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The city of Minsk is the capital of the Republic of Belarus and the administrative center of the Minsk region and the Minsk region, which are not part of it since it is an independent administrative-territorial unit with a special (capital) status.
The largest transport hub, the political, economic, cultural, and scientific center of the country.The tenth-largest city (without suburbs) in Europe, and the fifth in the former USSR after - Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kyiv, Tashkent.
Minsk is located near the geographical center of the country and stands on the Svisloch River. Its area is 348.84 km², and the population is 2 018 281 people (based on the census of 2019).
Hero City since 1974.
Minsk population by years:
1940 - 256 thousand1950 - 274 thousand
1960 - 539 thousand
1970 - 916 thousand
1980 - 1.3 million
1990 - 1.62 million
2000 - 1.68 million
2010 - 1.84 million
2018 - 1.98 million
Coat of arms of the city of Minsk
"The coat of arms of the city of Minsk is a baroque shield, in the blue field of which the Mother of God is depicted on a silver cloud in red-blue robes, two angels and two cherubs."Watch the video on the two main avenues of the city of Minsk, how it looks from the car window.
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