Lake of Tears

The Minsk Ghetto was created soon after the German invasion of the Soviet Union. It was one of the largest in the Byelorussian SSR, and the largest in the German-occupied territory of the Soviet Union. It housed close to 100,000 Jews, most of whom were murdered in The Holocaust.

The Embassy of Ukraine in Minsk is the diplomatic mission of Ukraine in Belarus.

Minsk Sports Palace is an indoor sports arena, located in Minsk, Belarus. The arena seats 4,842 spectators and opened in 1966. It hosts various indoor events, including HC Dynamo Minsk and the Kontinental Hockey League before Minsk-Arena was completed.

The Minsk Suvorov Military School (MnSVU; Belarusian: Мінскае Сувораўскае ваеннае вучылішча; Russian: Минское суворовское военное училище) is one of the Suvorov Military Schools in Belarus and in other former Soviet Republics for military cadets. The MnSVU is a state specialised educational institution that focuses on military subjects and trains students for universities and further military or civil service.

Maksim Bahdanovič Literary Museum (Belarusian: Літаратурны музей Максіма Багдановіча) is a museum in Minsk, Belarus. It is dedicated to the writer Maksim Bahdanovič (1891–1917). The work of the bibliographer Nina Vatatsy was central to the museum's foundation.

The Nyamiha or Nemiga (Belarusian: Няміга, [nʲaˈmʲiɣa]; Russian: Немига, [nʲɪˈmʲiɡə] ) is a river in Minsk. Today it is contained within a fabricated culvert. It discharges into the Svislach.The first mention of the river in historical chronicles is connected with the disastrous Battle on the Nemiga River, which took place on the riverbank in 1067 when the forces of the prince of Kievan Rus' defeated the forces of Polatsk princedom.

The Trinity Suburb (Trinity Hill, or Trajeckaje pradmiescie) is a historical district of Minsk located in the north-eastern part of the historical centre on the left bank of the Svislach river. It was the trade and administrative centre of the capital of Belarus in the past. In the northwest of the Trinity Suburb there is Tatarskaya Slabada, settled by Lipka Tatars from the 15th century (first settlement recorded in 1428) to mid-20th century, and Starastinskaya Slaboda, in the north – Storozhevka, in the east – Zolotaya Gorka, in the south – the central regions of the High and Low Markets.

Minsk Theological Academy (Russian: Минская духовная академия имени святителя Кирилла Туровского, Belarusian: Мінская духоўная акадэмія імя свяціцеля Кірылы Тураўскага) is a university of Applied Sciences of the Belarusian Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church. Named after Saint Cyril of Turaw. Geographically located within the Church of the Assumption in Žyrovičy, Slonim District, Grodno Voblast.

Nyamiha (Belarusian: Няміга) is a Minsk Metro station. The station opened on December 31, 1990. It is located by the Nyamiha Street, both being named after the Niamiha River. In 1999, it was the site of the Nyamiha stampede, in which 53 people were crushed to death.

The Nyamiha stampede took place at Nyamiha metro station in Minsk, Belarus. On May 30, 1999, a sudden thunderstorm caused a number of young people to race for shelter during an open-air concert nearby. The stampede was funneled into the blocked underpass of the metro station and many people (mostly young women) were killed in the ensuing crowd crush when they started slipping on the wet pavement, falling, and trampling each other.