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Q: In what architectural styles were the iconic buildings of Minsk built and who designed them?

Government House (1930-1934) by architect Joseph Langbard represents Soviet constructivism with Art Deco elements. The Red Church of Saints Simeon and Helena (1906-1910) was built in the neo-Romanesque style by Tomasz Paizdersky. The railway station combines Stalin’s Empire (1940s) and modern glass structures (2000s).

Q: Where to go in Minsk with children for educational rest?

The open-air boulder museum contains 2,134 stones, including the 4-metre-high 'Grandfather' of the Ice Age. The Open Ocean Ocean Oceanography Center demonstrates the Mir-1 underwater vehicles and a collection of shellfish. In the zoo in 1918, the foundations live bison - symbols of the Bialowieza Forest.

Q: Where are the best photo zones with historical color in Minsk?

Independence Avenue is the standard of Stalinist neoclassicism with an ensemble of buildings of the 1950s, including GUM with a clock tower. The gate of Minsk is two 11-storey towers of 1953 with the coat of arms of the BSSR and the German clock "Latern". Views of Nemiga from the height of the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary open panoramas of the historical center.

Q: What little-known but unique sights are there in Minsk?

The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross of 1680 is the only surviving Vilna Baroque monument in the city. Vankovich Manor in Loshitsky Park keeps an oak tree of 400 years old and a system of ancient outbuildings. The underground casemates of the 1825 Pishchalovsky Castle were used as a prison for political prisoners.

Q: What historical events are the key monuments of Minsk related to?

The opera house was built in 1938 on the site of the destroyed Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul - the main temple of the Minsk province. The Victory Monument was erected in 1954 in honor of the liberation of Belarus in 1944. The building of the National Library in the form of a rhombocuboctahedron symbolizes the “diamond of knowledge” of the post-Soviet era.

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Excursion to Mir and Nesvizh Castles

Castles are a very popular tourist destination. Many of them boast a collection of armor or weapons, antique furniture, parks. And …

Sightseeing tour of Minsk

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Dudutki - Sula - Strochy

We will go on a fascinating journey in time to the world of ancient life! - "Dudutki" - For those forty minutes that takes t …

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Minsk is a city in which it is impossible not to fall in love!

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Minsk

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Elena Alin

Minsk

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Apanasevich Evgeny Vikentyevich

Minsk

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Terekhov Anatoly

Minsk

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New Year Belarusian round-the-world

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War and memory of heroic ancestors

Individual tour and commemoration and search for burials of a soldier of the Great Patriotic War. Your father, your grandfather, y …

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New Year in Minsk

Day 1. Departure from Kolomna. Night move. Day 2. Arrival in Minsk. Breakfast. Bus sightseeing tour of Minsk. Lunch. Excursion …

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Minsk-Dudutki-Nesvizh-Khatyn

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