Talk:Minsk

message: Rangvald ? = Ryngold, father (some think, mithycal) of Mindaugas. Then dates and nationality don't match. Mikkalai 08:35, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)
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message: It's in line with WP's convention to provide the name in the languages and forms that were in use throughout the city's history. As Minsk used to be in Poland in several periods and the official name of the city was Mińsk, I see no reason for deleting it. However, I do not intend any offence or to hurt Belarusian feelings. Please explain if you really consider having the Polish name harmful. Lysy 06:31, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Why do you claim so ? I, for one, am among the authors who believe that the alternative/historical names should be given in the heading section as is done in other articles. Why do you find it offensive ? Please try to discuss things first instead of enforcing your views, as such behaviour leads to revert wars that I don't think we need here. Lysy 07:39, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I find it an unnecessary clutter. Please try to discuss things first instead of enforcing your views. My view is that names at different time periods are important and deserve  a separate section, with detailed explanation when and why the name was used. For example, in some cases one may even include names in Latin, if the city in question was ancient and was discussed in notable chronicles or by notable travellers. This will help in searching. Minsk was also owned by Lithuania and Germany at certain times. There was also a notable Jewish population. Putting a full dozen of names into an intro hardly serves readability. There is English lagnuage, there is an official language of the state in question, the rest is a separate discussion. mikka (t) 17:01, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, that's fine with me even if I don't fully share this view. BTW: are you going just to do it on Minsk article, or will you be intoducing similar changes to other pages, like Kaliningrad, Klaipeda, Kosice or Strasbourg ;-) ? Lysy 17:22, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

text: Also, I cannot understand how on Earth you concluded that I find it offensive. I consider Polish and Lithuanian people with great respect. I see you edited the articles Zbigniew Lengren, Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, Pilsudski Square. I created them (as well as many others) not because I am an expert, but because I felt respect towards these people and could not stand that the artciles are missing. mikka (t) 17:17, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Great. I'm quite fed up with all these Polish/Russian/Lithuanian/etc nationalisms (which I personally find harmful). Sorry if I misjudged your intentions. Lysy 17:35, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

text: Thanks God we have no Russian nationalists here :)--Czalex 17:38, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Mi&#324;sk

message: Hello everyone, I want to create a megaportal on the Metro systems of the FSU and some eastern European ones (with potentially expanding to cover other things like railroad city transportt etc), if you are interested in giving a helping hand have look at how we wrote the entries for Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Kiev. If anyone wants to start the Minsk section go ahead. Kuban kazak 23:41, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Too late, all ready done, check it out Minsk Metro --Kuban Cossack 02:01, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Minsk Metro

message: When Minsk was "under the Polish rule"? It belonged of the Duchy of Lithuania. The nobles Polonized after hundreds of years. 
Xx236 14:28, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mińsk, Mińsk Litewski, Mińsk Białoruski, used when Belarus was under the Polish rule. 

message: Minsk was never under Polish rule. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was only tied to Poland through Union of Lublin.
:Well, technically it was under Polish rule once in 1920 - 1921. That's even what the article says. ####  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Schwartz und Weiss (talk • contribs) 17:43, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  one contributor 

message: In fact Russian pronounciation indicated wrongly. I doubt the Belarussian one may be also wrong.--Nixer 20:26, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Belarussian and Russian pronounciation. 

message: I've corrected gamma and perspective on the The Railway station square photo submitted by EugeneZelenko.
Maybe it's worth uploading to the article?
My version can be viewed here: 
Al Nemiga 16:01, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Go for it, make sure you upload it to commons and attribute it correctly though, and worth letting Mr. Zelenko know just in case. --Kuban Cossack 14:48, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
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message: Is it me, or does the nightlife section sound like it was copied word for word from a travel website and sounds to much like a brochure? I think a rewrite is in order, may I or someone else do it. Just wanted opinions before I went ahead. Tazz (talk) 17:15, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. The information is quite subjective and random. NikitaUtiu (talk) 08:54, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  check the dates. few more years and someone will really rewrite it :) UrusHyby (talk) 12:52, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Nightlife in Minsk

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message: As for me, mentioning Lithuanian name of the city in the lead without mentioning Polish and Yiddish seems odd. Last two have much more reasons to be shown: Polish was a language of elites since XVI century and in 1696 it became official in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. And in 1897, for example, ~51% of the population in Minsk was Jewish (Yiddish-speaking). On the contrary, there are very few written records from XIII—1793 in Lithuanian language with Minskas (official documentation in Ruthenian, Latin, Polish). Maybe it would be better to use constructions like in Kaunas, Švenčionys, etc.: name in official languages in the lead with a link to all other possible names. — Homoatrox (talk). 19:35, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minskas? 

message: What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 13:35, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Timeline of Minsk]] 

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message: Minsk in Lithuanian language means the place where something changes Mainiskis (in slavic languages shortened to Minsk, the same with Gaudaniskis=Gudaniskis the city of Goths=Gudai (Lithuanians still call Belorussians as Gudai) mentioned in his prime form in 500 AD and slavised to Gdansk) and it is situated exactly where Nemunas river basin changes to Dniepr river basin (thus and hills here). This place was the place where boats were changed during amber trade 2000 years ago, so the city is some 2000 years old (but boats were used and in 1000 AD so can be that the city was built after 1000 AD)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.7.248.206 (talk) 20:19, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  total nonsense in Etymology and historical names 

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message: Why is there nothing about the recent election and demonstrations? 67.209.130.115 (talk) 13:48, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
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message: The history section reads too much like chamber of commerce PR.  What about the '72 and '99 tragedies?  What about the recent anti- Lukashenko demonstrations? 164.47.179.32 (talk) 21:08, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  History