Aye, the Minsk 125 is a Russian derivative of a WW2 German 125, same as the Bantam is a British one. So, they are both part of war reparations.
Here's some more useless info on Russian motorcycles. There is no such make as Cossack or Neval. They are the names of different importers of Russian bikes into the UK. The way the ruskies did it was, for example, all 125s were made in Minsk, all 175s were made in Voskhod, all 350s were made at the IZH factory, all 650 flat twins were made in Orbit, at the foot of the Urals, or in Kiev, on the Dnepr river. So when someone says they have a Cossack or a Neval, it can be any of the above makes. Just to confuse matters, a Soviet Knight was just Nevals marketing name for a Dnepr. So, now you can all bore your friends and family tears, as I do regularly 
Did you know ( and I know it for a fact) that in the Ural factory in Irbit they have a room full of old and collectable bikes - Goldstar, Vincent V twin, old BMW's, Old Guzzi's and others which the factory acquired then stipped to see how they were built and rebuild so they could copy (badly) some of their ideas. That is why the K63/65/67 carbs resemble Dellorto's and some of the throttle assemblies are remarkably similar to Tomasselli's etc.
They also have a room of prototypes that never made it with such delights as Rotary engines and even a Radial six cylinder!
Chris Burgess who imported the bikes as Uralmoto took a video in the factory which he showed to the C.O.C> at a rally.
Neval was the name they were imported under by NEVal Mason and ALan Vorse when the importers wre based at Hornsea.
Nice little Minsk Tim!....not sure about the colour though!
