Minsk Region in the context of "Minsk"

Barysaw or Borisov (Belarusian: Барысаў, romanized: Barysaŭ, IPA: [baˈrɨsaw]; Russian: Борисов, IPA: [bɐˈrʲisəf]) is a city in Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Barysaw District. It is located on the Berezina River and 74 kilometres (46 mi) north-east from the capital Minsk. As of 2025, it has a population of 134,732.

Strochytsa (Belarusian: Строчыца, Strochytsa - Russian: Строчица), is a village in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is located by the river Ptsich and the Vowkavichy Reservoir [be] (a.k.a. Ptsich Reservoir) on it.

In the 19th century it was called Strochytsy, Polish: Stroczyce.

At the top level of administration, Belarus is divided into six regions and one capital city. The six regions are oblasts (also known as voblastsi), while the city of Minsk has a special status as the capital of Belarus. Minsk also serves as the administrative center of Minsk Region.

At the second level, the regions are divided into districts (raions).

Western Belorussia or Western Belarus (Belarusian: Заходняя Беларусь, romanized: Zachodniaja Biełaruś; Polish: Zachodnia Białoruś; Russian: Западная Белоруссия, romanized: Zapadnaya Belorussiya) is a historical region of modern-day Belarus which belonged to the Second Polish Republic during the interwar period. For twenty years before the 1939 invasion of Poland, it was the northern part of the Polish Kresy macroregion. Following the end of World War II in Europe, most of Western Belorussia was ceded to the Soviet Union by the Allies, while some of it, including Białystok, was given to the Polish People's Republic. Until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Western Belorussia formed the western part of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR). Today, it constitutes the west of modern Belarus.

Created by the USSR after the conquest of Poland, the new western provinces of Byelorussian SSR acquired from Poland included Baranavichy, Belastok, Brest, Vileyka and the Pinsk Regions. The majority of Belastok Region was returned to Poland and the rest of the regions were reorganized one more time after the Soviet liberation of Belarus into the contemporary western provinces of Belarus which include all of Grodno and Brest regions, as well as parts of today's Minsk and Vitebsk regions. Vilnius was returned by the USSR to the Republic of Lithuania which soon after that became the Lithuanian SSR.

Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve (Belarusian: Бярэзінскі біясферны запаведнік) is a nature reserve in the northern part of Belarus, 120 km from Minsk. It is located on the border of Vitebsk and Minsk regions. The centre of the reserve is the village of Domzheritsy [be] in Lyepyel District.

The reserve serves for the protection and breeding of rare species of animals and birds, which are listed in the Red Book of Belarus [be]. Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve is a part of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

Zaslawye or Zaslavl is a town in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of the capital Minsk. In 2009, its population was 14,400. As of 2025, it has a population of 17,317.

Uzda (Belarusian: Узда; Russian: Узда) is a town in Minsk Region, in central Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Uzda District. In 2009, its population was 10,000. As of 2025, it has a population of 10,545. The town's name means "bridle".

Nyasvizh or Nesvizh is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative centre of Nyasvizh District. Nyasvizh is the site of Nesvizh Castle, a World Heritage Site. In 2009, its population was 14,300. As of 2025, it has a population of 15,909.