the population growth was also marked in five cities that are oblast capitals brest gomel grodno mogilev and vitebsk and in almost all cities of regional significance people cities with residents accommodate about per cent of the country s population including minsk and all oblast capitals as well as bobruisk baranovichi borisov mozyr novopolotsk orsha pinsk and soligorsk at the same time these settlements account for only per cent of all urban settlements in the country