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Victory Square, the central place of Minsk
Minsk or Miensk (Мінск (official spelling in Belarus), Менск; Минск ; Mińsk) is the capital and a major city of Belarus . About 2 million people lived in the city as of 2021. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States . As a capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is also the capital of Minsk voblast (province ) and Minsk raion . Minsk is built next to the Svislach and Niamiha rivers. The timezone in Minsk is GMT +2.
The oldest mentions of Minsk date back to the 11th century (1067). In 1326 Minsk became a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and received its town privileges in 1499 . From 1569 it was a capital of the Minsk Voivodship in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth . It was annexed by Russia in 1793 as a result of the Second Partition of Poland . During 1919 –1991 Minsk was the capital of the Byelorussian SSR . In 2019, Minsk hosted the European Games.
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