| Minsk Governorate Минская губерния | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Governorate of the Russian Empire | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1793–1921 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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.svg) Location in the Russian Empire | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Minsk | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||||||||
• | 91,213 km2 (35,218 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||||||||
• | 2,539,100 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
• Established | 23 March 1793 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Belarus | ||||||||||||||||||||
Minsk Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Minsk. It was created from the land acquired in the partitions of Poland and existed from 1793 until 1921. Its territory covered the majority of modern-day Belarus.
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