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If you imagined Belarus as a country of old Russian cars, fear and poverty, then you were wrong. If you heard stories about Belarus as the "last dictatorship in Europe", you should eliminate them from your memory. Belarus is the last oasis of FREEDOM and INDEPENDENCE in Europe. It's a place where people don't accept "values" of the New World Order. They don't want to become another pro-NATO and pro-American marionette country with no freedom and dignity. They don't want to be a part of the so called European Union - a dungeon of human rights. What they want is strong union with Russia, but not with this pro-Western Russia, but with strong, independent, Orthodox and free Russia.
There are no foreign banks, foreign petrol-stations, billboards with half-naked women, multi-national companies in Belarus. That's how every normal country should look. They have their own pride and dignity, and don't care about all the threats and sanctions that come from the EU and the US. What I admire the most is a very high patriotic conscience of the people of Belarus.
The bank of Svislosh near Nemiga Metro station is one of the most beautiful places in Minsk. Though you're in a city center you can see ducks and swans in the river, and young lovers walking by the river side. There is also a lovely Pushkin monument and the one dedicated to Belorussian soldiers who died in Afghanistan war in the 20th century. And five minutes walk from that place you can visit a small but charming Church of Mary Magdalene.
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visiting Vitsebsk and seeing Mark Shagal Museum and walking in the central park of the city. Leave a Comment
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My travel tips for Belarus are all limited to Minsk, the capital. Although I visited several other places, I only made day trips and so I simply do not have the experience to recommend anything anywhere other than Minsk. My Belarus travelogue is long because it includes those day trips; but if you are interested only in Minsk, I have excerpted the Minsk portions and placed them in their own travelogue on my Minsk page. Please take a look! Leave a Comment
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The Opera and Ballet house is wonderful. It's very cheap, and the real people of the country go there.
Spending the night walking through their many parks with my girlfriend. Leave a Comment
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When I visited Belarus and in particular Minsk I was greeted with many different feelings. It is quite hard to imagine a lifestyle that provokes the feelings of yesteryear yet also the resemblance in some ways of an evolving western culture.
Fondest memory of Belarus Minsk the capital city and the friendly nature of the people that I met during my stay. I should point out that only a few people and I mean very few people speak English in Belarus. You would find a higher probability that the children from age 10 - 18 would speak some English due to the Education Ciriuculum now supporting the teaching of English. Leave a Comment
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Blue lakes dozing quitely surronded by emerald green forests. Leave a Comment
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Much useful information can be found on this side
http://www.belarusguide.com/main/index.html
Rainy weather, ugly houses, totally depressive situation.
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