Independence Avenue (Minsk)
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Independence Avenue (known as praspekt Nezalezhnasci or prospekt Nezavisimosti) - main street
of Minsk
City. Independence avenue crosses Minsk radially from its center towards North-East. Length of the avenue is about 15 km.
Several key landmarks are located at the Independence Avenue (from West to East):
Street
A street is a paved public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, but is more often paved with a hard, durable...
of Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
City. Independence avenue crosses Minsk radially from its center towards North-East. Length of the avenue is about 15 km.
Several key landmarks are located at the Independence Avenue (from West to East):
- Church of Holy Trinity, Minsk
- Independence square, Minsk, The House of Government and Minsk City Hall,
- KGB headquarters, Minsk
- October square, Minsk
- Belarus State Circus
- Victory Square, MinskVictory Square, MinskVictory Square — square in the centre of the City of Minsk located at the crossing of Independence avenue and Zakharau street. The square is located in the historic centre of Minsk nearby with the museum of the 1st Congress of RSDRP, Main offices of National State TV and Radio and City House of...
- Yakub Kolas SquareYakub Kolas SquareYakub Kolas Square is a square in Pershamayski District of Minsk, is located on crossing of Independence Avenue, Yakub Kolas street and Vera Khoruzhaya street. The square was named in honour of the folk poet and one of the founders of the classic Belarusian literature - Yakub Kolas...
- Kalinin square, Minsk
- Maskoŭski bus station
- National Library, Minsk