Walking Minsk Streets, Belarus - 4K tour with City Sounds

Finally, my trip to Minsk, my favorite city, where I lived my student years, has come to pass. The city is magnificent. Join the virtual tour, or better yet, visit it in reality. You will be pleasantly surprised! Minsk is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region (voblast) and Minsk District (raion). As of January 2021, its population was 2 million, making Minsk the 11th most populous city in Europe. Join and enjoy! First mentioned in 1067, Minsk became the capital of the Principality of Minsk before being annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1242. It received town privileges in 1499. From 1569, it was the capital of the Minsk Voivodeship, an administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was part of the territories annexed by the Russian Empire in 1793, as a consequence of t