Менск

Country

Soviet Union

Coordinates

53.9022, 27.5618

History

• Mińsk (–1067)
• Менск (1067–1101)
• Менск (1101–1326), Principality of Minsk
• Менск (1326–1793), Grand Duchy of Lithuania
• Мінск (1793–1917), Russian Empire
• Мінск (1917–1918)
• Менск (1918–1919)
• Менск (1919–1920), Second Polish Republic
• Менск (1920–1939), Soviet Union
• Minsk (1939–1941), Soviet Union
• Менск (1941–1944), Reichskommissariat Ostland
• Minsk (1944–1991), Soviet Union
• Minsk (1991–), Belarus

Composers

• Vladimir Pukhalsky (1848–1933), was born in Мінск
• Anatoly Bogatyrev (1913–2003), died in Minsk
• Eta Tyrmand (1917–2008), died in Minsk
• Sergei Cortez (1935–2016), died in Minsk
• Andrey Jurevitsj Mdivani (1937–2021), died in Minsk
• Dmitry Smolsky (1937–2017), was born in Менск and died in Minsk
• Eduard Zaritsky (1946–2018), died in Minsk
• Dmitri Smirnov (1948–2020), was born in Minsk
• Halina Harelava (1951–), was born in Minsk
• Vladimir Soltan (1953–1997), died in Minsk
• Victor Smolski (1969–), was born in Minsk