Minsk

Minsk (Belaroushie: Мінск, ; Roushie: Минск, ) is the caipital an lairgest ceety in Belaroushie, situatit on the Svislach an Niamiha rivers. Minsk is a heidquarters o the Commonwalth o Unthirlt States (CUS) an aw. As the naitional caipital, Minsk haes a special admeenistrative status in Belaroushie an is the admeenistrative centre o Minsk voblast (province) an Minsk raion (destrict) an aw. It haes a population o 1,837,000 inhabitants (2009).

The earliest references tae Minsk date tae the 11t century (1067), when it wis a provincial ceety athin the principality o Polotsk. In 1242, Minsk became a pairt o the Grand Duchy o Lithuanie, an it received its toun privileges in 1499. Frae 1569, it wis a caipital o the Minsk Voivodship in the Pols–Lithuanie Commonweel. It wis annexed bi Roushie in 1793, as a consequence o the Seicont Partition o Poland. Frae 1919–1991, Minsk wis the caipital o the Byeloroushie Soviet Socialist Republic.

 International relations 

 Twin touns an Sister ceeties 
Minsk haes cultural links tae 20 twin touns in various kintras:
  Kathmandu in Nepal
  Milan in Italy
  Caracas in Venezuela
  Nottingham in the Unitit Kinrick (syne 1957)
  Sendai in Japan (syne 1973)
  Bangalore in Indie (syne 1973)
  Lyon in Fraunce (syne 1976)
  Yerevan, Armenie  Belo Horizonte in Brazil (syne 1987)
  Changchun in Cheenae (syne 1992)
  Łódź in Poland (syne 1993)
  Bonn in Germany <small>(syne 1993)
  Eindhoven in Netherlands (syne 1994)
  Dushanbe in Tajikistan (syne 1998)  Chişinău in Moldovae (syne 2000)
  Havana in Cuba (syne 2005)
  Tehran in Iran (syne 2006)
  Abu Dhabi in Unitit Arab Emirates (syne 2007)
  Ankara in Turkey (syne 2007)
  Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan <small>(syne 2008)<small>
  Ho Chi Minh Ceety in Vietnam (syne 4 November 2008)
  Riga in Latvie (syne 2009)


Category:Caipitals in Europe
Category:Populatit places in Belaroushie