The Red Church

Chruch of St. Simon, the city's best known Catholic Church build in 1908. When the Bolsheviks came to power, the church became a cinema, a film studio and later a popular meeting place for the opposition in the 1980's. Now it is used for its original purpose.

White Russia

November 4th 2006
I must admit, when the idea of going to Belarus first cropped up my initial thoughts were; “umm…no way…it’s too dangerous…it’s too communistic.” Strangely enough, the longer I mulled it over, the more excited I became and decided that this was just too good of an adventure to pass up. Well, fast forward two weeks later… train tickets purchased and visas freshly stamped we were off ... read more

Europe » Belarus » Minsk Voblast » Minsk

After seven decades as a constituent republic of the USSR, Belarus attained its independence in 1991. It has retained closer political and economic ties to Russia than any of the other former Soviet republics. Belarus and Russia signed a treaty on a ... ... read more

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