<Tr> <Th> Per capita </Th> <Td> US $7,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.minsk.gov.by </Td> </Tr> <P> Minsk (Belarusian: Мінск, pronounced (mjinsk); Russian: Минск, (mjinsk)) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, situated on the Svislach and the Nyamiha Rivers . As the national capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region (voblast) and Minsk raion (district). In 2013, it had a population of 2,002,600 . Minsk is the administrative capital of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and seat of the Executive Secretary . </P> <P> The earliest historical references to Minsk date to the 11th century (1067), when it was noted as a provincial city within the Principality of Polotsk . The settlement developed on the rivers . In 1242, Minsk became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . It received town privileges in 1499 . </P>

Capital and largest city of belarus on the svislach river