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Minsk region covers a total area of 39,900 square kilometres (15,400 sq mi), [3] about 19.44% of the total area of the entire country. Lake Narach, the largest lake in the country, is located in the northern part of the region.
Minsk is located on the southeastern slope of the Minsk Hills, a region of rolling hills running from the southwest (upper reaches of the river Nioman) to the northeast [27] – that is, to Lukomskaye Lake in northwestern Belarus. The average altitude above sea level is 220 metres (720 ft).
It was a possession of the Zabrzeziński and Dołmat Isajkowski noble families, [1] administrativaly located in the Minsk County in the Minsk Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In the interbellum, Kamień was a town administratively located in the Nowogródek County in the Nowogródek Voivodeship of Poland.
Priluki Palace in Minsk Region, completed in the mid-19th century, still stands and reflects the influence of the neo-Gothic architectural style in the Russian Empire. [4] After the Uniate Church was suppressed by the Russian Empire and went into decline, churches in Belarus were built in the Russian Revival and Neo-Byzantine styles in the 19th ...
Lyuban (Belarusian: Любань, romanized: Liubań; [a] Russian: Любань; Polish: Lubań; Lithuanian: Liubanė) is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Lyuban District. [1] In 2009, its population was 11,256. [2] As of 2024, it has a population of 11,339. [1]
It is located 34 kilometers (21 mi) west-northwest of Slutsk and 90 kilometers (56 mi) south-southwest of the capital Minsk. [3] In 2009, its estimated population was 9,900 based on the provisional figures from the 2009 census. [ 4 ]
By 1942 Minsk became a major centre of Soviet partisan resistance against the German occupation during the Great Patriotic War. For this role Minsk was awarded the title Hero City in 1974. Minsk was the site of one of the largest Nazi-run ghettos in the World War II, the Minsk ghetto, which held over 100,000 Jews. A living space of 1.5 square ...
Name Image District Coordinates Created Streets Landmarks Independence Square [1]: Maskowski: 1964 Independence Avenue: Supreme Soviet; Church of Saints Simon and Helena