Minsk

Minsk
Мінск · Минск
Clockwise from top: Minsk business district (Pieramožcaŭ Avenue), the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, Railway Station Square, the Red Church, National Opera and Ballet Theatre, and Minsk City Hall
Flag of Minsk
Coat of arms of Minsk
Map
Interactive map of Minsk
Minsk is located in Belarus
Minsk
Location within Belarus
Minsk is located in Europe
Minsk
Location within Europe
Coordinates: 53°54′N 27°34′E / 53.900°N 27.567°E / 53.900; 27.567
CountryBelarus
First mentioned1067
Government
 • ChairmanVladimir Kukharev[1]
Area
 • Total409.53 km2 (158.12 sq mi)
Elevation
280.6 m (920.6 ft)
Population
 (1 January 2023)[2]
 • Total1,995,471
 • Density4,873/km2 (12,620/sq mi)
GDP
 • TotalBr 65.5 billion
(€18.4 billion)
 • Per capitaBr 33,000
(€9,300)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
220001-220141
Area code+375 17
ISO 3166 codeBY-HM
License plate7
Websiteminsk.gov.by

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. As of 2023, it has a population of two million,[2] making Minsk the 11th-most populous city in Europe. Minsk is one of the administrative capitals of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

First mentioned in 1067, Minsk became the capital of the Principality of Minsk, an appanage of the Principality of Polotsk, before being annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1242. It received town privileges in 1499.[4] From 1569, it was the capital of Minsk Voivodeship, an administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was part of the territories annexed by the Russian Empire in 1793, as a consequence of the Second Partition of Poland. From 1919 to 1991, after the Russian Revolution, Minsk was the capital of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, which became a republic of the Soviet Union in 1922. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Minsk became the capital of the newly independent Republic of Belarus.

Trajeckaje pradmiescie
  1. ^ "Minsk City Executive Committee". 18 January 2019. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2019. Official portal minsk.gov.by
  2. ^ a b "Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по г.Минску в разрезе районов". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 25 May 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Gross domestic product and gross regional product by regions and Minsk city in 2023". www.belstat.gov.by.
  4. ^ "История Минска". minsk950.belta.by. Retrieved 31 May 2019.