Barawlyany, Minsk District

Lyasny (Belarusian: Лясны, romanized: Liasny; Russian: Лесной, romanized: Lesnoy) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Barawlyany selsoviet. It is located north of the capital Minsk, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from its center and about six kilometres (3.7 mi) from the Minsk Ring Road (the approximate boundary of Minsk). In 1999, it had a population of 8,350.

Vopytny (Belarusian: Вопытны; Russian: Опытный, romanized: Opytny) is a settlement in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is administratively part of Barawlyany selsoviet. It is located about seven kilometres (4.3 mi) from the Minsk Ring Road, north of the capital Minsk. In 2010, it had a population of 368.

Lyeskawka (Belarusian: Лескаўка, romanized: Lieskaŭka; Russian: Лесковка, romanized: Leskovka) is a village in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It is administratively part of Barawlyany selsoviet. It is located about eight kilometres (5.0 mi) from the Minsk Ring Road, north of the capital Minsk. In 2010, it had a population of 1,643.

Uručča (also referred to as Uruchcha or Uruch'ye) (Belarusian: Уручча, [uˈruttʂa]; Russian: Уручье, romanized: Uruch'ye, pronounced [ʊˈrutɕjɪ]; lit. 'Brookside') is a Minsk Metro station, a terminus of the Maskoŭskaja line. Opened on November 7, 2007 it is the first station outside the Minsk Automobile Ring Road, located in the Uručča ('Brookside') microraion of Minsk's Metropolitan Borough of Pershamayski. The station is shallow, in a pillar by-span design. As with all the recently built metro stations in Minsk, it has disabled access. The station is in the middle of the Uručča microraion on the northeastern edge of the city, with numerous connections to provincial bus routes and to Minsk International Airport.

Uručča, (also referred to as Uruchcha or Uruch'ye) (Belarusian: Уручча, Russian: Уручье, romanized: Uruch'ye; translation into English: Brookside) is a microdistrict in the north-eastern part of Minsk. It was founded on the place of former Uručča village in the early 1980s. Uručča divided into six parts with corresponding numbers. The metro station of the same name was opened on November 7, 2007. It is the first station outside the Minsk Automobile Ring Road. The following streets are in the neighborhood of Uručča : Rusijanava, Šuhajeva, Nikifarava, Šafarnianskaja, Haradzieckaja, Hintaŭta, Ložynskaja, Astrašyckaja, Uručskaja, Starynaŭskaja.

Barysaŭski trakt, (also referred to as Barysawski trakt or Borisovskiy trakt) (Belarusian: Барысаўскі тракт; Russian: Борисовский тракт, romanized: Borisovskiy trakt, IPA: [bɐˈrʲisəfskʲɪj trakt]) is a Minsk Metro station on the Maskoŭskaja line. Opened on November 7, 2007 the station's name is derived from the Barysaŭ Highway which leads to a city that is northeast of Minsk. The station will be a standard single level pillar-bispan with hi-tech aesthetic design of white and red colours. Station exits will lead to the Belarusian National Technical University and East (Maskoŭskija) cemetery.

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.

Uschod (Belarusian: Усход; Russian: Восток [vɐˈstok], lit. 'East') is a Minsk Metro station. It was opened on December 30, 1986.The station's name not only implies its geographical location, as it was the easternmost station of Minsk metro for more than 20 years, but also its connotation with the Vostok space programme that ultimately led to the first manned spaceflight. The station's architectural ensemble (Ye.Leonovich, V.Matelsky) is based on the latter and consists of a single vault shape with a suspended canopy that forms a single element. The canopy simultaneously acts as a blind from the lamps, and also contains the lighting elements which are focused on the apex of the white vault. This "petal" layout is reminiscent of the interior of a spaceship with illuminator windows: contrasting with that is the dark red and grey granite on the walls and the floor. The station is located near the National Library of Belarus and the residential microrayon Uschod-1 and -2. Its two underground vestibules are interlinked with subways that are located on both sides of the Independence Avenue. From 1986-2007 the station was the terminus of the line and it received quite a lot of passenger traffic from commuters that traveled from the northeast. However, this ended when in 2007 the extension to Barysawski Trakt and Uruchcha was finished.

The Border Guard Service Institute of Belarus (Belarusian: Iнстытут пагранiчнай службы Рэспублікі Беларусь) is the educational institution of the Border Guard Service of Belarus.

The National Library of Belarus (Belarusian: Нацыянальная бібліятэка Беларусі, romanized: Natsyyanal'naya bibliyateka Byelarusi, Russian: Национальная библиотека Беларуси, romanized: Natsional'naya biblioteka Belarusi) is the biggest library in the Republic of Belarus. The library is located in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. It houses the largest collection of Belarusian printed materials and the third largest collection of books in Russian behind the Russian State Library (Moscow) and the Russian National Library (Saint Petersburg).

Astrashytski Haradok (Belarusian: Астрашыцкі Гарадок, romanized: Astrašycki Haradok; Russian: Острошицкий Городок, romanized: Ostroshitsky Gorodok) is an agrotown in Minsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Astrashytski Haradok rural council. It is located 24 kilometres (15 mi) north of the capital Minsk and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the agrotown of Kalodzishchy. In 1995, it had a population of 2,390. In 2010, it had a population of 2,383.

The 120th Guards Mechanised Brigade is a mechanised infantry brigade of the Belarus Ground Forces. It is the heir to the traditions of the Red Army 120th Guards Rifle Division which became the 120th Guards Motor Rifle Division in 1957.