Photos - Belarus 2006
Roughly every second year Comtourist undertakes a grand journey in one or more countries of the former communist world. One of our goals is to visit every former Soviet republic and its capital, in 2006 we choose to combine Belarus and the Ukraine. We started in Belarus where we only visited Minsk. We really would like to go back to Belarus and see more of this beautiful country.
Belarus deserves more time then just a few days but that was the only time we had available in 2006 before we moved on to the Ukraine. We were able to shoot many interesting photos is Minsk however. The Belarusian capital was totally destroyed after World War II and rebuild according Socialist Realist architectural style. Almost none of the Soviet era monuments and buildings have been removed or replaced in Minsk so it truly feels like a Soviet city. This feeling is amplified by the ever present propaganda glorifying president Lukashenko and the motherland.
n/a - Map of Belarus and the Ukraine
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Ukraine
n/a
19-Aug-2006
Map showing our 2006 journey trough Belarus and the Ukraine
Minsk - Tupolev Tu-154
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Minsk
14-Aug-2006
Baggage offloading of a Belavia Tupolev Tu-154 at Minsk airport
Minsk - Belarus hotel
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Minsk
14-Aug-2006
Minsk Belarus Hotel Swimming pool with fantastic wall fresco
Minsk - House of Government
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Minsk
14-Aug-2006
The Belarusian House of Government on Independence square Minsk
Minsk - Trade unions palace
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Minsk
14-Aug-2006
Neo classical Trade Unions Palace on October Square in Minsk
Minsk - National Bank
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Minsk
14-Aug-2006
The building of the National bank of Belarus near October Square
Minsk - 8th of March Square
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Belarus
Minsk
14-Aug-2006
8th of March Square in Minsk with beautiful Soviet architecture
Minsk - KGB headquarters
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Minsk
14-Aug-2006
The headquarters of the Belarusian secret police still named KGB
Minsk - City Gates
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Minsk
14-Aug-2006
The neo classical Stalinist City Gates building sin Minsk
Minsk - Victory column
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Minsk
14-Aug-2006
The Word War II Victory Column on Victory Square in Minsk
Minsk - Residence of the president
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Minsk
14-Aug-2006
Residence of the President of the Republic of Belarus in Minsk
Minsk - Central House of Officers
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Minsk
14-Aug-2006
Entering the Central house of Officers in Minsk with a soldier
Minsk - October Cinema
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Minsk
14-Aug-2006
An other Soviet classic building in Minsk, October Cinema
Minsk - Moskva cinema
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Minsk
14-Aug-2006
Classic Soviet Moskva cinema on Mashrov Avenue in Minsk
Minsk - Palace of Sports
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The Palace of sports build in 1966 and home of HC Dynamo Minsk
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