Independence Square (Minsk)
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 Independence Square in 2009 |
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| place | Minsk |
| Newly designed | 1964 |
| Hist. Names | Lenin Square (until 1991) |
| Confluent streets | Independence Boulevard |
| Buildings | Government building, Belarusian State University |
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| Square area | 7 hectares |
The Independence Square ( Belarusian Плошча Незалежнасці Ploschtscha Nesaleschnaszi ; Russian Площадь Независимости Ploshchad Nesawissimosti ) is a place in the Belarusian capital Minsk , which at the Independence Boulevard is located.
history
The area at Independence Square was built on at the turn of the 20th century. The only remaining buildings from this period are the Church of Saints Simeon and Saint Helena and houses number 17 and 19 on Soviet Street, which contain elements of Art Nouveau . In the 1930s the campus of the Belarusian State University , the government building and the main building of the Belarusian Pedagogical University were built. The then Leninplatz was built according to the plans of the architect Iosif Langbard and should serve as the main square of the city. In the 1960s, Lenin Square was massively expanded and took up an area of 7 hectares, making it the largest square in Europe. The square was given a rectangular shape and had a small green area in the center. The open part of the square opposite the government building was used as a forum for Soviet military parades and for mass events.
In 1991 the square was given its current name Independence Square. In the course of the 2010 presidential election in Belarus , a large demonstration took place in the square, which was violently suppressed.
In 2020 the protests after the presidential election in Belarus in 2020 took place on the square and numerous other locations . On August 23, tens of thousands gathered there.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The architectural ensemble of Independence Avenue - the main thoroughfare of Minsk City
- ↑ Report on the demonstration in Minsk in the evening of the Belarusian presidential elections, December 19, 2010 ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Belarus: Tens of thousands protest against Lukashenko. Retrieved August 23, 2020 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 53 ′ 45.6 ″ N , 27 ° 32 ′ 52.8 ″ E