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Minsk: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Holocaust Encyclopedia - Minsk. Jun 14, 2025
Add new Web site: JewishEncyclopedia.com - Minsk, Belarus. Mar 23, 2023
Add new Web site: The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe - Minsk, Belarus. Feb 06, 2023
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Virtual Jewish World: Minsk, Belarus. Nov 15, 2022
Population updated. Aug 24, 2022
Add new Web site: President of the Republic of Belarus - Minsk, Belarus. Mar 22, 2022
Removed variant title. Jan 22, 2015
Add new Web site: Maps of World - Minsk Map. Apr 12, 2014
Added photograph. May 30, 2013
Updated for the 2011 bomb attack on the Minsk metro. Feb 28, 2012
Media added. Feb 28, 2012
Add new Web site: CRW Flags - Flag of Minsk, Belarus. Sep 09, 2010
Population data updated. May 27, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of Minsk. Jul 11, 2008
Added new Web site: Best Flag - Minsk (Belarus). Nov 13, 2007
Added new Web site: Lonely Planet - Minsk, Belarus. Nov 13, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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