The city is home to the Belarusian Academy of Sciences, Belarusian University and other higher education institutions, as well as several museums, as well as a famous circus, opera house and ballet. The city center is an administrative, cultural and commercial area, and the eastern part is a factory area with cultural, educational and scientific institutions. The southwest is a railway hub and a light industrial zone.

Despite the high latitude of Minsk, winters are not as cold as one might think, with an average temperature of around 5°C in January and not hot in summer, and an average of 18°C in July and annual precipitation of 500 to 700 mm.

As a result, Minsk is recognized as a livable city.

Most of the women here have deep eyes, big eyes, high cheekbones, high nose bridge, and pointed chins, which are very beautiful. However, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko declared in 2010 that Belarusian beauties are a "national strategic resource" and restricted exports.

Therefore, it is not an easy task to take away a Belarusian beauty here.

The city was first recorded in 1067.

In the 14th century, it belonged to Lithuania, then to Poland, in 1793 it was occupied by Russia, and in 1991 it was returned to Belarus after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

It has always been a trading center connecting the Baltic coast with Moscow, Kazan and other cities, and the name of the city means a trading town.

After becoming a meeting point for the main railway lines in the 70s of the 19th century, the city was able to develop commerce and handicrafts. Almost razed to the ground during World War II, it was rebuilt after the war and became an important industrial center of Belarus.

Minsk is almost a thousand years old, but centuries-old houses are barely visible here.

This is because, in the 40s of the last century, the history of the city was cut off by the German fascists. During the 3-year-long fall of World War II, Minsk was almost in ruins. After the end of World War II, the Minskers rebuilt the city from the ruins, using the Sveslowoch River as the central axis.

Many wide streets and parks were built in the city. The old streets in the city center have been completely demolished and new ones have been designed and built in a checkerboard pattern, and many new representative buildings have been erected in the city. In 1984 the metro in Minsk was opened. In 1989 a new airfield was opened.

In Minsk, the city's cherishing of peace and its abhorrence of war can be felt everywhere. In the center of the Svesloch River, there is a naturally formed island with a radius of more than 20 meters, on which famous Belarusian sculptors created a group of sculptures in the 90s to commemorate the Belarusian soldiers who died in the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 80s.

Known as the "Island of Tears," this previously nameless island is commemorated every anniversary of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.

On the outskirts of Minsk, there is also the "Hill of Glory", a 30-meter-high hill built by the Belarusian government in 1995 on the 50th anniversary of victory in World War II, which commemorated the disaster of half a century ago.

Minsk is a scarred city, and the worst damage outside of the war was the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant leak. Kamenkov, chairman of the association "Chernobyl Disabled", told reporters that Belarus was the biggest victim of Chernobyl.

To this day, Belarus has not been able to extricate itself from the shadow of Chernobyl, and there are still several "no man's lands" on the territory of Belarus.

Belarus has been described as the "most Soviet-like" country among the CIS countries, and it still retains a large number of Soviet-era political traditions, social institutions and institutions. During the presidential election in Belarus in March 2006, this reporter visited Minsk, the capital of Belarus, a city with a history of nearly 1,000 years.

In a hurry, what impressed the reporter was the strong "Soviet flavor".

Minsk is one of the important industrial centers of the former Soviet Union and the largest industrial center in Belarus today, accounting for a quarter of the country's industrial output, of which woolen fabrics account for 80%. Minsk's machine-building and metalworking industry is a well-developed industry and is its mainstay, producing trucks, tractors, combines, motorcycles and metal-cutting machines.

Agricultural and animal husbandry machinery is the fist product of export to earn foreign exchange, such as the Mtus 80 tractor produced by Minsk Tractor Factory is well-known in the world and exported to more than 100 countries and regions. Minsk is also one of the four major machine tool production areas in the former Soviet Union, and the output of machine tools accounts for about 25% of the former Soviet Union.

Minsk's chemical industry is also well developed, with large quantities of fertilizers, chemical fiber cloths and plastics, and a high level of development in the radio and electronics industry, instrument industry, building materials industry and mining industry.

The geography of the Minsk region is suitable for the development of animal husbandry, and it is one of the main producers of milk, oil, flax and potatoes in the former Soviet Union. Minsk's natural resources are scarce, and most of its raw materials, especially energy, are mainly imported from Russia and Ukraine.

The city actively develops economic relations with countries around the world, especially those of Eastern and Western Europe, and its main trading partners are not only Russia and other CIS countries, but also Poland, Austria, Germany and other advanced countries with advanced science and technology.

Minsk is the national center of science and technology education. After the October Revolution of 1917, the development of science and technology and education in Minsk accelerated.

In 1921 Minsk was founded a base for the training and training of scientific and technological personnel, in 1922 the first scientific and technological center of the Republic was established the Belarusian Institute of Culture, and in 1929 the Belarusian Academy of Sciences was established on this basis, which is a popular scientific research center in Belarus in Eurasia.

In addition to this, there are more than 100 research institutes in physics, mathematics, nuclear energy, history and philosophy.

The city is most famous for its universities, the Belarusian State University.

Founded in October 1921, Belarusian State University is the largest and most prestigious university in Belarus.

In addition, there are 14 higher education institutions, more than 170 general education schools, including Minsk State Linguistic University, Engineering Institute, National Economics, Pedagogical College and Medical College, and a new industrial park for new technologies has been built in Minsk.

Founded in 1921, Belarusian State University is the highest university and an important scientific research center of the Republic of Belarus. It is one of the four famous state universities in the former Soviet Union, ranking ninth among comprehensive universities, and has 125 research offices, more than 15,000 students and 1,441 teachers.

There are 211 professors and academicians of the Academy of Sciences, 935 associate professors and doctors, and the 83 majors in the university are important bases for training high-level talents such as bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.

The Rector of the University is also the Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of Belarus.