Minsk: All Data
Minsk is a city in Belarus. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Minsk: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1102 AD
Capital of Principality of Minsk
1520 AD
Mentioned in Event: Fourth Lithuanian-Muscovite border war
1620 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Minsk Voivodeship, part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1655 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russo-Polish War (1654-1667)
1701 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Minsk Voivodeship, part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1704 AD
Mentioned in Event: War against Augustus II
1792 AD
Mentioned in Event: Northern theatre
1914 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Minsk, part of Russian Empire
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Bolsheviks take control of most of European Russia
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Civil War
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Operation Faustschlag
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Soviet westward offensive in Poland
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: White Russia administrative changes
1918 AD
Capital of Belarusian People's Republic
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Polish-Soviet War
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Polish-Soviet War
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: White Russia administrative changes
1920 AD
Capital of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
1922 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1923 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1925 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1930 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1937 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Białystok-Minsk
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Minsk Offensive
1946 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1955 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1989 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1991 AD
Mentioned in Event: Dissolution of the Soviet Union
1991 AD
Capital of Republic of Belarus
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Region of Minsk Region, part of Republic of Belarus
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Region of Vitebsk Region, part of Republic of Belarus