When her father had completed his military service , the family moved to Belarus , where both of her parents worked as teachers . After finishing school , Alexievich worked as a teacher and as a reporter , and studied journalism at the University of Minsk in 1967-1972 . She currently resides in Minsk , where she returned after living in Europe to work on her new book .
По словам писательницы , европейского в её биографии и в биографии её книг значительно больше , нежели русского или белорусского .