Minsk Region

Minsk region, also known as Minsk oblast or Minsk voblasts, is one of the six regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is , although it is a separate administrative territorial entity of Belarus.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations: Minsk and Barysaŭ.

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is the capital and largest city of the Republic of . Its population is about two million people in 2024. For many years after the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, and Belarus, in general, had a reputation of a Soviet experience park.

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Barysaw or Borisov is a city in Minsk Region, in central . It serves as the administrative center of Barysaw District. It is located on the and 74 kilometres north-east from the capital . As of 2026, it has a population of 133,700.

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is a city in Minsk Oblast, . Ornamental silk sashes woven in were once famous throughout the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and today the town has a museum dedicated to them.

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Places to explore: Nesvizh and Molodechno.

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Nyasvizh or is a town that is the administrative centre of Nyasvizh District in Minsk Region, Belarus. It is the site of , a World Heritage Site. In 2009, its population was 14,300. As of 2026, it has a population of 15,987.

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is a district centre in the oblast' in . The town has about 100.000 inhabitants.

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Zhodzina or Zhodino is a town in Minsk Region, in central , located 50 kilometres north-east of . The city covers an area of 19 square kilometres. As of 2026, it has a population of 62,983.

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is a historic town in Minsk Oblast, . Its name derives from the name of prince Izyaslav of .

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or Vilyeyka is a town in Minsk Region, . It serves as the administrative center of District. It is located on the Viliya River, 100 kilometres northwest of Minsk.

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or Volozhin is a town in Minsk Region, . It serves as the administrative center of District. It is located 75 km northwest of the capital , on the Valozhynka River in the basin, and the beginning of the Naliboki forest.

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is a town of 6,900 people in Minsk Oblast, , between the lakes Myastro and Batorino, within the borders of .

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or Berezino is a town on the Berezina River in Minsk Region, . It is located 100 kilometres east of the capital , and serves as the administrative center of District. As of 2026, it has a population of 11,125.

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is a natural reserve in , almost completely in Minsk Oblast. The main attractions of the park are its lakes, the biggest of them being Narach and Svir. The town of is within the borders of the park.

Minsk Region

  • Type: State with 1,430,000 residents
  • Description: administrative division (voblasts) in Belarus
  • Also known as: “Bezirk Minsk-Land”, “BY-MI”, “Minsk”, “Minsk oblast”, “Minsk Oblast”, “Minsk region”, “Minška oblast”, “Minskaja oblast”, “Minskaja voblasts”, “Minskaya voblasts”, “Minskaya Voblasts’”, “Minsko sr”, “Region de Minsk”, “Región de Minsk”, “Voblasc Minsk”, “Vobłasć Minsk”, “Voblasc‘ di Minsk”, “Voblast di Mensk”, “Voblast di Minsk”, “Минск вобласцьі”, “Минщина”, “Міншчына”, “Мінщина”, and “منسک ریجن”
  • Neighbors: , , , , , and
  • Categories: region of Belarus and locality
  • Location: , ,
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Latitude of center
53.6099° or 53° 36′ 36″ north
Longitude of center
27.591° or 27° 35′ 28″ east
Population
1,430,000
Elevation
216 metres (709 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 566296863
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
625142
Wiki­data ID
Q192959
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yiddish—“Minsk Region” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሚንስክ”
  • Arabic: “إقليم مينسك”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة مينسك”
  • Armenian: “Մինսկի մարզ”
  • Asturian: “Provincia de Minsk”
  • Azerbaijani: “Minsk vilayəti”
  • Basque: “Minskeko oblasta”
  • Belarusian: “Менская вобласьць”
  • Belarusian: “Мінская вобласць”
  • Belarusian: “Мінская Вобласць”
  • Bengali: “মিন্সক অঞ্চল”
  • Bosnian: “Minska oblast”
  • Breton: “Rannvro Minsk”
  • Bulgarian: “Минска област”
  • Catalan: “província de Minsk”
  • Catalan: “Província de Minsk”
  • Cebuano: “Minskaja Voblasć”
  • Chechen: “Минскан область”
  • Chinese: “明斯克州”
  • Church Slavic: “Мѣньска ѡбласть”
  • Cornish: “Ranndir Minsk”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Minsk vilâyeti”
  • Croatian: “Minska oblast”
  • Czech: “Minská oblast”
  • Danish: “Minsk voblast”
  • Dutch: “Oblast Minsk”
  • Eastern Mari: “Минск вел”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “منطقة مينسك”
  • Erzya: “Минской ёнкс”
  • Esperanto: “Minska regiono”
  • Estonian: “Minski oblast”
  • Finnish: “Minskin alue”
  • French: “Minsk”
  • French: “voblast de Minsk”
  • French: “Voblast de Minsk”
  • Galician: “Rexión de Minsk”
  • Georgian: “მინსკის ოლქი”
  • German: “Minskaja Woblasz”
  • German: “Woblast Minsk”
  • Greek: “Βόμπλαστ του Μινσκ”
  • Gujarati: “મિન્સ્ક પ્રદેશ”
  • Hausa: “Minsk”
  • Hebrew: “מינסק”
  • Hindi: “मिन्स्क क्षेत्र”
  • Hungarian: “Minszki terület”
  • Icelandic: “Minsk-fylki”
  • Ido: “Provinco Minsk”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Minsk”
  • Irish: “Réigiún Mhionsc”
  • Italian: “Regione di Minsk”
  • Japanese: “ミンスク州”
  • Javanese: “Minsk”
  • Kannada: “ಮಿನ್ಸ್ಕ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kazakh: “Минск облысы”
  • Kirghiz: “Минск”
  • Korean: “민스크주”
  • Latin: “Regio Minscensis”
  • Latvian: “Minskas apgabals”
  • Lithuanian: “Minsko sritis”
  • Macedonian: “Минска област”
  • Macedonian: “Минска Област”
  • Malay: “Minsk Region”
  • Maltese: “Reġjun ta‘ Minsk”
  • Marathi: “मिन्स्क प्रदेश”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Minsk Chiu”
  • Minangkabau: “Region Minsk”
  • Moksha: “Минсконь аймак”
  • Northern Frisian: “Minsk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Minsk voblasts”
  • Norwegian: “Minsk voblasts”
  • Oromo: “Minsk”
  • Ossetian: “Минсчы облæст”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਿਨਸਕ”
  • Persian: “منطقه مینسک”
  • Polish: “obwód miński”
  • Polish: “Obwód miński”
  • Portuguese: “Minsk”
  • Portuguese: “Voblast de Minsk”
  • Pushto: “مینسک”
  • Romanian: “Minsk”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Minsk”
  • Russian: “Minskaya Oblast’”
  • Russian: “Минская область”
  • Russian: “Минская Область”
  • Rusyn: “Мінська область”
  • Rusyn: “Міньска область”
  • Samogitian: “Minska srėtės”
  • Scots: “Minsk Region”
  • Serbian: “Минска област”
  • Sinhala: “මින්ස්ක් කලාපය, බෙලරුස්”
  • Sinhala: “මින්ස්ක් කලාපය”
  • Slovak: “Minská oblasť”
  • Slovenian: “Minska oblast”
  • Slovenian: “Minška voblast”
  • Slovenian: “regija Minsk”
  • Somali: “Minsk”
  • Spanish: “Óblast de Minsk”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Minsk”
  • Swahili: “Minsk”
  • Swedish: “Minsk voblast”
  • Swedish: “Minsks voblast”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Минск”
  • Tamil: “மின்ஸ்க் பகுதி”
  • Tatar: “Минск өлкәсе”
  • Telugu: “మిన్సెక్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “แคว้นมินสค์”
  • Thai: “มินสก์”
  • Turkish: “Minsk Voblastı”
  • Turkish: “Minsk”
  • Turkish: “Myensk Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Мінська область”
  • Urdu: “منسک علاقہ”
  • Uzbek: “Minsk viloyati”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Minsk”
  • Vietnamese: “Minsk”
  • Welsh: “Minsk Region”
  • Western Panjabi: “منسک ووبلاست”
  • Wu Chinese: “明斯克州”
  • Yiddish: “מינסקער גובערניע”
  • “Minskaja voblasć”

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