Ka cika wannan jumlar: A shekara ta 1654, sojojin Sarkin Rasha Alexei suka kame birnin Minsk. 'Yan Rasha sun mallaki garin har zuwa 1667, lokacin da Sarkin Poland da Babban Duke na Lithuania John II Casimir Vasa suka sake dawo da shi. A karshen shekara ta
Ruwan Tsufana, Minsk yana da kusan mazauna 2,000 da gidaje 300 kawai. Sauran biranen da garuruwan Lithuania suma yakin ya lalata su sosai. Ruwa na biyu na lalacewa ya faru ne a lokacin Babban Yaƙin Arewa lokacin da sojojin Sweden na Charles XII suka mamaye Minsk a cikin 1708 da 1709 sannan kuma sojojin Rasha na Peter Mai Girma. Minsk ya biya manyan ramuwa ga sojojin kasashen waje biyu.