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Minsk, Belarus

Minsk, Belarus
The city of Minsk came under Lithuanian, Polish, and Russian control at various points in its history. During World War II Germans occupied the city from 1941 to 1944. Today Minsk is the capital, as well as the economic and cultural center, of the independent republic of Belarus.
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