City: Minsk
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Serving as both the capital of Belarus and the headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Minsk is a hub of business and government. Although few older buildings survived WWII bombings and Stalinist construction projects, Belarusians are proud of their capital's long history and its continued cultural importance. The city boasts 16 museums, 11 theaters, and 139 libraries, including the National Library of Belarus, with collections housed in a towering glass geometric ball.
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1. Guide in Minsk
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5.0 based on 319 reviews
I am a certified private tour guide in Minsk, Belarus, I also own a farmstay, forestinn.by An ex travel agent, I can provide all related travel services from Belarus visa support and insurance to transportation and private tours. If you are looking for ancestral locations in Belarus or any family connections still living locally, I will be delighted to tailor a tour for you. I also run a non-profit website graves.by If Belarus is just on your travel list, I can provide an itinerary that includes most of the highlights interesting to you. I am very flexible and avoid official lectures - a friendly conversation with the guest is a key to learning the country and I believe that a dialogue is a way for your trip to succeed!
2. Memorial Museum-Workshop of Z.I. Azgur
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5.0 based on 18 reviews
The Museum “Zair Azgur Memorial Studio” is a unique place as it is the only monographic museum in Belarus founded on the basis of the workshop of the academy of arts and Azgur’s private studio. The building was built for this purpose in 1984 and in 1996 after the death of the sculptor became the museum. This workshop was his most favourite one as it constantly inspired him on creating his masterpieces. Although the main mission of our museum is to preserve and populize the herritage of the great master we move in different directions nowadays as practically any museum nowadays. Various exsibitions of modern art take place here representing both well-known and forgotten authors. Besides we organize numerous cinema, music and theatre festivals becoming the platform for the development and self-fulfillment of the talented youth.
3. Interesting Belarus
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5.0 based on 120 reviews
I offer a variety of very interesting tours around city of Minsk and the Republic of Belarus, including historical, cultural and archeological tours (with artefacts exhibit), military and military history tours, "Back to the USSR" experience, nature, ecological and wild-life trips, 4x4 adventures, cycling tours, possibility to taste local foods and drinks and many other individual tours to different taste and demand. In addition, I serve as a good source of information and travel guide.
4. Monument to Fallen Jewish People on March 2, 1942
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4.5 based on 266 reviews
Reviewed By TKNgaio - Palmerston North, New Zealand
This is one of the saddest and most poignant places I have ever visited. In a quiet neighbourhood quite near the main Pobeditily highway and central Minsk, this memorial commemorates the death, on 2 March 1942, of near 5000 Jewish people taken from the nearby huge Minsk ghetto. Shot by automatic weapons, on one day, by the Nazi extermination troupe, overseen personally by Nazi General Commissar of Belarus Wilhelm Kube and Obersturmbanführer SS Adolf Eichmann. The place is silent, a deep pit with a roughly hewn statue of a line of poor hapless people on their last journey of life. This place leaves me with such sadness and also questioning. Who were these people who could shoot 5000 people in one day? What went through their minds? How could they live their lives after doing such an act. What did they tell their children? This is a profound memorial that reminds us of the inhumanity of humans.
