Minsk Travel Guide

 5 Reviews  Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War (Belarus Cyrillic: Белорусский Государственный... 

 8 Reviews  The red brick Church of St. Simon and St. Helena with its 50 m tall bell tower is the main place for Roman-Catholic workship in Minsk. It was erected between 1908 and 1910 on the order of a rich Belarusian family. In the church grounds several bronze statues can be found; among them is a statue of... 

 6 Reviews  Walking around Central Minsk, perhaps on Fridays or Saturdays - you will find that there are quite a few visitors going on and off of an island through a curved bridge that connects it with the Trinity Suburb. The island laid in 1988 has a poignant name - the Island of Tears. The complex that was... 

 3 Reviews  After finding that the two museums I'd wanted to visit were temporarily shut I decided to wander down to Gorky Park. It was a gorgeous sunny Sunday and the park was bustling with families all looking for a fun day out. There were fast, circulating, fairground rides, sweets, icecreams and candyfloss... 

 3 Reviews  Troitskoye Predmestye (Trinity Suburb) is name of Minsk’s old town. The name of this part of city is coming from the former Trinity Church that once stood in the area. This area was build between 1982 and 1985 on the site of a former settlement dating from the 12th century, Trinity offer a nice time... 

 5 Reviews  I was wondering why there seemed to be security guards, Outside TV broadcasting and long queues of people waiting to enter the forecourt of the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Minsk. In the queue people were carrying bags, many of them being traditional wicker baskets. Once inside the barriers and... 

 3 Reviews  The present building of the Belarusian Opera and Ballet Theatre was built in Soviet Constructivism style between 1934 and 1939 after designs of the Belarusian architect Iosif Langbard. It is officially called: National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus. During... 

 5 Reviews  Not to be confused with KATYN, Smolensk, Russia... Built in 1969 along with another landmark - Glory Mound - Khatyn Village Memorial is dedicated to the enormous death toll of the Soviet Belarus during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). 2.5m out of 10m killed, 209 cities damaged out of 290, 619... 

 3 Reviews  KGB Headquarters is located in Building 17 on Independence Avenue and overlooks the avenue, not the square. It occupies the whole block and was built in 1948 right in the middle of the ruins of the main street. Belarus happens to be the only ex-Soviet country that has not rebranded the good old... 

 3 Reviews  The Trade Union Palace of Culture is one of part of Stalinist city center that attract many visitors It was open since 1956 and continues with performances. Every year, visitors may enjoy in the about 700 events. 

 5 Reviews  Victory square is actually first thing that I saw in Minsk. Fascinate and familiar socialistic architecture. We arrived in Minsk early in the morning. Even was summer it was could so we all enjoy in worm from "eternal flame". First, we have a little trouble to step in there. Here is underground... 

 4 Reviews  Leninsky Avenue or Leninsky Prospect is a long street. It has a characteristic "look" with big and long socialistic buildings made from red-brown brick on both side of street. That is followed by line of trees and benches. Ideal place to walk during summer times. For my opinion bast decoration of... 

 6 Reviews  The Palace of the Republic is a modern and lively place, well known. It was build in 2002. Most important social and political events take place here. Also, here is place for many presentations, exhibitions, and concerts open to the general public. That would be main place of interest for me on my... 

 3 Reviews   The place is known from the end of 19th century. Some years ago (till 1991) it was called Lenin's Square. The oldest building in the square is Cathedral of St. Simeon and St. Helen. There is also Belarusian State University (1928 - 1931), Belarusian Teachers Training University (1931) located. It... 

 4 Reviews  Minsk town hall (Belarusian Cyrilic: Менская ратуша) is pretty neoclassical building very popular among locals. Originally dates back till the end of 16th century. During turbulent past of Minsk the Minsk town hall was... 

 3 Reviews  The museum of crafts was established in the mid-1990s by a Lithuanian hournalist who fancied the local ways of Belarus and wanted to restore what you normally don't see on the museum shelves - folk crafts. The museum collected a number of artifacts across the republic of Belarus including a... 

 3 Reviews  Famous Isle of Tears is commemorative place build in honor of Belarus who died in 9th year war between USSR and Afghanistan (1979-1988). Today is seat place of many interests not only for tourist then and for local too. Here is place to remembrance for lost love once and place for start to build... 

 2 Reviews   Belarus has quite big population Catholics, in some small cities two churches stand - Orthodox and Catholic. This one Catholic church was built by Jesuits in 1700 - 1710. At 20th century it was restored a few times. In the 1950's two towers of church were demolished and only not so long ago rebuilt... 

 1 Review  Our Botanical Garden was built in 1932. With the size of 153 gectars OR 0.6 square miles and collections of 9,000 types of plants, it`s considered to be one of the largest Botanical Gardens in Europe. It sure is a nice quiet place to walk at, feed the birds in a small Swan lake, sit on the...