Postage stamps of Belarus
Belarus / Беларусь
Postage stamps of Belarus
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950 Years since the First Written Reference to Minsk |
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“Battle on the Nemiga River”, 1067, miniature from the Radzivill Chronicle
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For the first time Minsk was mentioned as a town of the Principality of Polotsk in 1067 in the ancient chronicles of the Eastern Slavs: “Rus” and “The Primary Chronicle”. The chronicles narrate about the defeat of the town during the military campaign of the 3 princes of Kiev, Yaroslaviches, against the Prince of Polotsk Vseslav and about the battle on the river Nemiga between the armies of Kiev a |