History of city Minsk in photos
A small historical reference
Minsk - the capital of the Republic of Belarus, the center of the Minsk district and Minsk region, located in the center of the republic on the Svisloch River. Date of establishment and the first written mention - 1067. Earlier names - Men'sk, Menesk, Mensk. In 1496 - 1499 the city received Magdeburg Law.
Minsk - a major scientific and industrial, cultural and transport center of not only the country, but also the entire region of the Western CIS. Religious sites - the Catholic Church of Saints Simon and Helena ( "Red Catholic Church"), 1905-1910; Cathedral of the Virgin Mary, 1700-1710; Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, 1610-1620; Catholic Church of St. Thomas Aquinas; Uniate Church of the Holy Spirit.
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Airport building, 1933 |
Belarusian Tatar |
Tatar sloboda |
Tatar sloboda |
Tatar sloboda, the mosque |
Brestskiy Railway Station |
City theater |
"Europe" hotel at the corner of Gubernatorskaya Street and the Cathedral square, the end of the XIX century |
Hotel "Europe" on the part of Gubernatorskaya of the street, the beginning of the twentieth century |
Hotel "Machiz" of S. G. Makhlin on corner of streets Bogadelnaya and Preobrazhenskiy |
Catholic church |
Catholic church |
Literary and artistic society |
Policeyskaya street |
Preobrazhenskaya Street |
Railway Square |
Cathedral square and monastery |
Damian Poor Street, circa 1930 |
Entrance to Aleksandrovsky Square |
View of the city |
Zakharyevskaya Street |
Zakharyevskaya Street |
Water Tower and the railway station, 1953 |
Railway station |
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After this period photos it becomes public domain. The participants of the Berne Convention are 167 States.
