Category Archives: Belarus

T-34 Restoration Documentary

Posted on March 11, 2014 by mamayevkurgan

Wargaming.net, the Belarussian company behind the hugely popular online game World of Tanks, has produced a nice video about the restoration of a T-34/76 by a team at the Stalin Line museum complex outside Minsk:

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Victory Square, Minsk, Belarus

Posted on June 10, 2013 by mamayevkurgan

Victory Square is a memorial square that is situated on Minsk’s main central boulevard Праспект Незалежнасці (Independence Avenue), near where it crosses the River Svislach. The central monument is a 38-metre granite obelisk topped with a replica of the Order … Continue reading →

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Museum of Military Glory, Gomel, Belarus

Posted on April 22, 2013 by mamayevkurgan

This smallish museum, which tells the story of the military history of the Gomel region from prehistory to the present day, first opened in 2004, and the full collection was officially opened the following year.  The collection is housed in … Continue reading →

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Khatyn National Memorial Complex, Minsk Region, Belarus

Posted on February 17, 2013 by mamayevkurgan

NB. Khatyn (Хатынь) should not be confused with Katyn (Катынь), the site of the massacre of Polish officers by the NKVD in April-May 1940. Katyn is near Smolensk in Western Russia, about 200 miles from Minsk. The Khatyn Memorial Complex … Continue reading →

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Border Guards Memorial, Brest, Belarus

Posted on January 13, 2013 by mamayevkurgan

This memorial commemorates the members of the NKVD border guard detachment who died at Brest Fortress in the opening days of the war, including their commander, Lieutenant Andrei Kizhevatov. The central monument stands on a small mound and is surrounded … Continue reading →

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Liberation Memorial, Chonki, Belarus

Posted on December 13, 2012 by mamayevkurgan

This memorial, commemorating the liberation of the Gomel region in November 1943, stands on the bank of the River Sozh in the village of Chonki (Чёнки), in the southwestern outskirts of Gomel city. The memorial consists of a obelisk, which … Continue reading →

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Liberation Memorial, Gomel, Belarus

Posted on October 19, 2012 by mamayevkurgan

This T-34/85 tank is displayed in front of Gomel’s Central Stadium at the junction of Victory Street and Soviet Street (ул. Победы and Советская ул.). It commemorates the city’s liberation on November 26, 1943, by forces of the Belarussian Front … Continue reading →

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Hero City Obelisk, Minsk, Belarus

Posted on September 17, 2012 by mamayevkurgan

This monument, which celebrates Minsk’s status as one of the Hero Cities of the former Soviet Union, stands at the edge of Victory Park (Парк Победы) and was officially unveiled on May 9, 1985. The 48-metre-tall obelisk is topped with … Continue reading →

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Brest Fortress, Belarus

Posted on August 22, 2012 by mamayevkurgan

The fortress at Brest was originally built at the western frontier of the Russian Empire, with the first foundation stone being laid on June 1, 1836, and the fortress opening on April 26, 1842. It is situated on a series … Continue reading →

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T-34 Memorial, Khoiniki, Belarus

Posted on July 21, 2012 by mamayevkurgan

I snapped this T-34 in the town of Khoiniki in the Gomel region of southern Belarus in the summer of 2009. The cladding had been removed from the concrete pedestal for renovation works, so I was unable to glean any … Continue reading →

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