Minsk

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capital city city human settlement

Minsk is the capital and largest city of Belarus, serving as its political, economic, and cultural center.

Aliases (2)

Minsk, Belarus ×1
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital city → city → human settlement →
administrativeTerritorialEntityOf	Minsk City Executive Committee →
area	about 350 km² →
callingCode	+375 17 →
capitalOf	Belarus →
climate	humid continental climate →
coordinateLocation	53.9°N 27.5667°E →
country	Belarus →
culturalFunction	cultural center of Belarus →
economicFunction	major industrial center of Belarus → major transport hub of Belarus →
elevation	about 280 m above sea level →
firstMentioned	1067 →
founded	11th century →
hasAirport	Minsk National Airport → Minsk-1 Airport (closed) →
hasLandmark	Independence Square → Island of Tears memorial → National Library of Belarus → Trinity Suburb → Upper Town historic district → Victory Square →
hasPublicTransport	Minsk Metro →
hasSportsTeam	FC Dinamo Minsk → HC Dinamo Minsk →
hasUniversity	Belarusian National Technical University → Belarusian State University →
historicalEvent	heavily damaged in World War II →
historicalRegion	Grand Duchy of Lithuania → Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth →
isLargestCityOf	Belarus →
ISOCode	BY-MI →
locatedIn	Eastern Europe → Minsk Region →
officialLanguage	Belarusian → Russian →
politicalFunction	seat of the Government of Belarus → seat of the National Assembly of Belarus → seat of the President of Belarus →
population	about 2 million (early 2020s) →
rebuiltAs	Soviet-style planned city after World War II →
river	Nyamiha River → Svislach River →
timeZone	UTC+3 →
twinCity	Bangalore → Guangzhou → Lyon → Nottingham →
vehicleRegistrationCode	5 →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Armed Forces of Belarus → Commonwealth of Independent States → Liberal Democratic Party (Belarus) → National Bank of the Republic of Belarus → Red Army Western Front → Soviet Western Front →	headquartersLocation
Eliyahu Berligne → Lee Harvey Oswald ("Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union") → Stanislav Shushkevich →	residence
Belarus → Lithuanian–Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic →	capital
Brest (Belarus) → Vitebsk →	hasRailConnectionTo
Eliyahu Berligne → Louis B. Mayer →	placeOfBirth
Russian Partition of Poland →	contains
National Bank of the Republic of Belarus →	countryCapital
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church →	hasMajorCenter
Eastern Europe →	hasMajorCity
Nagano ("Minsk, Belarus") →	hasSisterCity
Belarus →	largestCity
Dzyarzhynskaya Hara →	locatedNear
Belarusians →	populationCenter
Olga Korbut →	trainingLocation
Belarusian ruble →	usedIn
Stanislav Shushkevich →	workLocation