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MINSK · 1 self-guided walk

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MinskFirst-time route

Minsk: Independence Square to the Upper Town

One square in Minsk holds a Soviet Government House, a church from 1910 and a copy of a bell that survived Nagasaki, side by side. None of the three explains the other two. Ahead are a town hall demolished and rebuilt a century and a half later, a cathedral that changed confession, and an "old town" reassembled in the 1980s from old plans and photographs. Minsk did not preserve its centres so much as reassemble them, and almost everything that looks old is younger than it looks.

  • 60 min
  • 2.94 km
  • 5 stops

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Things to do in Minsk on your own

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First-time route

Minsk: Independence Square to the Upper Town

One square in Minsk holds a Soviet Government House, a church from 1910 and a copy of a bell that survived Nagasaki, side by side. None of the three explains the other two. Ahead are a town hall demolished and rebuilt a century and a half later, a cathedral that changed confession, and an "old town" reassembled in the 1980s from old plans and photographs. Minsk did not preserve its centres so much as reassemble them, and almost everything that looks old is younger than it looks.

Starts at
Independence Square
Ends at
Trinity Suburb
Stops on this route
  1. Independence Square
  2. National Art Museum
  3. Minsk City Hall
  4. Holy Spirit Cathedral
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The stop order and the route figures come from the walk's current published version. The history behind each stop is checked against sources, and they are listed on the walk's own page.

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