This capital of Belarus was on a great trade route, thus its Russian name, meaning "exchange"
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as a means of facilitating their interlinked socio-economic development ... its 
capital investment in its decades-neglected Far Eastern region, while... [DOC] [TLE] Belarus | history - geography | Britannica.com [PAR] May 13, 2016 ... Official name: Respublika Belarus (Republic of Belarus) ... Capital: Minsk ... 
Belarusian history is thus less an isolable national narrative than a study of ...