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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.
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 ...
1508 - City besieged by Muscovy forces. [1] 1552 - Town privileges extended. 1566 - City becomes capital of Minsk Voivodeship. 1569 - City becomes part of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. [3] 1591 - Minsk coat of arms [ be] granted. 1616 - Basilian monastery, Minsk [ be-tarask] founded. 1642 - Holy Spirit Cathedral (Minsk) built.
The Minsk agreements were a series of international agreements which sought to end the Donbas war fought between armed Russian separatist groups and Armed Forces of Ukraine, with Russian regular forces playing a central part. [ 1] After a defeat at Ilovaisk at the end of August 2014, Russia forced Ukraine to sign the first Minsk Protocol, or ...
The Minsk Castle (Belarusian: Мінскі замак, romanized: Minski zamak) [1] was a wooden defensive structure in Minsk, built in the mid-11th century on the right bank of the Svislach river at its confluence with the Nyamiha river (in the area of March 8 Square); destroyed in the early 19th century, and ultimately leveled by the Soviet authorities in the 1950s.
Minsk District ( Belarusian: Мінскі раён; Russian: Минский район) is a district ( raion) of Belarus in Minsk Region. The administrative center is the capital Minsk, which is administratively separated from the district and region. [1] As of 2024, it has a population of 274,990. [1] The most populous town in the district is ...
The Polish National District with its capital in Dzyarzhynsk was located in the Soviet-controlled part of the current oblast in the interwar period. The Minsk region was established on 15 January 1938, based on the amendment of the Constitutional Law of the USSR. As of 20 February 1938, the area included 20 districts.
Mińsk Mazowiecki ( Polish pronunciation: [ˈmij̃sk mazɔˈvjɛtskʲi] ⓘ " Masovian Minsk ") is a town in eastern Poland with 40,999 inhabitants (2020). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship and is a part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. It is the capital of Mińsk County. Located 20 kilometers from the city limits of Warsaw and 38 ...