Minsk

“I really hope that a peaceful process will be initiated in Minsk on Friday,” Poroshenko said at a meeting in Kiev.

Le tout Minsk turns out in protest, catching the authorities by surprise.

The Red Church in the centre of Minsk, once a symbol of Belarusian nationalism, is now a place of mourning.

It lay on an imaginary map of Europe, somewhere between Minsk and Vienna.

Those of us whose grandparents did come from somewhere between Minsk and Vienna also lose out.

If mortal men could bring it, then the corn should come from Minsk.

So in most sorry plight I and the remnant of my men set forth from Minsk.

Our plan is this: In the coming spring there is to be a great concentration of troops in the Government of Minsk.

As we approached Minsk the road was sandy, and we entered by a wooden bridge over a small stream and along an avenue of trees.

The eastern part of Minsk, on the strength of the word Narym is considered to have been Ugrian.