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Ekaterinburg is 284 years old. Originally established by the Russian Emperor, Peter the Great, as a major industrial and administrative centre and it has remained so for nearly three centuries.
The glory of the foundation of Ekaterinburg is shared by two fledglings of Peter's nest - Captain Vasilij Tatishchev who determined the location of the plant/fortress, and the engineer and general of artillery, William de Gennin, who later put the plant into operation. On November 7 (18), 1723 two iron-forging hammers were put into operation in the hammer-forging shop of the plant. This event was registered as the official date of birth of the town named after the Saint Martyr Catherine (Ekaterina in Russian), the patroness of mining crafts, and after the reigning empress who had been baptized Catherine by the Russian Orthodox Church.
At the same time, Ekaterinburg was turning into a centre of non-mining industries and banking business. The discovery of Siberian gold brought about a fabulous wealth to the city and stimulated its growth. For a long time the mining of this gold was the monopoly of the Ekaterinburg merchants - the Ryazanovs, Rastorguyevs, Balandins, and others.
Situated on the border between Europe and Asia the town also played an important mediating role in trade. Initially, one part of the fortress, and then of the town, was called a Trade part. In 1843 the State Commercial Bank opened its branch office in Ekaterinburg; the Siberian, the Volga-Kama, and the City Community Banks began operating here early in the XXth century.
Despite its provincial character, the town was a major cultural center. It had a mining school, a mining research society, and a mining museum. 1843 was the year of the establishment of the town's first theatre company, for which, four years later, the citizens constructed a theatre building on Glavny Prospect (Main Street). In 1870, the Ural Society of Science Enthusiasts was established whose members published works about the Ural region and organized expeditions. The national crisis caused by World War I, the February revolution and the October upheaval radically changed the fate of the town. On October 26, 1917 Soviet Power was proclaimed in Ekaterinburg.
Before the civil war Ekaterinburg became a regional centre, and in 1923 it was granted it's rights, and in 1923 it was granted the rights of the administrative centre of the huge, newly established Ural region.
In 1924 the name of Ekaterinburg disappeared from the map of the country. As the totalitarian regime grew stronger it gave the names of its leaders to all places, big and small. Thus, Ekaterinburg was renamed Sverdlovsk and in 1934 it became the main city of the region bearing the same name.
Throughout the 1920s - 1930s Ekaterinburg preserved its significance as an industrial and cultural centre of the Urals. The construction of huge plants brought about a threefold increase in its population. The Sverdlovsk builders constructed dozens of industrial buildings, blocks of flats, schools, shops and hospitals. In 1925 the city got its first water supply line and first bus routes. In 1929 the first tram appeared on its streets and a broadcasting station was put into operation. High-rise buildings became the sign of the time.
In 1940, the city had 12 institutions of higher learning, 30 technical schools, 100 secondary schools, 166 libraries, 7 museums, and 5 theatres.
Sverdlovsk was turning into a city of big science. In 1932 the USSR Academy of Sciences opened its branch here. During the years of World War II the city was turned into a powerful arsenal of military equipment and armaments. The leading enterprises of the city were converted to military production. Sverdlovsk gave refuge to the People's Commissariat of Nonferrous Metallurgy, the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences, the Air-Force Academy, the Central Theatre of Soviet Army, the famous Moscow MHAT theatre, and the unique collections of the Hermitage.
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Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Concert Hall by Zaha Hadid Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects have been selected by the jury of the international design competition to build the new Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Concert Hall in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The city’s acclaimed Ural Philharmonic Orchestra has performed in more than 20 countries and collaborates with renowned artists worldwide.
Echoing the physical aspects of sound waves, the design of the new Philharmonic Concert Hall is based on the properties of musical sound resonance creating wave vibrations in a continuous smooth surface. The design re-interprets these physical acoustic properties to define spaces for the auditoria that are suspended within the canopy, appearing to float above the new civic plaza that is both the lobby of the Philharmonic Concert Hall and an enclosed urban square.
Providing a 1,600-seat Concert Hall and a 400-seat Chamber Music Hall of the highest acoustic standards, these new auditoria are nestled within the surface deformations of the suspended canopy; liberating the lobbies from obstructions to open this space as a vibrant new gathering place for the local community. The lobby serves not only as an introduction to the world of symphony music, but also as a welcoming public plaza for all members of its local community. Source by Zaha Hadid Architects. Info project
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The Tsar Nicholas the 2nd & his family passed through this station in 1918 on the way to Ekaterinburg where they died.
Ciudad de Ekaterimburgo - Rusia 2018
Ekaterimburgo es un lugar místico. Creció de la nada a partir de un pueblo de mineros para convertirse en la tercera ciudad más importante de Rusia. Ekaterimburgo fue un territorio cerrado durante varias décadas, pero hoy en día se ha transformado en una metrópoli llena de misterios que parece vivir en varias dimensiones a la vez. Edificios ultramodernos junto a edificios de los siglos XVIII y XIX, así como de la época soviética. Si das unos cuantos pasos en una dirección distinta, en lugar de un barrio de una ciudad moderna, puedes encontrarte a principios del siglo XX, paseando por una antigua calle llena de edificios prerrevolucionarios.
La ciudad es un importante centro industrial y una estación principal del Transiberiano. El primer emperador de Rusia, Pedro I, fundó la ciudad en 1723 como una fábrica-fortaleza situada junto al río Iset y esta acabó siendo el último lugar en el que vivió el último emperador, Nicolás II. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, más de 50 empresas fueron evacuadas a Ekaterimburgo, así como la colección del Museo Estatal del Hermitage y el Teatro del Arte Chéjov de Moscú. En este periodo, el radiotransmisor más potente del país se encontraba en Ekaterimburgo.
Ekaterimburgo, Екатеринбург, es una ciudad ubicada en el centro-oeste de Rusia, capital del óblast de Sverdlovsk y del distrito federal del Ural. Con 1 650 136 habs. en 2010 es la cuarta más poblada del país, por detrás de Moscú, San Petersburgo y Novosibirsk. Se encuentra situada en la parte oriental de la cordillera de los Urales, por lo tanto, en el sector asiático de Rusia.
Es el centro administrativo, industrial, cultural, científico y educativo de la región. La Academia de las Ciencias de Rusia tiene en Ekaterimburgo la sede de su rama de los Urales y cuenta con varias instituciones científicas y educativas como la Universidad Técnica Estatal de los Urales. La ciudad dispone del Aeropuerto Internacional de Ekaterimburgo-Koltsovo y un sistema de metro inaugurado en 1991. También es una importante parada del ferrocarril Transiberiano. En Ekaterimburgo se encuentra la Comandancia del Distrito Militar Volga-Urales de las Fuerzas Terrestres de Rusia.
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Yekaterinburg: An open-air architecture museum
(12 Jun 2018) LEADIN:
It's often called the world's largest open air constructivist museum. The Russian city of Yekaterinburg is home to around 140 constructivist buildings.
Tourists and football fans are set to roam through its streets when Russia's World Cup kicks off this month.
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It's a combination of modern technology and engineering methods with the ethos of Soviet Communism.
Constructivism - as it's known - was an innovative architectural style that became popular during the Soviet industrial boom in the 1920s.
Constructivism in Sverdlovsk - as the city was known during Soviet times - started in the 1930s.
Subordinating to Soviet ideology aimed at creating a new world, many architects implemented daring projects across the Soviet Union.
As a booming industrial centre, Yekaterinburg became one of the biggest magnets.
Pre-revolutionary wooden houses on its main street were replaced by 'City of the Future' forms, which symbolised the new social structure.
Here, the creation of new world was taking place through these functional structures, says historian Igor Yankov.
Here, we can see a living area of different quality. And we can see various social services detached: that's a cafeteria, that's a club, that's a bathhouse, that's a laundry, that's a kindergarten and so on, and so on.
One of the most famous examples of constructivism in Yekaterinburg is the Dynamo Sports Centre.
Shaped like a moving ship, it's located on a small peninsula on a city lake.
V-shaped bay windows resemble a bow, windowed balconies look like lifeboats, and a roof structure on top of the main pavilion could almost be a captain's bridge.
Nowadays, the monument is the centre of ongoing debate - many fear a proposed new church nearby may destroy the architectural homogeneity of the area.
The Printing House with its continuous windows, stretching along the entire perimeter, a rounded façade supported by a single column and protruding stairwells encased in semi-circular glass cages, used to accommodate printing facilities and newspaper offices.
Now it's occupied by cafés, a bookstore and a nightclub.
The General Post Office was designed in the shape of a tractor to glorify agricultural workers.
It initially housed a kindergarten, an 800-seat radio theatre and rooms for hobby groups as well as an intercity phone station, telegraph and post office that's still in operation today.
The Post Office, I found it a very striking landmark, says Hanna Nabila, a visitor from Indonesia.
Because it's obvious, it's located in the centre. It's such a great representative.
Lenin Street and its surroundings also host a series of residential complexes, called 'Towns,' which were built for particular professions.
Builders' Town for construction workers, Justice Town for judges and penitentiary workers, Medical Town for doctors, and - the most famous of them all - the Chekists' Town, for employees of the secret police. Cheka, later known as the KGB.
The Chekists' Town's central architectural landmark is Iset Hotel, a former hotel-type dormitory, built in the shape of a semi-circle and resembling a sickle.
Constructivist housing was full of experiments that affected people's lives.
There were no kitchens or bathrooms in the apartments, as everyone was supposed to eat in common cafeterias, wash clothes at a common laundry and bath in a common bath.
Chekists' Town is also widely known by locals for underground tunnels, which are surrounded by sinister urban legends.
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В.Путин.Прямая линия.24.12.01.Part 7
Live with President Vladimir Putin - Hot Line (excerpts)Part 7
December 24, 2001
Moscow, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, village of Kazache-Malevany (Krasnodar Region), Kaliningrad, Novosibirsk, Murmansk, Rostov-on-Don, St Petersburg
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24 декабря 2001 года
Москва, Владивосток, Екатеринбург, Казань, хутор Казаче-Малеваный (Краснодарский край), Калининград, Новосибирск, Мурманск, Ростов-на-Дону, Санкт-Петербург
At present the Government is grappling with two issues in this sphere. On the one hand, it is drafting additional legislation and on the other hand, economic validation is being provided. We are looking for sources of funding to create the necessary start-up capital for the insurance system. It is insufficiently developed today. Regarding schools. It is a separate topic which is even more important for the state. Insurance has no place here. We can use only direct financing. This is particularly true of the secondary school, more than of higher education. The school is in a difficult situation, just like the housing and utilities sector because it is in the hands of municipal authorities, which dont have sufficient budget revenues to maintain schools in proper conditions.Was it Sverdlovsk?
YEKATERINA ANDREYEVA: Yekaterinburg.
VLADIMIR PUTIN: I think the Yekaterinburg Region has the only school in Russia which is on strike. And yet Yekaterinburg is a high-revenue region, it is a net contributor to the federal budget. Why does it happen? Because there are certain problems in bringing support from the national and regional level to the municipal level, including support of schools.I think that problem can and must be solved. And I have prepared a decree, which I am going to sign before the end of the year. It is a very soft decree, but it recommends the heads of the Russian regions to introduce targeted subsidies for schools to maintain their facilities and material resources and the salaries of teachers. The federal budget will help the regions for its part.
PAVEL GAMOV (Orenburg): My name is Pavel Grigoryevich Gamov, I am a pensioner and I live in Orenburg. I have a question that worries me very much. How do you account for the fact that the courts pass long prison sentences for minor crimes while not using other means of punishment envisaged by the criminal law?
VLADIMIR PUTIN: Pavel Grigoryevich, you have touched a sore spot, you put your finger on it. The problem is there: it is a distortion of the governments crime control policy. The policy is set forth in the Criminal Code and we should see how to change it.Nothing like it happens in other democratic countries. Minor crimes of course can be punished in ways that do not involve imprisonment. At the same time court rulings regarding people who have committed serious crimes must be enforced. And the state must be consistent. The government has been given this task and we will tackle it.
YEKATERINA ANDREYEVA (reads out a question online): Petrov, an entrepreneur in Moscow, and Andrei Cherkashin, a journalist: are you aware that there is a popular new phrase, the cover market and that representatives of the law enforcement bodies are in the top spot in this criminal rating? What is the national government going to do to conquer the most powerful mafia in the land?
VLADIMIR PUTIN: I am aware of the problem, and there are no easy solutions. I am sure there are many questions on this topic, which is very close to the topic of corruption. In general, corruption and abuse of power, especially in the law enforcement sphere, is not unique to Russia. It is a scourge of many countries. But in Russia it has acquired a certain scale that the government cannot ignore.In order to solve this problem the situation in society as a whole must be changed, in economics and in the education sphere. But meaningful administrative decisions are also needed.One way to tackle this problem is to strengthen the law enforcement agencies and reform the courts. This is the aim of the package of laws on the reform of the judiciary which seeks to strengthen the courts, to make them more independent, on the one hand, and more accountable to society and the government, on the other hand. As you know, the Criminal Procedural Code is due to come into force next year, and under its provisions no citizen can be interrogated even when detained, not arrested, but simply detained, in the absence of a lawyer. So, if beginning from July 1 next year somebody detains you in the street, he has no right to interrogate you in the absence of your lawyer if you demand that a lawyer be present.
Russia: 4yo boy lost in bear-infested forest returns home after 5 days alone in wilderness
A four-year-old boy who was discovered after going missing for nearly five days in a forest inhabited by bears near the town of Asbest, just outside Yekaterinburg in Sverdlovsk Region, left hospital to return home, Thursday.
SOT, Dima Peskov’s mother, (Russian): He's in a good condition, eats and sleeps well. He plays, draws as usual, nothing has changed, so it's all good.
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Russia: Four-year-old missing in forest for four days found alive
A four-year-old boy who had been missing for nearly five days in a forest inhabited by bears, has been found alive. Footage released on Thursday shows the child, Dima Peskov, being transported by rescuers from the central Russian Sverdlovsk region near the Ural Mountains to a hospital in Ekaterinburg.
A man who volunteered to search for Dima, Pavel Carpenko, described how he found the boy lying in in the woods. I started to shout into the radio: He is here!, then we began to evacuate him, he explained, adding, I began to tremble, literally. Dima's father Andrey was at the scene, and thanked the rescuers for their work.
SOT, Pavel Carpenko, Volunteer, Sokol searching squad, (Russian): I came here this morning answering the call of the heart, we drank some coffee in the morning, gathered and move out with the group…
SOT, Andrey Peskov, Father of Dima Peskov, (Russian): Guy, thank you, I'm the father!
SOT, Pavel Carpenko, Volunteer, Sokol searching squad, (Russian): This can happen to everyone!
SOT, Pavel Carpenko, Volunteer, Sokol searching squad, (Russian): I came to a birch, and a child lies here, I began to tremble, literally. I started to shout into the radio: He is here!, then we began to evacuate him. We made our business, I set myself the task to find the kid, came here and did this.
SOT, Andrey Peskov, Father of Dima Peskov, (Russian): Thanks to those who joined search for the child, a huge gratitude to everyone. And the most important, to those who found him, it's a 'Sokol' searching squad, a special thanks to that guy, all the best to him, happiness, health and that he'll never face such experience and anyone ever at all!
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Oblivion - Aydar Gaynullin (accordina) & Euphoria Orchestra (2015)
Astor Piazzolla - Oblivion
Aydar Gaynullin (accordina) & Euphoria Orchestra / Айдар Гайнуллин (аккордина) и ансамбль Эйфория
The concert hall of the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic (Yekaterinburg-2015)
Екатеринбург - 2015
Milky Way - Olga Viktorova (SGAF, 2013)
Milky Way by Olga Viktorova.
Concert Milky Way (Evenings of contemporary music with Olga Viktorova).
September 29, 2013.
Chamber Hall of Sverdlovsk Philharmony, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
New Music Ensemble of Sverdlovsk Philharmony.
Conductor -- Enkhe (Enkhbaatar Baatarzhavyn).
Visualization: Igor Tatarnikov (Sodazot), Denis Perevalov.
Movement: Ekaterina Zharinova.
Video by Tanya Ptizza.
The Sleeping beauty on ice by Tchaikovsky
Uncover skates, guests from all areas of Vesey and rush to the ball. The king and queen had a daughter. The classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty in Yekaterinburg put on skates.
All 50 minutes of stories are rich in complex figural elements. Here and jumps - axel, toe loop, as well as support, lifts and spins. The artists hope: look this tale, in the Sverdlovsk region will be more young skaters.
Salut Bremen - Joint TV Training Project Chisinau-Bremen
Moldovian students of the state university USM in Chisinau with a nice and strong message to their fellow students in Bremen.
Chisinau 26.09.2014
Producer and Copyright: Südost-Medienagentur, Bremen
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Minsk (Belarusian: Мінск, pronounced [mʲinsk]; Russian: Минск, [mʲinsk]) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, situated on the Svislač and the Nyamiha Rivers. As the national capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region (voblasć) and Minsk District (rajon). The population in January 2018 was 1,982,444, making Minsk the 11th most populous city in Europe. Minsk is the administrative capital of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and seat of the Executive Secretary.
The earliest historical references to Minsk date to the 11th century (1067), when it was noted as a provincial city within the Principality of Polotsk. The settlement developed on the rivers. In 1242, Minsk became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It received town privileges in 1499.
From 1569, it was a capital of the Minsk Voivodeship, in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was part of a region annexed by the Russian Empire in 1793, as a consequence of the Second Partition of Poland. From 1919 to 1991, after the Russian Revolution, Minsk was the capital of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, in the Soviet Union. Minsk will host the 2019 European Games.
Nicholas II of Russia | Wikipedia audio article
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Nicholas II of Russia
00:03:16 1 Family background
00:06:34 2 Tsarevich
00:09:51 3 Engagement, accession and marriage
00:13:43 4 Reign
00:13:52 4.1 Coronation
00:17:55 4.2 Initiatives in foreign affairs
00:18:52 4.3 Ecclesiastical affairs
00:19:40 4.4 Russo-Japanese War
00:22:47 4.5 Anti-Jewish pogroms of 1903–1906
00:23:48 4.6 Bloody Sunday (1905)
00:28:08 4.7 1905 Revolution
00:31:49 4.8 Relationship with the Duma
00:41:58 4.9 Tsarevich Alexei's illness and Rasputin
00:44:33 4.10 European affairs
00:46:48 4.11 Tercentenary
00:47:26 4.12 First World War
00:56:40 4.13 Collapse
01:01:25 4.13.1 Abdication (1917)
01:04:41 4.14 Imprisonment
01:08:10 4.15 Execution
01:11:32 5 Identification
01:13:22 6 Funeral
01:14:12 7 Sainthood
01:16:19 8 Assessment
01:19:54 9 Ancestry
01:20:03 10 Titles, styles, honours and arms
01:20:14 10.1 Titles and styles
01:21:29 10.2 Honours
01:22:12 10.2.1 National
01:22:39 10.2.2 Foreign
01:23:30 10.3 Arms
01:23:38 11 Children
01:23:47 12 Wealth
01:25:01 13 Documentaries and films
01:25:37 14 See also
01:25:53 15 Note
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Nicholas II or Nikolai II (Russian: Николай II Алекса́ндрович, tr. Nikolai II Aleksandrovich; 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918), known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer in the Russian Orthodox Church, was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from 1 November 1894 until his forced abdication on 2 March 1917. His reign saw the fall of the Russian Empire from one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military collapse. He was given the nickname Nicholas the Bloody or Vile Nicholas by his political adversaries due to the Khodynka Tragedy, anti-Semitic pogroms, Bloody Sunday, the violent suppression of the 1905 Russian Revolution, the execution of political opponents, and his perceived responsibility for the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905). Soviet historians portrayed Nicholas as a weak and incompetent leader whose decisions led to military defeats and the deaths of millions of his subjects.Russia was defeated in the 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War which saw the annihilation of the reinforcing Russian Baltic Fleet after being sent on its round-the-world cruise at the naval Battle of Tsushima, off the coasts of Korea and Japan, the loss of Russian influence over Manchuria and Korea, and the Japanese annexation to the north of South Sakhalin Island. The Anglo-Russian Entente was designed to counter the German Empire's attempts to gain influence in the Middle East, but it also ended the Great Game of confrontation between Russia and the United Kingdom. When all Russian diplomatic efforts to prevent the First World War (1914–1918) failed, Nicholas approved the Imperial Russian Army mobilization on 30 July 1914 which gave Imperial Germany formal grounds to declare war on Russia on 1 August 1914. An estimated 3.3 million Russians were killed in the First World War. The Imperial Russian Army's severe losses, the High Command's incompetent management of the war efforts, and lack of food and supplies on the home front were all leading causes of the fall of the House of Romanov.
Following the February Revolution of 1917, Nicholas abdicated on behalf of himself and his son and heir, the Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich. He and his family were imprisoned and transferred to Tobolsk in late summer 1917. On 30 April 1918, Nicholas, Alexandra, and their daughter Maria were handed over to the local Ural Soviet council in Ekaterinburg (renamed Sverdlovsk during the Soviet era); the rest of the captives followed on 23 May. Nicholas and his family were executed by their Bolshevik guards on the night of 16/17 July 1918. The remains of the imperial family were later found, exhumed, identified and re-interred with elaborate State and Church ceremony in St. Petersburg on 17 July 1998 – 80 years later.
In 1981, Nicholas, his wife, and their children were recognized as martyrs by the Russian Orthodox Church Outsid ...
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00:02:00 1 Etymology and historical names
00:02:08 2 History
00:02:17 2.1 Early history
00:04:11 2.2 Late Middle Ages
00:06:42 2.3 Russian rule
00:09:26 2.4 20th century
00:15:51 2.5 Recent developments
00:17:19 3 Geography
00:18:46 3.1 Climate
00:20:31 3.2 Ecological situation
00:21:48 4 Demographics
00:21:57 4.1 Population growth
00:22:09 4.2 Ethnic groups
00:29:35 4.3 Languages
00:31:23 4.4 Religion
00:32:02 4.5 Crime
00:33:42 5 Economy
00:35:30 5.1 Industry
00:39:17 5.2 Unemployment
00:39:58 6 Government and administrative divisions
00:40:24 7 Culture
00:40:52 7.1 Churches
00:42:46 7.2 Cemeteries
00:43:20 7.3 Theatres
00:43:53 7.4 Museums
00:44:34 7.5 Recreation areas
00:44:54 7.6 Cinemas
00:46:16 8 Tourism
00:46:36 9 Sports
00:46:44 9.1 Football
00:47:01 9.2 Ice hockey
00:47:15 9.3 Handball
00:47:26 9.4 Basketball
00:47:37 9.5 International sporting events
00:48:29 10 Transport
00:48:38 10.1 Local transport
00:50:41 10.2 Rapid transit
00:53:38 10.3 Railway and intercity bus
00:55:40 10.4 Airports
00:57:05 11 Education
00:57:30 11.1 Major higher educational institutions
01:02:55 12 Honors
01:03:15 13 Notable residents
01:07:04 14 International relations
01:07:14 14.1 Twin towns and sister cities
01:07:26 15 See also
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
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Minsk (Belarusian: Мінск, pronounced [mʲinsk]; Russian: Минск) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, situated on the Svislač and the Nyamiha Rivers. As the national capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region (voblasć) and Minsk District (rajon). The population in January 2018 was 1,982,444, (not including suburbs) making Minsk the 11th most populous city in Europe. Minsk is the administrative capital of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and seat of its Executive Secretary.
The earliest historical references to Minsk date to the 11th century (1067), when it was noted as a provincial city within the Principality of Polotsk. The settlement developed on the rivers. In 1242, Minsk became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It received town privileges in 1499.From 1569, it was a capital of the Minsk Voivodeship, in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was part of a region annexed by the Russian Empire in 1793, as a consequence of the Second Partition of Poland. From 1919 to 1991, after the Russian Revolution, Minsk was the capital of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, in the Soviet Union. In June 2019, Minsk will host the 2019 European Games. Tourists who have accreditation cards or tickets to sporting events can visit the country rom 10 June till 10 July 2019 without a visa.