Minsk

[ minsk; Russian myeensk ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Belarus, in the central part, on a tributary of the Berezina.

Minsk

/ mɪnsk /

noun

1. the capital of Belarus: an industrial city and educational and cultural centre, with a university (1921). Pop: 1 709 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

On a hot summer day last August, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was pacing up and down her empty apartment in Minsk, the capital of Belarus in Central Europe, her life—and her country—in turmoil.

From Time

In December 1992, Svo had just returned from a “business trip” in Germany when his room at Moscow’s Hotel Minsk was raided.

From Ozy

Victoria Biran, perhaps the brightest activist of her generation, dropped all business in Berlin and flew to Minsk to be with the people in this most important period for the whole country.

From Washington Blade

Biran, who is a project manager, flew from Berlin to Minsk three days after the disputed vote.

From Washington Blade

Belarusian police officer, writing to Mikita Mikado The son of a doctor, Mikado was born in Minsk, the Belarusian capital.

From Ozy

“I really hope that a peaceful process will be initiated in Minsk on Friday,” Poroshenko said at a meeting in Kiev.

From The Daily Beast

Le tout Minsk turns out in protest, catching the authorities by surprise.

From The Daily Beast

The Red Church in the centre of Minsk, once a symbol of Belarusian nationalism, is now a place of mourning.

From The Daily Beast

It lay on an imaginary map of Europe, somewhere between Minsk and Vienna.

From The Daily Beast

Those of us whose grandparents did come from somewhere between Minsk and Vienna also lose out.

From The Daily Beast

If mortal men could bring it, then the corn should come from Minsk.

From Project Gutenberg

So in most sorry plight I and the remnant of my men set forth from Minsk.

From Project Gutenberg

Our plan is this: In the coming spring there is to be a great concentration of troops in the Government of Minsk.

From Project Gutenberg

As we approached Minsk the road was sandy, and we entered by a wooden bridge over a small stream and along an avenue of trees.

From Project Gutenberg

The eastern part of Minsk, on the strength of the word Narym is considered to have been Ugrian.

From Project Gutenberg