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Some historians believe, that Minsk evolved from an earlier village, which may have been founded as early as the 9th or 10th centuries. Recent archeological excavations support this idea. There is a theory, that initially Minsk was located 16 km to the southwest, on the banks of Menka river.
May 20, 2024 · Belarus. First mentioned in 1067, it became the seat of a principality in 1101. Minsk passed to Lithuania in the 14th century and later to Poland and was regained by Russia in the Second Partition of Poland, in 1793.
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By 980, the area was incorporated into the early medieval Principality of Polotsk, one of the earliest East Slavic principalities of Kievan Rus'. Minsk was first mentioned in the name form Měneskъ (Мѣнескъ) in the Primary Chronicle for the year 1067 in association with the Battle on the River Nemiga.
Jun 27, 2022 · One should start by recognizing, that the exact date of the foundation of Minsk is unknown. The most ancient settlements on the territory of the modern city existed in the IX century, when the Svislach River valley was inhabited by the ancient ethno-political communities of Krywičy and Drygavičy.
On July 3, 1944 Minsk is liberated by the Red Army as it begins its slow advance on Berlin. Belarus becomes a founding member of the United Nations in 1945 . In 1961 Lee Harvey Oswald, alleged assassin of US President John F. Kennedy, lives in Minsk.
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic was founded, with Minsk at its capital. By the time World War II hit Minsk, the city had developed into a strong economic and cultural centre as part of the USSR, with a population of 300 000.
May 11, 2018 · MINSK, capital of Belarus; in *Poland-Lithuania from the beginning of the 14 th century until 1793; under czarist rule, the most important commercial center of Belorussia from the 15 th century. Jews first leased the customs duties of Minsk in 1489, and after the expulsion of Jews from Lithuania in 1495 they started to settle in Minsk.
