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Overview. There is no exact historical record for the date when Minsk was founded. It was first mentioned (as Mensk) in the Primary Chronicle in 1067. That year the chronicle recorded a bloody battle between troops of Polatsk and Kiev princes on the banks of Niamiha river (tributary of Svislach ). Minsk, which was a Principality of Polatsk town ...
Minsk ( Belarusian: Мінск, IPA: [mʲinsk]; Russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region and Minsk District.
1591 - Minsk coat of arms [ be] granted. 1616 - Basilian monastery, Minsk [ be-tarask] founded. 1642 - Holy Spirit Cathedral (Minsk) built. [1] 1654 - Russo-Polish War (1654–1667): City occupied by the Russians. 1667 - City restored to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. 1673 - Church built at Kalvaryja. 1685 - Yeshiva founded.
The Minsk offensive ( Russian: Минская наступательная операция) was part of the second phase of the Belorussian strategic offensive of the Red Army in summer 1944, commonly known as Operation Bagration . The Red Army encircled the German Fourth Army in the city of Minsk. Hitler ordered the Fourth Army to hold fast ...
The history of the Jews in Belarus begins as early as the 8th century. Jews lived in all parts of the lands of modern Belarus. In 1897, the Jewish population of Belarus reached 910,900, or 14.2% of the total population. [ 3] Following the Polish-Soviet War (1919-1920), under the terms of the Treaty of Riga, Belarus was split into Eastern ...
The history of the Jews in Russia and areas historically connected with it goes back at least 1,500 years. Jews in Russia have historically constituted a large religious and ethnic diaspora; the Russian Empire at one time hosted the largest population of Jews in the world . [ 9 ]
On 21 February 1918, Minsk was captured by German troops. World War I was the short period when Belarusian culture started to flourish. German administration allowed schools with Belarusian language, previously banned in Russia; a number of Belarusian schools were created until 1919 when they were banned again by the Polish military administration.
Minsk Governorate[ a] was an administrative-territorial unit ( guberniya) of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Minsk. It was created from the land acquired in the partitions of Poland and existed from 1793 until 1921. Its territory covered the majority of modern-day Belarus .