Timeline of Minsk

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Minsk, Belarus.

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Prior to 19th century

19th century

19th-century painting of the Catholic Cathedral and former Jesuit College in Minsk Miensk, Vysoki Rynak. Mensk, Vysoki Rynak (N. Orda, 1864-76).jpg
19th-century painting of the Catholic Cathedral and former Jesuit College in Minsk

20th century

Minsk in 1909 Miensk, Zacharauskaja, Capski. Mensk, Zakharauskaia, Chapski (1909) (2).jpg
Minsk in 1909

1900s-1940s

Map of Minsk, 1941 Karta Minska 1941.jpg
Map of Minsk, 1941

1950s-1990s

Minsk in 1981 Minsk1981-02.jpg
Minsk in 1981

21st century

2000s

2010s

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