# Polish People's University in Minsk

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**Wikidata**: [Q1250804](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1250804)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/polish-people-s-university-in-minsk

## Summary
Polish People's University in Minsk was a university-level institution located in Minsk, Belarus. It was established on 24 October 1992 and was dissolved in 1995.

## Key Facts
- Named entity: Polish People's University in Minsk (instance of: university).
- Country: Belarus.
- Headquarters / location city: Minsk (coordinates: latitude 53.906944, longitude 27.576944).
- Inception (founding) date: 1992-10-24.
- Dissolved / abolished: 1995.
- Coordinates precise: 53.906944, 27.576944 (headquarters coordinate qualifier recorded).
- Image available on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Менск_Захарава_28.JPG
- Referenced in sources about Polish education outside the Belarusian system ("Oświata i szkolnictwo polskie poza białoruskim systemem oświatowym").
- Linked Wikipedia language editions count: 3 (languages: be, be_x_old, pl).

## FAQs
### Q: What was the Polish People's University in Minsk?
A: It was a university-level institution located in Minsk, Belarus, recorded in sources as "Polish People's University in Minsk" and classified as a university in available structured data.

### Q: When did it operate?
A: The university was founded on 24 October 1992 and was dissolved in 1995.

### Q: Where exactly was it located?
A: Its headquarters were in Minsk, Belarus, at coordinates 53.906944 N, 27.576944 E.

### Q: Are there public records or images of the university?
A: Yes. There is an image on Wikimedia Commons (linked above) and the institution is referenced in documentation about Polish education outside the Belarusian system; it also has Wikipedia entries in Belarusian (modern and pre-reform) and Polish.

## Why It Matters
Polish People's University in Minsk is a documented instance of a short-lived higher-education institution in Minsk during the early 1990s. The university’s recorded existence from 1992 to 1995 provides a concrete data point for researchers of post‑Soviet educational developments, minority and cross-border educational initiatives, and the landscape of non-state or community-affiliated schooling in Belarus in that period. Its presence in structured data and in reference material about Polish education beyond the Belarusian system indicates it had an identifiable role—however brief—in the network of Polish-oriented educational activity outside Belarus’s formal system. The availability of geographic coordinates and a commons image makes the institution verifiable for historical, geographical, and archival research. For anyone studying changes in regional higher education after 1991 or mapping Polish educational institutions abroad, the Polish People's University in Minsk is a specific, dated example documented in public records.

## Notable For
- Having a recorded founding date: 24 October 1992.
- Short operational span, with dissolution recorded in 1995.
- Precise, mappable headquarters in central Minsk (53.906944 N, 27.576944 E).
- Being cited in materials concerning Polish education outside the Belarusian education system.
- Presence in multiple Wikipedia language editions (be, be_x_old, pl) and a Wikimedia Commons image.

## Body
### Overview
- Entity type: university (classified as an academic institution for further education).
- Official recorded name: Polish People's University in Minsk.
- Appears in structured data entries and is described simply as a "university" in its Wikidata description.

### Dates and status
- Inception date: 1992-10-24 (recorded in source metadata).
- Dissolved / abolished: 1995 (dissolution date recorded with a specific reference to a Polish Wikipedia revision).

### Location and geography
- Country: Belarus.
- City / headquarters: Minsk.
- Coordinates: latitude 53.906944, longitude 27.576944.
- Coordinates also recorded as qualifiers for the headquarters property.

### Classification and references
- Instance of: university.
- Referenced in materials described as relating to "Oświata i szkolnictwo polskie poza białoruskim systemem oświatowym" (Polish education outside the Belarusian system).
- Dissolution reference includes a Polish Wikipedia revision link.

### Identifiers and online presence
- Wikimedia Commons image: Менск_Захарава_28.JPG (direct file path provided).
- Wikipedia language editions linked: Belarusian (modern orthography), Belarusian (pre-reform orthography), and Polish.
- Wikidata sitelink count recorded: 3.

### Documentation notes
- All properties (inception date, dissolution year, coordinates, country, instance_of) are recorded in the available structured data and referenced to the cited sources.
- No additional operational details (such as founders, enrollment numbers, academic programs, or staff) are present in the provided source material.

## References

1. Oświata i szkolnictwo polskie na ziemiach północno-wschodnich II Rzeczypospolitej i współczesnej Białorusi 1939-2001