In 1935, Minsky was admitted to the Rabfak College (workers faculty) at Kazan State University where he studied geology.
In 1941, he joined the college choir and was later selected by Maria Wladimirowna Wladimirowa to study at the Moscow Conservatory, who predicted a glittering opera career for him.
Cultural life blossomed spectacularly in these camps, and 3 November 1945, Minsky joined the newly formed Trembita choir in Bad Herschfield, led by Professor Tsependa.
Later that year, he and the Bandurist Choir were received at the White House and gave a range of concerts in venues including the Mansonic Auditorium on 2 October 1949.
He worked and collaborated with Ukrainian diasporan composers such as Mykola Fomenko, Andrij Hnatyshyn, W. Hrudyn, Prof. J.
In the autumn of that year, Minsky and the Bandurist Chorus began a tour through the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands, where he performed at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on 18 November.
The period from early 1946 to 1984 would see him regularly return to the choir as a soloist and was singing with Ivan Zadorozny, Volodymyr Bozyk and Hryhory Kytasty.
On 7 January 1980, Minsky set up a mixed amateur choir in Zwolle, within a few months it made its concert and television debuts.
But, although he did conduct a tour of major Germany halls, when Gedda refused to perform on a daily basis, Minsky became ill and Hofner wound down the project.
Minsky, sensing his death was near, completely devoted himself to the organization of the Dutch celebration of the thousand-year anniversary of the Christianization of Kievan Rus'.
He was one of the initiators of this anniversary celebration, eventually held on 30 September 1988 and attended, among others, by Her Majesty, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.