MINSK, a city, the capital of the province and of the circle of that name, in European Russia. It is 603 miles from St Petersburg, on the river Swislocz, and is the seat of a Greek and a Catholic bishop, and of the several departments of the provincial administration. The functionaries connected with these form the greater part of the inhabitants, who do not exceed 3000, all the traders amongst whom are Jews. Long. 27. 33. E. Lat. 53. 58. N.