Papyernya

Vishnyowka (Belarusian: Вішнёўка, romanized: Višnioŭka; Russian: Вишнёвка, romanized: Vishnyovka; also spelled Vishnevka) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is administratively part of Papyernya selsoviet. It is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from the Minsk Ring Road, north of the capital Minsk. In 1997, it had a population of 786. In 2010, it had a population of 1,034.

Balshavik (Belarusian: Бальшавік, romanized: Baĺšavik; Russian: Большевик, romanized: Bolshevik) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Papyernya selsoviet.

Vosava (Belarusian: Восава) is a village in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus.

The Principality of Minsk was an appanage principality of the Principality of Polotsk and centered on the city of Minsk (today in Belarus). It existed from its founding in 1101 until it was nominally annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1242, and then fell under de facto annexation in 1326.

Kurapaty (Belarusian: Курапаты, IPA: [kuraˈpatɨ]) is a wooded area on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, in which a vast number of people were executed between 1937 and 1941 during the Great Purge by the Soviet secret police, the NKVD.The exact count of victims is uncertain, as NKVD archives are classified in Belarus. According to various sources the number of people who perished in Kurapaty is estimated to be at least 30,000 (according to the Attorney General of BSSR Tarnaŭski), up to 100,000 people (according to “Belarus” reference book), from 102,000 to 250,000 people (according to the article by Zianon Pazniak in the “Litaratura i Mastactva” newspaper), 250,000 people (according to Polish historian and professor of University of Wrocław Zdzisław Julian Winnicki), and more (according to the British historian Norman Davies). Most of the victims were the Belarusian intelligentsia.In 2004, Kurapaty mass graves were included in the register of the Cultural Properties of Belarus as a first-category cultural heritage.

Partyzanski District (Belarusian: Партызанскі, Russian: Партизанский) is an administrative subdivision of the city of Minsk, Belarus. It was named after the Soviet partisans and is the lesser populated district of the city.

Pyershamayski District (Belarusian: Першамайскі, Russian: Первомайский) is an administrative subdivision of the city of Minsk, Belarus. It was named after the First of May.

Savyetski District (Belarusian: Савецкі, Russian: Советский) is an administrative subdivision of the city of Minsk, Belarus. It was named after the Soviets.

Frunzyenski District (Belarusian: Фрунзенскі раён, romanized: Frunzienski rajon; Russian: Фрунзенский район) is an administrative subdivision of the city of Minsk, Belarus. It was named after Mikhail Frunze and is the most populated district of the city.

Zavodski District (Belarusian: Заводскі, Russian: Заводской) is an administrative subdivision of the city of Minsk, Belarus. It was formed in 1938 under the name Stalin district (Russian: Сталинский) and The "Factory district" was named in 1961 after the plants "Minsk Tractor Works" (MTZ) and "Minsk Automobile Plant" (MAZ) were constructed. Within current borders the district is approved on 10 November 1997 when the township "Sosny" was officially added to it.

Leninsky District (Belarusian: Ленінскі; Russian: Ленинский) is an administrative subdivision of the city of Minsk, Belarus. It was named after Vladimir Lenin.

Tsentralny District (Belarusian: Цэнтральны раён, romanized: Centralny rajon; Russian: Центральный район) is an administrative subdivision of the city of Minsk, Belarus. Its name means "Central District" due to its position partly in the centre of the city.