Minsk

Country

Belarus

Coordinates

53.9022, 27.5618

History

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

Composers

• Anatoly Bogatyrev (1913–2003), died in Minsk
• Eta Tyrmand (1917–2008), died in Minsk
• Sergei Cortez (1935–2016), died in Minsk
• Dmitry Smolsky (1937–2017), was born and 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