Minsk, Belarus
Wednesday, 05 December 2007 18:02

During the summer of 2007 summer I lived and worked in Minsk, Belarus for 6 weeks. Below are some of the photographs I took whilst in the city...

Victory Square, from my balcony, on the night I arrived.Victory Monument from the ground with the "eternal flame", just visible in the foreground on the right.Around Victory SquareSvisloch RiverBuildings opposite the apartmentThe new library buildingThe new library buildingMilitary Parade with bands, in recognition of the national day for Firefighters, on Nezavisimosti Avenue.My room in the apartment (I had to go a long way to take this photo!)The kitchen in the apartment.Rainbow over Maxim Gorky ParkPanoramic view of Oktyabrskaya (October) Square and the Palace of the Republic.New Minsk Railway Station"Gates" to the cityLenin Square / Square of the Republic (Catholic Church in red brick)Lenin Square / Square of the RepublicGostiny Dvor, old Town Hall and Holy Virgin Mary catholic church (in background)Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy SpiritUnknown building on Kommunisticheskaya StreetPanorama from Nemiga over the lower reaches of Komsomolskoye Lake and the Trinity Suburb (old part of Minsk)