Minsk
City
Capital of Belarus and, before 1991, of the Byelorussian Soviet Republic; seat of the CIS.
Held by
- 1789 – July 22, 1793 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- January 23, 1793 – September 14, 1917 Russian Empire
- September 14, 1917 – November 7, 1917 Russia
- December 6, 1917 – December 30, 1922 Russia
- December 30, 1922 – August 24, 1991 Soviet Union
- June 22, 1941 – July 3, 1944 Germany Military occupation
- since August 25, 1991 Belarus
Capital of
- since August 25, 1991 Belarus
Events here 6
- June 22 – August 19, 1944 Operation Bagration
- August 24 – December 26, 1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- April 11, 2011 2011 Minsk Metro bombing
- September 5, 2014 Minsk Protocol
- February 12, 2015 – February 21, 2022 Minsk II
- August 9, 2020 – March 25, 2021 2020–2021 Belarusian protests