Minsk

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Despite its predominantly post-war character, Minsk is a fabulous city to explore. One of the world’s masterpieces of Socialist-Realist urban planning, the city also throws aficionados of antiquity a handful of titbits such as a scattering of marvellous old churches.

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Military Cemetery
Between ul. Kozlova and ul. Krasnozvezdnaya (между ул. Козлова и ул. Краснозвездная)
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First opened in 1840 and moved to its current location in 1895, the cemetery contains the war dead from countless campaigns from the Russo-Turkish War of …
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Church of Sts. Simon & Helena
ul. Sovetskaya 15 (ул. Советская, 15)
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Known in the local vernacular as the Red Church, the city’s best-known Catholic building was constructed between 1908 and 1910 on the orders of a rich …
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Aleksander Nevsky Church
ul. Kozlova 11 (ул. Козлова, 11)
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Built inside the grounds of the city’s Military Cemetery to commemorate victory in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 and completed in 1898, this splendid …
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Cathedral of the Holy Spirit
ul. Kirilla i Mefodiya 3 (ул. Кирилла и Мефодия, 3)
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One of the most instantly recognisable symbols of Minsk is this magnificent, gleaming, two-towered Orthodox cathedral in the heart of the city. Completed in …
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Parks & Gardens

Chelyuskintsev Park
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The sprawling, 78-hectare Chelyuskintsev Park is a hugely popular place for people of all ages to visit during the warmer part of the year. Great for strolling …
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First Congress of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers Party Museum
Nezavisimosti pr. 31a (просп. Независимости, 31а)
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Home to the first Party Congress way back in 1923, the building was destroyed during the Great Patriotic War. Such is the importance of the building, it was …
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Gorky Park
Along Nezavisimosti pr., between ul. Yanki Kupaly and ul. Frunze (Между ул. Янки Купалы и ул. Фрунзе)
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The oldest park in Minsk and founded in 1800 as the City Gardens, Gorky Park received its current name in honour of the Soviet-era writer in 1936. Originally …
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Great Patriotic War Museum
Nezavisimosti pr. 25a (просп. Независимости, 25а)
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Opened barely three months after Minsk was liberated by the Red Army, the city’s must-see Great Patriotic War Museum has come a long way over the last six …
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Hero City
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On the day Hitler’s Wehrmacht took control of the Belarusian capital in the summer of 1941, Minsk looked more or less like any other historical city in …
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Isle of Tears
On the Svisloch, near Storozhevskaya
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A small footbridge leads from the Trinity to the Isle of Tears, a memorial commemorating Soviet soldiers from Belarus who died in the decade-long war with …
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Jewish Memorial
ul. Zaslavskaya (ул. Заславская)
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On March 2, 1942, around 5,000 Jewish men, woman and children were brought here, shot and buried, some still alive. The memorial represents a group of people …
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Maria Magdalena Church
ul. Kiselyova 42 (ул. Киселева, 42)
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Founded in 1847, this lovely little church with a fine octagonal bell tower and splendid dome was built on the site of an earlier wooden structure. Also on the …
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