[60][61], In 2013, Minsk hosted the European Junior Rowing Championships at the Republican Center of Olympic Training for Rowing And Canoeing to the north-west of the city.[62]. Population size (beginning of the year, thousand people): Number of residents per region (thousand people)*: Urban population – 7,300.0 thousand people (77.5%). *According to the 2019 population census. The average January temperature is −4.5 °C (23.9 °F), while the average July temperature is 18.5 °C (65.3 °F). Answer: Minsk (Мінск), Belarus (capital: Minsk) - last known population is ≈ 1 407 900 (year 2015). The Russian and Ukrainian populations of Minsk peaked in the late 1980s (at 325,000 and 55,000 respectively). Population Pyramids: Belarus - 2020. [citation needed], According to the 1999 census, Belarusians make up 79.3% of the city's residents. The physical geography of Minsk was shaped over the two most recent ice ages. In 2012, Gross Regional Product of Minsk was formed mainly by industry (26.4%), wholesale (19.9%), transportation and communications (12.3%), retail (8.6%) and construction (5.8%). Communists and sympathisers were killed or imprisoned, both locally and after being transported to Germany. For this to happen the third line should cut the city on a north–south axis crossing the existing two and thus forming a typical Soviet triangle layout; construction of the third line is expected to begin in 2011 and for the first stage to be delivered in the late 2010s. Minsk (Belarusian: Мінск [mʲinsk], Russian: Минск) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislač and the Nyamiha Rivers. Thousands starved as food was seized by the German Army and paid work was scarce. This was 14.826% of total Belarus population.In this year, Minsk population density was 35.4 p/km². The direct continuation of the name in Belarusian is Miensk (Менск, IPA: [ˈmʲɛnsk]),[9] which some Belarusian-speakers continue to use as their preferred name for the city. Pinewood and mixed forests border the edge of the city, especially in the north and east. Belarusians – 7,990.7 thousand people (84.9%); Ukrainians – 159.7 thousand people (1.7%). The city was initially built on the hills, which allowed for defensive fortifications, and the western parts of the city are the most hilly. Faculty of Biology, Belarusian State University. A Workers' Soviet was established in Minsk in October 1917, drawing much of its support from disaffected soldiers and workers. However, after 1569 the official language was Polish. There are plans to move all suburban rail traffic from Minsk-Pasažyrski to the smaller stations, Minsk- [58], Today the city has over 250 factories and plants. Log in, Institute for Economic Development Programs and Centers, Mythic Quest Raven's Banquet Where To Watch, Living Cost In Netherlands For International Students, American Express Global Business Travel Scottsdale Az, South-West Texas Border Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network, UTSA Procurement Technical Assistance Center, Center for Community and Business Research, Southwest Trade Adjustment Assistance Center.

Other ethnic groups included Russians (22.2%), Jews (3.4%), Ukrainians (3.4%), Poles (1.2%) and Tatars (0.2%). During this period, Minsk was also a centre for the development of Belarusian language and culture. Since the 1960s Minsk's population has also grown apace, reaching 1 million in 1972 and 1.5 million in 1986. [63] Passengers are served by 8 tramway lines, over 70 trolleybus lines, 2 subway lines and over 100 bus lines. After its limited population peaked in the 1970s, continuing anti-Semitism under the Soviet Union and increasing nationalism in Belarus caused most Jews to emigrate to Israel and western countries in the 1980s; by 1999, less than 1% of the population of Minsk was Jewish. Frequent schedules of bus routes connect Minsk to Moscow, Smolensk, Vilnius, Riga, Kyiv and Warsaw. [citation needed], According to the survey in 2019 (were interviewed 1934 people),[67] in Minsk around 811 thousand of adult bicycles plus 232 thousand of child and adolescent bicycles. ↓ Population for cities ↓ → Administrative units → [19][20] In 1796, it became the centre of the Minsk Governorate.

Most residents of Minsk now use Russian exclusively in their everyday lives at home and at work, although Belarusian is understood as well. All rights reserved. A first public library was opened in 1836, and a fire brigade was put into operation in 1837. [citation needed], However, since the adoption of the neo-Keynesean policies under Alexander Lukashenko's government in 1995, much of the gross industrial production was regained. According to the 2019 population census, Belarus' population amounted to 9,413.4 thousand people. [citation needed], The Russian Revolution had an immediate effect in Minsk. [52][53], Minsk is the economic capital of Belarus.