MINSK THE CAPITAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 499.

History 9 centuries old, first mentioned in 1067 under the name of Mensk

Situation On major cross-roads from West to East and from North to South

Eastern Europe, on the bank of the Svislach River.

Population 1.5 mln people (in 1941 lived 270,000 people), 120,000 citizens

remained after 3 years of the fascist occupation

Famous Theatres and Concert Halls The Minsk Comedy Theatre, Ya. Kupala Belarusian National Drama Theatre, The Russian Drama Theatre, The Opera and

Ballet Theatre, the Young Spectators' Theatre, The Puppet Theatre, The Philharmonic Society, The Theatre Studio of Movie-actors.

Well-known Galleries and Museums The Belarusian State Art Gallery (14.000 works of Russian and Belarusian fine arts); The Yanka Kupala and Yakub Kolas Literary Museums, The State Museum of Belarus (180.000 exhibits).

Higher Educational Institutions 76 (train approximately 100,000 students in different branches)

Chief Industries Light and heavy engineering, tractors, lorries, machine tools,

watches, TV sets, metal-cutting tools, etc.

Attractions impressive length and width of streets and avenues, lined with lime, chest-nut tees, maples and poplars; numerous construction sites, underground railway; monumental sculptures, unique memorial, the Belarusian XI century architecture ‘Trinity Suburb'