[DOC] [TLE] Minsk - Wikipedia [PAR] Minsk is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Belarus, situated on the 
Svislach and ... From 1919 to 1991, after the Russian Revolution, Minsk was the 
capital of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic within the Soviet Union. .... 
By 1150, Minsk rivaled Polotsk as the major city in the former Principality of 
Polotsk. [DOC] [TLE] Pinsk - Wikipedia [PAR] Pinsk is a city in Belarus, in the Polesia region, traversed by the river Pina, at the 
confluence of the Strumen and Pripyat rivers. The region was known as the 
Marsh of Pinsk. It is a fertile agricultural center. It lies south-west of Minsk. ... Pinsk 
is first mentioned in the chronicles of 1097 as Pinesk, a town belonging to 
Sviatopolk... [DOC] [TLE] List of cities and towns in Belarus - Wikipedia [PAR] Pinsk, Jesuit collegium. Orsha, former Jesuit Cloister. Mazyr, Cathedral of 
Archangel Michael. Salihorsk, Administration Building. See also: Regions of 
Belarus. The following is the list of cities and towns in Belarus. Neither Belarusian 
nor Russian have ... 12 towns of voblas subordinance;; 99 towns of rajon 
subordinance;; Minsk... [DOC] [TLE] Regions of Belarus - Wikipedia [PAR] At the top level of administration, Belarus is divided into six regions and the city of 
Minsk, which ... In Soviet Belarus, new administrative units, called voblast (
cognate of Russian word ... to the west, Baranavichy, Belastok (Bialystok), Brest, 
Pinsk, and Vileyka oblasts. ... First-level administrative divisions in European 
countries. [DOC] [TLE] Regions - Belarus SIG - JewishGen.org [PAR] Apr 3, 2016 ... Was your ancestor thinking in Yiddish, Polish, Russian or Lithuanian when the 
clerk wrote down his place of former residence? ... Bobruisk; Borisov; Igumen; 
Minsk; Mozyr; Nesvizh; Novogrudok; Pinsk; Rechitsa; Slutsk ... portion of present-
day Belarus, including the towns of Vitebsk, Mogilev, and Gomel. [DOC] [TLE] Cities - Jerusalem Connection [PAR] Babruysk was first mentioned in historical accounts during the 16th century. ... In 
1922 it became part of the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) of the ... 
Barysaw, city in north central Belarus in Minsk Oblast. .... The German army 
occupied Pinsk from July 1941 to July 1944, when it returned to the Union of 
Soviet... [DOC] [TLE] Pinsk: maps, photo, heraldry, history, sites - Cities of Belarus [PAR] Pinsk is one of the most beautiful and oldest towns in Belarus. For the first time it 
was mentioned in "The Story of time years" in 1097. Up to the ... In 1783, at the 
time of the reunification with Russia, Pinsk became part of the Minsk province. ... 
From November 1939 it had been part of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic
. [DOC] [TLE] Minsk | national capital, Belarus | Britannica.com [PAR] Jan 22, 2015 ... City, capital of Belarus, and administrative centre of Minsk oblast (region). ... of 
Independent States, an association of former Soviet republics. [DOC] [TLE] Belarus | history - geography | Britannica.com [PAR] May 13, 2016 ... Official name: Respublika Belarus (Republic of Belarus) ... The legacy of 
Belarus's Soviet past also continued to manifest itself, both in the ... in the 
centrally located capital, Minsk, a sprawling modern city that was almost entirely 
... Bug River  Lida  Pale of Settlement  Mahilyow  Orsha  Salihorsk  Pinsk. [DOC] [TLE] Information about Minsk | Basic Facts and Figures - Local Life [PAR] Jul 4, 2011 ... The First World War made Minsk a battle-front city, with the eventual ... The 
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic was founded, with Minsk at... [DOC] [TLE] Belarus | Britannica.com [PAR] Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 192291. Union of ... city, capital 
of Belarus, and administrative centre of Minsk oblast (region). The city ... Pinsk 
was first mentioned in 1097 and was the seat of a Russian princedom. It passed... [DOC] [TLE] The Jews of Belorussia in Western and Russian Historiography [PAR]

Question: Minsk & Pinsk are cities in this former Soviet republic
Answer: Belarus