5 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Minsk - Atlas Obscura

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National Library of Belarus

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

Cat Museum

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.

Lee Harvey Oswald's Apartment in Minsk

The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.

Museum of Stones

A unique park tells the geological history of Belarus in a national “map” of thousands of boulders and blue spruce.

Isle of Tears

A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.

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Minski rajon, Belarus

The Stalin Line

Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.

15 miles from Minsk

Smaliavicki rajon, Belarus

Mound of Glory

A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.

15 miles from Minsk

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Chernobyl, Minsk, and the Belarusian Independence Day Parade

Visit the private residence of exiled former Ukrainian president, explore the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, and celebrate one of the largest military parades in the world.

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