Belarus

Current plate formats

• StandardSince 2004
  1234 AB-7

  Cars up to 3.5 t and motorcycles: four digits, two letters and a region digit: 1 Brest, 2 Vitebsk, 3 Gomel, 4 Grodno, 5 Minsk region, 6 Mogilev, 7 Minsk city (8 is a reserve for Minsk city announced in March 2025; 9 is planned for Minsk region; 0 = defence and security services). Letters are limited to those shared by Latin and Cyrillic. The traffic police (GAI) say they want to move to plates with no region link; this was still under discussion in March 2025.

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• CommercialSince 2004
  AB 1234-7

  Trucks over 3.5 t and buses: the two series letters come first, then four digits and the region digit.

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• TrailerSince 2004
  A1234B-7

  Trailers: one series letter, four digits, one series letter and the region digit.

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• ElectricCurrent
  E123 AB-7

  Electric cars: green characters, the letter E and three digits, two series letters and the region digit. Electric trucks and buses use AB E123-7.

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Regions (7)

• Brest Region
• Vitebsk Region
• Gomel Region
• Grodno Region
• Minsk Region
• Mogilev Region
• Minsk

Older formats

No longer issued, but some may still be on the road.

• Standard2000–2004
  1234 ABC

  Four digits and a three-letter series; the first letter is the region as before (A Brest, B Vitebsk, C Grodno, E Gomel, M Minsk city, O Minsk region, T Mogilev), plus the series AAX and EAK for Minsk city. Still valid.

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• Standard1992–2000
  1234 AB

  Four digits and a two-letter series, red on white, with the Pahonia crest between them (from 1996 an emblem reading BELARUS). The first letter of the series is the region (A Brest, B Vitebsk, C Grodno, E Gomel, K and M Minsk city, O and P Minsk region, T Mogilev); a series starting with H, I or X stands for a region as a whole (HA Gomel, IA Brest, XA Grodno, ...). Still valid.

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History

1. 1992

   Plates become white with red characters (four digits, two letters) and the Pahonia crest, replacing the Soviet format.

2. 2000

   The series on car plates grows to three letters; the first still shows the region.

3. 2004

   Current system with a trailing region digit replaces the previous one, where the first series letter showed the region (A Brest, B Vitebsk, C Grodno, E Gomel, K and M Minsk city, O and P Minsk region, T Mogilev).

4. 2025

   Region digit 7 for Minsk city is used up (March 2025) and the reserve digit 8 is announced for the city, with 9 planned for Minsk region; the traffic police want to drop the region link from plates later.

Related countries

Former Soviet Union

• Russia