Regions of Belarus

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Regions of Belarus
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CategoryFirst-level subdivision of a unitary state
Location Belarus
Created
  • 1960
Number6 regions
1 capital city
Populations(Regions only): 981,174 (Mogilev) – 1,992,862 (Minsk)
Areas(Provinces only): 25,118.1 km2 (9,698.14 sq mi) (Grodno) – 40,361.6 km2 (15,583.72 sq mi) (Gomel)
Government
  • Province government
Subdivisions

At the top level of administration, Belarus is divided into six regions and one capital city. The six regions are oblasts (also known as voblastsi), while the city of Minsk has a special status as the capital of Belarus. [1] Minsk also serves as the administrative center of Minsk Region. [2]

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At the second level, the regions are divided into districts (raions).

The layout and extent of the regions were set in 1960 when Belarus (then the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic) was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union. [3]

History

At the start of the 20th century, the boundaries of the Belarusian lands within the Russian Empire were still being defined. In 1900 it was contained within all of the Minsk and Mogilev governorates, most of Grodno Governorate, parts of Vitebsk Governorate, and parts of Vilna Governorate. [3] World War I, the independence of Poland, as well as the 1920–1921 Polish–Soviet War affected the boundaries. In 1921, Belarus had what is now all of Minsk Governorate except for the western fringe, the western part of Gomel Region, a western slice of Mogilev, and a small part of Vitebsk Region. In 1926, the eastern part of Gomel region was added. [3]

In the Byelorussian SSR, new administrative units, called oblasts or voblastsi [4] (cognate of Russian word oblast with prothetic v-) were introduced in 1938. During World War II, Belarus gained territory to the west, with the Baranavichy, Belastok (Białystok), Brest, Pinsk, and Vileyka oblasts. In 1944, Belastok was eliminated and the new oblasts of Babruysk, Grodno, and Polotsk were created. At that same time, Vileika oblast was renamed Molodechno Oblast. [3]

At different times between 1938 and 1960, the following oblasts existed:

Regions

Regions of Belarus
FlagRegionCapitalRussianBelarusianPopulation
(2024) [5] 		Area
(km2)		Density % of
population		GDP [6] Average monthly gross wage [7]
1 Flag of Minsk, Belarus.svg МинскМінск1,992,862305.506,606.4821.44%US$ 22.6 billionUS$ 918
2 Flag of Brest Voblast, Belarus.svg Brest Brest БрестскаяБрэсцкая1,308,56932,790.6841.1114.32%US$ 8.4 billionUS$ 573
3 Flag of Homyel Voblast.svg Gomel Gomel ГомельскаяГомельская1,338,61740,361.6634.4014.75%US$ 8.8 billionUS$ 592
4 Flag of Hrodna Voblasts.svg Grodno Grodno ГродненскаяГродзенская992,55625,118.0740.8810.91%US$ 8.1 billionUS$ 582
5 Flag of Mahilyow Voblast.svg Mogilev Mogilev МогилёвскаяМагілёўская981,17429,079.0135.2410.89%US$ 5.7 billionUS$ 542
6 Flag of Minsk Voblast.svg Minsk Minsk МинскаяМінская1,460,28939,912.3536.8615.63%US$ 14.1 billionUS$ 660
7 Flag of Vitsebsk Voblasts.svg Vitebsk Vitebsk ВитебскаяВiцебская1,081,91140,049.9928.3612.06%US$ 6.8 billionUS$ 544
Belarus Minsk Беларусь9,155,978207,617.2645.34100.00%US$ 74.5 billionUS$ 660

Historical division

Administrative division of Byelorussian SSR by year
Okruga Belorusskoi SSR.png
1926
Prigranichnye okruga Belorusskoi SSR (1927).svg
1927
Administratsyina-terytaryial'ny padzel BSSR. 1940.svg
1940
Administrativnoe delenie BSSR (1945).svg
1945
Administrativnoe delenie BSSR (1955).svg
1955

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References

  1. ↑ Belarus Regions
  2. ↑ Minsk summary, at the website of the Belarus embassy in Russia.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Regions of Belarus". Statoids.
  4. ↑ "Belarus: Government and society". Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ "Gross domestic product and gross regional product by regions and Minsk city in 2023". www.belstat.gov.by.
  7. ↑ "Nominal gross average earnings in the Republic of Belarus" (PDF). www.belstat.gov.by.
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