. "The Minsk Governorate (Russian: \u041C\u0438\u043D\u0441\u043A\u0430\u044F \u0433\u0443\u0431\u0435\u0440\u043D\u0438\u044F) or Government of Minsk was a governorate (guberniya) of the Russian Empire. The seat was in Minsk. It was created in 1793 from the land acquired in the partitions of Poland, and lasted until 1921."@en . .