Minsk , Belarus

Here it comes my next card for today . It's an official one from Minsk , Belarus ! Belarus is one of the countries in Europe I don't know many things about , but it seems to be a really beautiful country ! The card shows a panorama of the Upper Town of Minsk and the Trinity Suburb. Minsk is the capital and a major city of Belarus ( 1.8 million inhabitants ) as well as the Headquarters of " Commonwealth of Independent States"The oldest mentions of Minsk date back to 11th century , in 1326 it became part of Grand Duchy of Lithuania and received its town priviledges in 1499 Later it became the capital of the Minsk Vojvodship in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.It was annexed by Russia in 1793 as a consequence of the 2nd Partition of PolandDuring 1919-1991 it was the capital of Byelorussian SSR Many thanks to Dima &Luda for this card