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14-547: The city is one of the country's newest settlements; its construction began in 1958. In May 1963 Soligorsk gained city status, and by January 1964, the city already had more than 18,000 inhabitants. In Dec 2002 Soligorsk hosted the Belarusian shooting championships. Salihorsk lies in the south of Minsk Region near Slutsk , around 120 km (75 mi) from Minsk . Salihorsk is the home city of Shakhtyor Soligorsk football club as well as HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk in

28-799: A result of the Second Partition of Poland , the area was annexed by Russia as the Minsk Region. During the collapse of the Russian Empire due to the Civil War, the western part was annexed to Poland in 1921, while the east became Soviet Belarus . The Polish National District with its capital in Dzyarzhynsk was located in the Soviet-controlled part of the current oblast in the interwar period. The Minsk region

42-514: Is a separate administrative territorial entity of Belarus. The region's population was recorded at 1,411,500 in 2011. Minsk Region covers a total area of 39,900 square kilometres (15,400 sq mi), about 19.44% of the total area of the entire country. Lake Narach , the largest lake in the country, is located in the northern part of the region. There are four other large lakes in this region: Svir (8th largest), Myadel (11th largest), Syalyava (14th largest) and Myastro (15th largest). It

56-755: Is the only region of Belarus whose border is not part of the international border of Belarus. Beginning the 10th century, the territory of the current Minsk Region was part of Kievan Rus' , the Principality of Polotsk , and later it was included in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . With the unification of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland , the territory became part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . In 1793, as

70-492: The Belarusian Extraliga ice hockey league. 52°48′N 27°32′E  /  52.800°N 27.533°E  / 52.800; 27.533 This Belarus location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Minsk Region Minsk Region , also known as Minsk Oblast or Minsk Voblasts , is one of the six regions of Belarus . Its administrative center is Minsk , although it

84-840: The Minsk Region. On 20 September 1944, by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR , the Gressky, Kopyl, Krasnoslobodski, Luban, Slutsky, Starobin, Starodorozhski districts and the city of Sluck were removed from the Minsk region and transferred to the newly formed Bobruisk Region . On 8 January 1954, by the decree of the USSR Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the Nesvizhski and Stolbtsovsky districts from

98-547: The abolished Baranovichi Region , as well as the Glusk , Gressky , Kopyl, Krasnoslobodski, Luban, Slutsky, Starobin, Starodorozhski districts and the city of Sluck from the abolished Bobruisk Region , were added to the Minsk Region. In 1960, following the abolition of Molodechno Region , its southern part became the northern part of the Minsk Region. The number of travel agencies in Minsk Region grew from twelve in 2000 to seventy in 2010. The most popular tourist destinations of

112-752: The region are Zaslavskoye Lake , the Zhdanovichi area which has health resorts, Nesvizh Palace and its surroundings, as well as the alpine ski resorts of Logoysk and Silichi . The Minsk Region comprises 22 districts ( raions ), 307 selsovets , 22 cities, 8 city municipalities, and 20 urban-type settlements . Population of cities and towns in Minsk Region according to 2023 estimates: 53°40′N 27°45′E  /  53.667°N 27.750°E  / 53.667; 27.750 Molodechno Region Molodechno Region , also known as Maladzyechna Region or Molodechno Oblast ( Belarusian : Маладзечанская вобласць ; Russian : Молодечненская область ),

126-465: The two regions with its size growing from 14.8 to 24.3 thousand square kilometres. During the same reforms, Iwye raion was passed to Grodno Region . In 1957, Ilya raion was dissolved and was attached to Vileyka. In 1959, the Dzisna and Svir raions were dissolved and were attached to Myadzyel and Miory. The number of raions of the oblast was reduced to 20. However, on 20 January 1960, Maladzyechna Region too

140-725: Was a region ( voblasts ) of the Byelorussian SSR , the first-level administration division in the republic. Initially the region was formed on 4 December 1939, following the annexation of Western Belorussia into the Byelorussian SSR from the Second Polish Republic , as Vileyka Region . However, after the liberation of Byelorussia by the Red Army in July 1944, most of the pre-war civil administration

154-450: Was disestablished. Its territory, with 848 thousand people, was divided between the modern Vitebsk (raions of Braslav, Vidzy, Hlybokaye, Dokshytsy, Dunilovichi, Miory, Plisa, Pastavy and Sharkawshchyna), Grodno (raions of Ostrovets, Oshmyany, Smorgon and Yuratishki and Bogdanov village of Volozhin) and Minsk regions (raions of Maladzyechna, Vileyka, Volozhin (except Bogdanov village), Ivyanets, Kryvichi, Myadzyel and Radashkovichy), with

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168-660: Was established on 15 January 1938, based on the amendment of the Constitutional Law of the USSR . As of 20 February 1938, the area included 20 districts. Following the Soviet invasion of Poland on September 17, 1939 at the start of World War II , the former eastern lands of the Second Polish Republic were annexed in accordance with the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact partitioning Poland and added to

182-554: Was not possible for a number of reasons, one of which was that the city of Vileyka was heavily damaged during the war, and the transportation links between it and the rest of the region were too. However, the nearby city of Maladzyechna (Molodechno) located 20 kilometres (12 mi) away from Vileyka escaped heavy destruction, and as a result, on 20 September 1944, Maladzyechna Region was established. Initially it contained 14 districts. These districts were Astravets , Ashmyany , Volozhin , Ilya , Iwye , Krivichi, Kurenets (Its center

196-595: Was relocated in Vileyka and renamed as Vileyka in 1946), Molodechno , Myadzyel , Pastavy , Radashkovichy , Smarhon , Svir and Yuratishki. However, on 8 January 1954, in course of administrative-territorial reforms of the Byelorussian SSR, the neighbouring Polatsk and Baranavichy voblasts (along with others) were disestablished. Molodechno Region incorporated 10 raions ( Ivyanets from Baranavichy ; Braslaw , Vidzy , Hlybokaye , Dzisna , Dokshytsy , Dunilovichi, Miory , Plisa and Sharkawshchyna from Polotsk ) from

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