City: Minsk
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Things to do in Minsk, Belarus: The Best Monuments & Statues
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. Skylptura Moneta
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By IgorVL1969
This monument comprises a long history of money circulation in Belarus. On this big coin you can see parts of medieval Thalers and Dirhams along with more modern coins. And it is just beautiful. Highly recommended for all numismatics and history lovers.
2. Island of Tears
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4.5 based on 964 reviews
Reviewed By B1714D - Belgrade, Serbia
Island of Tears is an artificial island set in the center on a meander of the Svislach river. It's a memorial to many fallen Belarus during the Afghan war. The island (or at least a part of it) is made of Afghan soil which weeping mothers brought back from their son's graves. The memorial occupies the central island's spot, on a small hill just after crossing the bridge. It's in a form of a chapel with larger than life mourning mothers on all 4 sides. Inside the open air chapel the soldiers names are inscribed. Beside the memorial is a weeping angel crying he couldn't save them, and Afghan provinces stone markers where they died are scaterred around. Apart from the sad side, the island offers best views of Minsk downtown area all around.
3. 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.
4. Archangel Mikhail
5. Monument to Yazep Drozdovich
6. Oktyabrskaya Square
7. Crying Guardian Angel
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4.0 based on 65 reviews
Reviewed By Sachin0408 - Pune, India
Crying Guardian Angel's statue is situated in the old town of Minsk and carries immense memories of horryfying wars of yesteryears. It reminds one of the destruction and pain that a war brings once its over. The statue is aptly named to remind others of the fact that a war not only kills soldiers but leaves behind grieving familes and loved ones too. Visit with a heavy heart as I am sure you cannot stop tears rolling down.
8. Voit s Klyuchom
9. City Scales Sculpture
10. Monument to the Bell of Nagasaki
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