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Mar 18, 2024 · Minsk, city, capital of Belarus, and administrative centre of Minsk oblast (region). The city lies along the Svisloch River. 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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Categories: capital city, administrative territorial entity of Belarus, first-level administrative division, city or town, big city, million city and locality. Location: Minsk Region, Belarus, Eastern Europe, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap. Latitude. 53.9025° or 53° 54' 9" north. Longitude.
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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.
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Dec 17, 2021 · Population: ~ 2,000,000. Districts of Minsk: Frunzyenski, Kastrychnitski, Leninsky, Maskowski, Partyzanski, Pyershamayski, Savyetski, Tsentralny, Zavodski. Main sights: National Academic Grand Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus, Old Belarusian History Museum, Belarusian National Arts Museum, Belarusian Great Patriotic War ...
Country Index. Map Index. ___ Satellite View and Map of the City of Minsk (Мінск, Минск) View of Minsk at the Svislach River. Holy Spirit Cathedral in center and Cathedral of Saint Virgin Mary in center right. Image: Ihar Mahaniok.
Belarus officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to...
Minsk, voblasts (province), central Belarus. It extends from the rolling, morainic hills of the Belarusian Ridge in the northwest across the Byarezina plain, which slopes gently to the southeast. The natural vegetation is dense forest of pine, spruce, oak, and birch, and alder in wetter areas, but.