Minsk was first mentioned in 1067 and in 1499 it got town privileges. Under Russian rule in the 19th century the city became a railway and manufacturing hub. In 1919 it became the capital of the Belorussian SSR, one of the founding republics of the Soviet Union. Since 1991 is Minsk the capital of Belarus and the administrative centre of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
In 2014 it hosted the IIHF World Championship and in 2019 it will host the European Games. In 2017 Minsk celebrates the 950th anniversary of its first written reference.
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