Cities of Belarus
Large and small — each with its own story
Baranovichi
Brest Region
A major railway hub in the south-west of Belarus.
Borisov
Minsk Region
A city on the Berezina River, known for the events of the 1812 war.
Brest
Brest Region
A city in western Belarus, known for the Brest Fortress.
Vitebsk
Vitebsk Region
A city in the north-east of Belarus, the birthplace of Marc Chagall.
Gomel
Gomel Region
The second-largest city, a major industrial and cultural centre in the south-east of Belarus.
Grodno
Grodno Region
One of the oldest and most beautiful cities of Belarus, with a well-preserved historic centre.
Lida
Grodno Region
A city in western Belarus with a well-preserved 14th-century castle.
Minsk
Minsk Region
The capital of Belarus, the largest city in the country and its political, economic and cultural cen…
Mogilev
Mogilev Region
A large city in eastern Belarus, known for its merchant houses of the 18th–19th centuries.
Mozyr
Gomel Region
A city on the Pripyat River, a centre of oil refining.
Novopolotsk
Vitebsk Region
A city of petrochemists built in 1958 next to Polotsk.
Orsha
Vitebsk Region
A city on the Dnieper, known since the 13th century.
Pinsk
Brest Region
An ancient city in Polesia.
Polotsk
Vitebsk Region
The oldest city of Belarus, the centre of the Principality of Polotsk.
Soligorsk
Minsk Region
A young city that grew around the potash plant.