Minsk - Buses and buses - Transport - Attractions and sightseeing

Minskis the capital of Belarus, located on the Svislocha River, in the southeastern part of the Minsk Highlands. The metropolis is currently inhabited by over 1.9 million people. The city is the administrative, economic and cultural center of the country. It is the seat of the Secretariat of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Minsk - tourist attractions, monuments and history of the city. What is worth seeing?

While many associate Belarus with dictatorship and an oppressed nation the truth is a bit different.It is a peaceful and beautiful country with a lot to offer. As our neighbor,also thanks to the liberalization of visa regulations, it opens up to us and more and more boldly invites us to a land full of peace, where it is worth spending some time.

Minsk is a very clean city, like few others.With relatively little car traffic and a strong breeze, the air in the city is exceptionally clean compared to other well-known capitals.

A city completely destroyed and completely rebuilt. Like Warsaw, ruined and crippled, Minsk has risen from its knees. The historic face of Minsk is mostly a reconstruction.

Minsk has been conquered, destroyed and burned many times in its history, causing many valuable and historic buildings to disappear from the city's skyline. Nevertheless, it's worth strolling through the backstreets and finding the remains testifying to Minsk's former power. The heart of the city is the vast Independence Square, home to the seat of government, the Belarusian State University, the Minsk hotel, the main post office, the Church of St. Simon and St. Helena, known as the Red Church, and the monument to Vladimir Lenin.

Other important monuments of the city include the 17th century Archikatra of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Orthodox Church of St. Mary Magdalene built in the mid-19th century, the National Academic Theater named after Janka Kupala, the classicist Yanka Kupala Cathedral, and the Church of St. Mary Magdalene. The National Academic Theatre named after Janka Kupala, the classicist building of the Town Hall, St. Roch's Church built between 1861-1864, the classicist Piszczałowski Castle built in the first half of the 19th century (now the prison) and the 18th century Wańkowicz Palace located on the outskirts of Minsk. In front of the oldest part of the city, on the river Svisloch, there is the famous Island of Tears, which is now a place dedicated to the soldiers killed in the Soviet Afghan campaign (1979-1988). While visiting the city it is also worth going to the historic Calvary Cemetery, where victims of Soviet terror (including Poles) were once buried. Here rests Polish painter, graphic artist and lecturer of Vilnius University - Jan Damel (1780-1840) or Belarusian politician, professor of Warsaw University of Technology and mayor of Minsk - Waclaw Ivanowski (1880-1943).

Minsk - buses and minibuses. Transportation from and to Minsk

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