Attempt of comparison of enterprise activity of inhabitants of western and
east regions of Belarus with use of materials of population census, statistical data and results of
social researches is undertaken. The research was carried out with the INTAS support within the
project “Cross-border Cooperation and Partnership in selected NIS countries and the Consequences
of EU-Enlargement: Fostering Entrepreneurship in the Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova”
(grant ¹ 04-79-6991).