Minsk theatres
Posted: 30/09/2011 Filed under: Belarus | Tags: architecture, cinemas, Minsk, opera houses, theatres Leave a comment »Or anyway, “theatres” broadly defined.
We’ve already seen the Moskva (Москва) cinema on Pobediteley avenue, but here’s the Pobeda (Победа) cinema on Internatsionalnaya street in Minsk:

And what it’s showing:

Here’s the Belarusian National Opera & Ballet Theatre:



It’s clear from this page about the history of the building that it has recently been restored.
But what more dramatic way to announce a theatre than with a tank in front? (Other sites say that the tank is a T-35/85, a model written up here.) Below, the Drama Theatre of the Belarusian Army, on Krasnoarmeiskaya street.


along Pobediteley avenue
Posted: 23/09/2011 Filed under: Belarus | Tags: architecture, cinemas, Minsk, streets Leave a comment »Time for a walk along Pobediteley avenue, which runs from the northwest past Victory park, the Hero City monument, and the hotel where I stayed, toward Nyezhavisimosty avenue, by which time it has acquired the name Lenin street.









