international country code, city code, and finally the subscriber number is entered.

Mobile phone

If you make a call from a landline phone, the call will look like this:

• “8”, wait for the connecting dial tone, after which we dial “10”, then “375”, the city code, and finally - our subscriber’s number. Calls are billed per second. The countdown begins immediately after the connecting beep.

Calls to Belarus for free

How to call Belarus from Russia at the best rates or for free? Thanks to modern technologies, people now have this opportunity. If you really want to save on a call from Russia to Belarus, then communication services from Skype are best suited for you. This program provides the ability to make free calls from the computer on which it is installed to another computer with Skype, regardless of the person’s territorial location. This call will be included in your internet fee. When making calls from Skype to regular mobile and landline numbers, a fee will be charged, but compared to the price set by modern operators, the program provides high-quality communication services for almost pennies. In addition, if you have a webcam, you can not only hear your loved ones, but also see them. We talked about several options for making calls abroad, you just have to decide for yourself -

Calls to Belarus are no different from calls to any other country in the world. To do this, you need to know the area code and the actual number of the called subscriber.

How to call Belarus - cities of Belarus and their telephone codes

There are only six regional centers in Belarus. These are: Minsk, Mogilev, Grodno, Gomel, Brest and Vitebsk. Each area is assigned a unique telephone code:

• Minsk – 017;
• Mogilev – 022;
• Grodno – 015;
• Gomel – 023;
• Brest – 016;
• Vitebsk - 021.

The three-digit code (017), which is assigned to the Minsk region, completely coincides with the code of the capital, i.e. the same numbers: 017. Other regional centers have additional ones after the three indicated numbers. For example:

• Brest – 0162;
• Vitebsk – 0212;
• Grodno - 0152.

You can find a complete list of telephone codes for cities in Belarus. Please note that if the phone number you are calling is six (6) digits long, the area code will be four digits. If the number of the called subscriber consists of 5 (five) digits, the code is increased by one digit. For example, in the city of Gomel there are both six-digit and five-digit numbers. In the first case, code 0232 is used, in the second - 02322.

How to call Belarus within the country

From one Belarusian region to another Belarusian region, call like this: 8-area code-phone number.

For example, you need to call from the city of Shumilino, Vitebsk region, to the city of Voronovo, Grodno region. The number of the called subscriber consists of five conventional digits (xxxxx).

• Find out the Voronovo code – it’s 01594.
• Dial 8 - this is the long-distance code.
• Dial Voronov's code - 01594.
• Dial the number of the called party - xxxx.

The call will look like this: 8-01594-xxxx.

How to call Belarus from another country

It is also very easy to call Belarus from any other country:

• Dial +375 - this is the international code.
• Dial the Belarusian city code.
• Dial the number of the person you are calling.

Example: a call from Russian Tyumen or Ukrainian Kharkov to Belarusian Polotsk will look like this:

375-214-xxxxxxx. Here: +375 – uniform international code, 214 – Polotsk city code, xxxxxxx – subscriber number.

How to call Belarus on a mobile phone

There are four mobile operators in Belarus, and to call a friend, you need to know which operator serves him. Belarusian mobile operator codes:

• MTS – 29 and 33. 29 serves numbers starting with the numbers 2,5,7 and 8. 33 serves numbers starting from 0 to 9.
• VELKOM – 29 and 44. 29 serves numbers starting with 1,3, 6 and 9. 44 serves numbers from 0 to 9.
• LIFE – 25. Serves all its numbers.
• DIALLOG – 29. All numbers of this operator begin with the number 4.

To call Belarus from a mobile phone to a mobile phone or from a landline phone to a mobile phone, you need to dial: +375 - operator number - phone number of the called subscriber. “+” when calling from a landline phone is replaced by the number “8” (if you are going to make a call within the country of Belarus) and by “8 10” (if you are going to make a call from another country).

When dialing the number “8” (long-distance code), be sure to wait for a long beep. Only after it appears, continue dialing the area code and phone number of the subscriber.

Many people from Russia have relatives, friends or business partners in Belarus. Despite the possibilities of digital communication via the Internet, sometimes you just need to call Belarus, that is, make an international call.

We tell you how to call Belarus from a landline or mobile phone.

How to call from a landline phone to Belarus

Let's say you mainly communicate with Belarusians at work - then it is more profitable for you to call from a city corporate phone than from a mobile phone. To make a call, it is important to know the rules of international calls. If you are calling from a landline phone to a landline number, you should dial this:

8-10 (international line access) - 375 (country code Belarus) - city code - subscriber number

Here are the codes for major cities in the country:

Minsk - 17, Orsha - 216, Gomel - 232, Baranovichi - 163, Mogilev - 222, Bobruisk - 225, Vitebsk - 212, Brest - 162. Codes of other cities and towns are easy to find on the Internet.

The internal Belarusian number consists of 6 digits, only in Minsk and the Minsk region it consists of 7 digits (since the zone code there consists of 2 digits - 17).

So, without taking into account the country code, the Belarusian number consists of 9 digits. To dial a Belarusian number in international format from a landline phone, you will need to press as many as 15 digits.

Everything is easier if you need to dial a Belarus landline number from a mobile phone. Then immediately start with the international country code, then the city code and the subscriber number.

375 [area code - 2-3 digits] [subscriber number - 6-7 digits]

How to call Belarus on a mobile phone

There are 3 large mobile operators in Belarus: MTS, Life, Velcom. The Belarusian cell number consists of 12 digits and looks like this:

+ [country code 375] [operator code - 2 digits] [subscriber number - 6 digits]

Just like in Russia, it is easy to determine whether a number belongs to an operator by its prefix:

• 291, 293, 294, 296, 299, 44 - Velcom
• 292, 295, 297, 298, 33 - MTS
• 25 - Life.

However, in Belarus there is also a service for porting numbers from one operator to another, so recently the accuracy of determination by prefix leaves much to be desired.

So, to call Belarus from mobile to mobile, it is enough to know the subscriber’s number in international format; no additional actions are required.

How to call from Belarus to Russia

If you call in the opposite direction, that is, from Belarus to Russia, you must follow the same international dialing rules, but take into account that the international code of Russia is +7.

When calling from a cell phone, you only need to dial the subscriber number (11 digits) of the form +7 9xx XXX XX XX. When calling from a landline to a landline, you must dial:

8-10-7 [this is the country code] - [city code] - [subscriber number].

To call from a landline to a mobile phone you need to dial:

00 (this is an intercity connection) - 7 - subscriber number (10 digits).

If the code 00 does not work, that is, the connection is not established, you should check with your provider how to make an international call from your home phone.

Cost of calls to Belarus

Although Belarus is Russia's closest neighbor, calls there are quite expensive. If you do not connect additional services, then a minute for all major Russian operators costs about 30 rubles.

For more profitable calls, you need to connect international call services to CIS countries. The cheapest calls to Belarus to any operator are from MTS. When you activate the “Beneficial International Calls” service, a minute will cost 20 rubles. In this case, a monthly fee of 50 rubles is charged. The service for cheap calls to Belarus can be easily activated by dialing the USSD command * 111 * 902# on your phone or in your personal account.

How else can you call Belarus?

Obviously, if you need to communicate a lot with friends and relatives, calls at 20-30 rubles per minute will not allow you to do this. But there are alternative communication methods with which you can communicate much cheaper and even free:

1. Calls via the Internet - we are talking about the Skype program, video calls via WhatsApp or Telegram. You can communicate for free; only the Internet traffic of both parties is consumed. The downside is that communication applications must be installed on both subscribers. Therefore, for communicating with your grandmother, for example, this method is not always suitable.
2. Calls through special applications - Voipscan, Yolla and others. By installing the application, you can call any number via the Internet, and it will be cheaper than through a mobile operator. Voipscan, for example, costs 12 rubles. in a minute. At the same time, a subscriber in Belarus can receive a call even without the Internet, that is, through such applications you can make calls to the most remote and inaccessible villages, to subscribers of tariff plans without the Internet. The connection quality is very stable.

Summary

To call from Russia to Belarus on a mobile phone, you need to know the subscriber number in international format - this is 12 digits. To call from a landline phone to a landline phone in Belarus, you need to dial 8, then 10, then the country code 375, the city code and the subscriber number.

Calls to this country from a mobile phone are quite expensive; as an alternative, you can use Skype and other applications for voice and video communication over the Internet.

To call the Republic of Belarus to a landline number from your landline, follow these steps:

1. Dial “8” - long distance code.
2. Wait for a long beep.
3. Next, dial “10” to access the international line.
4. Enter the Belarusian telephone code – “375”.
5. Dial the area code.
6. Please indicate your phone number.

Telephone codes of large settlements of the Republic of Belarus:

• Mogilev – 222;
• Borisov – 177;
• Soligorsk – 174;
• Vitebsk – 212;
• Brest – 162;
• Polotsk – 214;
• Gomel – 232;
• Baranovichi – 163;
• Molodechno – 176 (7);
• Orsha – 216;
• Pinsk – 165;
• Mozyr – 236;
• Bobruisk – 225;
• Novopolotsk – 214;
• Lida – 154;
• Minsk and Minsk region – 17.

Attention! Codes for other settlements in the Republic of Belarus can be easily found on the Internet. For domestic communications, an additional 0 is dialed before each code.

The code “8” for intercity calls is the same for all landline phones in the country. The international line access code “10” in Russia can be used by all Rostelecom subscribers. For other Russian fixed-line telephone operators the numbers are different:

• in the case of Equant LLC, it is 59;
• for OJSC MTT – 58;
• CJSC TransTeleCom Company uses 57;
• SCS Sovintel LLC - 56.

Thus, the order of entering numbers for communication, for example, with Minsk looks like this: 8 (beep) – 10 (or other code) – 375 – 17 – Phone number. Landline numbers in the capital of Belarus contain 7 digits, in other points - 6 or less.

Attention! In order not to get confused by the numbers, remember: together with the area code, there should be 9 of them in the number.

How to call from a landline to a mobile number in Belarus

The dialing scheme for a mobile phone in Belarus is similar to the method for calling a landline: 8 (long-distance) – dial tone – 10 (international line) – 375 (code of the Republic of Belarus) – mobile operator code + subscriber No.

Mobile operator codes in Belarus:

• 249 - Beltelecom (Maxiphone);
• 25 - life:);
• 291, 293, 296, 299, 44 – Velcom;
• 292, 295, 297, 298, 33 – .

Attention! A standard mobile phone number, including operator code, consists of 8 digits.

If you still have a mobile phone at hand, dialing a landline number in Belarus is not very difficult. Often, an international call from a Russian cell phone to a Belarusian home phone is made in this way:

Remember that calls from mobile to landline to another country are quite expensive

• Dial “+” - a universal sign that is used in mobile communication standards to replace international codes.
• Enter 375 and the area code.
• Dial the phone number and click the “Call” button.

To call from mobile to mobile, simply dial +375 and the phone number (8 digits). Calling from a cell phone abroad is not a cheap pleasure, so during the dialogue, spend your time wisely. It is best to prepare for the conversation in advance. Your mobile operator may use additional services or codes to reduce the cost of international communication. Check out his offers first.