Minsk Sightseeing

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Minsk's two most famous churches are listed under 'Essential Minsk'. Readers interested in more churches should check out the ones below:

Minsk | Sightseeing | Churches

Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul

Built in 1613, the 'yellow church' is the oldest surviving church in Minsk. Though Orthodox, it was looted in 1707 by Peter the Great`s Cossacks. The building was closed by the Bolsheviks at the beginning after the October revolution, reopened by the Nazis, closed again by the Soviets in 19 [...]

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Maryinsky Cathedral

This Roman Catholic cathedral survived all the century's wars, but in the 1950s its two towers were knocked down and a Stalinist facade thrown over the front. The twin towers have since been restored, with copper domes sparkling more impressively than the Holy Ghost across the road. [...]

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St. Aleksander Nevsky’s Church

A splendid little red brick affair with two golden onion domes. It was built in 1898 to commemorate the victory of the tsar`s armies over the Turks, closed by the Bolsheviks, reopened by the Nazis, then closed by the Soviets. During the war, a bomb crashed through the roof and landed in front of th [...]

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Kozlova 11 (Козлова 11)