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Partyzanski District
Partyzanski District (; ) is an administrative division of the city of Minsk, the capital of Belarus. It was named after the Soviet partisans and is the least populated district of the city. , Minsk administration website As of 2023, it has a population of 94,143. Geography The district is situated in the central-eastern area of the city and borders Tsentralny, Savyetski, Pyershamayski,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Divisions Of Minsk
Minsk, the capital of Belarus, is divided into nine districts (raions): # # # # # # # # # History The first subdivision of Minsk was carried out in August 1921: the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus divided Minsk into three party administration districts: Aleksandrovsky (Александровский), Lyakhovsky (Ляховский), and Central (Центральный). , Minsk administration website By the decree of the Central Executive Committee of of March 17, 1938, Minsk was divided into three raions for general administration: *Stalinski, i.e., |
Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an area of with a population of . The country has a hemiboreal climate and is administratively divided into Regions of Belarus, six regions. Minsk is the capital and List of cities and largest towns in Belarus, largest city; it is administered separately as a city with special status. For most of the medieval period, the lands of modern-day Belarus was ruled by independent city-states such as the Principality of Polotsk. Around 1300 these lands came fully under the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and subsequently by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; this period lasted for 500 years until the Partitions of Poland, 1792-1795 partitions of Poland-Lithuania placed Belarus within the Belarusian history in the Russian Empire, Russian Empire for the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities And Towns In Belarus
This is a list of cities and towns in Belarus. Neither the Belarusian nor the Russian language makes a distinction between "city" and "town" as English does; the word ''horad'' ( ) or ''gorod'' ( ) is used for both. Overview Belarusian legislation uses a three-level hierarchy of town classifications. According to the Law under May 5, 1998, the categories of the most developed urban localities in Belarus are as follows: * ''capital'' — Minsk; * ''city of regional subordinance'' (; ) — urban locality with a population of not less than 50,000 people; it has its own body of self-government, known as ''Council of Deputies'' (; ) and an executive committee (; ), which stand on the level with these of a ''raion'' (). * ''city of district subordinance'' (; ) — urban locality with a population of more than 6,000 people; it may have its own body of self-government (; ) and an executive committee (; ), which belong to the same level as these of rural councils and of s.c. ''haradski p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minsk
Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk region and Minsk district. it has a population of about two million, making Minsk the Largest cities in Europe, 11th-most populous city in Europe. Minsk is one of the administrative capitals of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). First mentioned in 1067, Minsk became the capital of the Principality of Minsk, an appanage of the Principality of Polotsk, before being annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1242. It received town privileges in 1499. From 1569, it was the capital of Minsk Voivodeship, an administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was part of the territories annexed by the Russian Empire in 1793, as a consequence of the Second Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Partisans
Soviet partisans were members of Resistance during World War II, resistance movements that fought a Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla war against Axis powers, Axis forces during World War II in the Soviet Union, the previously Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union, Soviet-occupied territories of interwar Poland in 1941–45 and eastern Finland. The activity emerged after Nazi Germany's Operation Barbarossa was launched from mid-1941 on. It was Central Headquarters of the Partisan Movement, coordinated and controlled by the Soviet government and modeled on that of the Red Army. The partisans made a significant contribution to the war by countering German plans to exploit occupied Soviet territories economically, gave considerable help to the Red Army by conducting systematic attacks against Germany's rear communication network, disseminated political rhetoric among the local population by publishing newspapers and leaflets, and succeeded in creating and maintaining feelings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsentralny District, Minsk
Tsentralny District or Centraĺny District (; ) is an administrative division of the city of Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Its name means "Central District" due to its position partly in the centre of the city. Minsk administration website As of 2023, it has a population of 128,151. Geography The district is situated in central and north-western area of the city and borders with Savyetski, Partyzanski, Leninsky,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savyetski District
Savyetski District or Saviecki District (; ) is an administrative division of the city of Minsk, the capital of Belarus. It was named after the Soviets. Minsk administration website As of 2023, it has a population of 156,739. Geography The district, the smallest of the city, is situated in central and south-western area of the city and borders with Tsentralny, Pyershamayski and Partyzanski districts.Transport The district is served by the ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyershamayski District
Pyershamayski District or Pieršamajski District (; ) is an administrative division of the city of Minsk, the capital of Belarus. It was named after May Day, also known as International Workers' Day. , Minsk administration website As of 2023, it has a population of 231,906. Geography The district is situated in the north-eastern area of the city and borders with Savyetski and Partyzanski districts.Main sights The National Library of Belarus[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zavodski District
Zavodski District (; ) is an administrative division of the city of Minsk, the capital of Belarus. As of 2023, it has a population of 230,701. It was formed in 1938 as ''Stalinsky District'' (); it was renamed in 1961 as ''Zavodskoy District'' () after the plants "Minsk Tractor Works" (MTZ) and "Minsk Automobile Plant" (MAZ) were constructed. The current borders of the district was approved on 10 November 1997 when the township "Sosny" was officially added to it. Geography The district is situated in the south-eastern area of the city and borders with Partyzanski and Leninsky districts. Maly Trostenets extermination camp was located within Zavodski district. Transport Zavodski is served by the tram line and by the '' Awtazavodskaya'' subway line. It is also crossed by the MKAD The Moscow Automobile Ring Road (), or MKAD (), is a ring road running predominantly on the city border of Moscow with a length of 108.9 km (67.7 mi) and 35 exits (including ten inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leninsky District, Minsk
Lyeninski District or Lieninski District (; ) is an administrative division of the city of Minsk, the capital of Belarus. It was named after Vladimir Lenin. , Minsk administration website As of 2023, it has a population of 214,701. Geography The district is situated in the south-central area of the city and borders with Tsentralny, Partyzanski, Zavodski, Kastrychnit ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minsk Metro
The Minsk Metro (; ) is a rapid transit system that serves Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Opened 29 June 1984, it presently consists of 3 lines and 33 stations, totaling . In 2013, the system carried 328.3 million passengers, which averages to a daily ridership of approximately 899,450. In 2023, the system carried 233.9 million passengers, which averages to a daily ridership of approximately 640,800. History During the 1950s–1970s the population of the city grew to over a million and designs for a rapid transit system were initially proposed during the late 1960s. Construction began on 3 May 1977, and the system was opened to the public on 30 June 1984, becoming the ninth metro system in the Soviet Union. The original eight station section has since expanded into a three-line 33 station network with a total of of route. Despite the dissolution of the Soviet Union the construction of the Minsk metro continued uninterrupted throughout the 1990s (as opposed to other ex-Soviet Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MKAD (Minsk)
The Minsk Ring Road, or MKAD (МКАД), is the name of the beltway that goes around Minsk, Belarus. MKAD is an abbreviation of Minsk Automobile Ring Road (; ). The road straddles the Minsk city limits. History Early history The road was built between 1956 and 1963. In the beginning the road had just one lane in each direction and the width of the roadway was 7.5 meters. Reconstruction began in 1980. The result was 26.8 km with four lanes with the remaining section, 29.4 km, having two lanes. Recent developments and current conditions At the end of the 1990s, the road was used by 16,000-18,000 automobiles daily and had level crossings, traffic lights and bus stops. Thus, on 7 August 2001, President Alexander Lukashenko ordered its reconstruction, with the completion due by November 2002. The decision was met with controversy as the route passed through Kurapaty, north of Minsk, site of a mass grave of victims of the Soviet secret police, the NKVD, during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
