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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 (Belarusian: Мінск; Russian: Минск) is the capital and 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.
After a defeat at Ilovaisk at the end of August 2014, Russia forced Ukraine to sign the first Minsk Protocol, or the Minsk I. [2] It was drafted by the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine , consisting of Ukraine, Russia , and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), [ 3 ] [ 4 ] with mediation by the leaders of France and ...
Minsk paid large retributions to both foreign armies. Minsk city hall. The last decades of the Polish-Lithuanian rule were indicated by decline or very slow development. Minsk was a small provincial town of little economic or military significance. By 1790 it had population of 6,500–7,000 and was slowly rebuilding to the city limits of 1654.
The Minsk metropolitan area (known in Belarusian as: Мінская агламерацыя) is the metropolitan area of Minsk. The metropolitan area covers two districts: Minsk city and Minsk District. The largest cities or towns within the metropolitan area are Minsk, Kolodishchi, Zaslawye, and Hatava.
Minsk also serves as the administrative center of Minsk Region. [2] At the second level, the regions are divided into districts . The layout and extent of the regions were set in 1960 when Belarus (then the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic) was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union. [3]
Minsk District (Belarusian: Мінскі раён; Russian: Минский район) is a district 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 Zaslawye.
Lyasny (Belarusian: Лясны, romanized: Liasny; Russian: Лесной, romanized: Lesnoy) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. [2] It serves as the administrative center of Barawlyany [] selsoviet.