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Minsk Oblast is a region in the central part of Belarus.

Regions

Cities and towns

  • Minsk – the center of the region and the capital of the country. The city of fascinating Stalinist and late-Soviet architecture that also preserves few monuments from 17th – 18th century.
  • Borisov – the second largest city of the region with numerous buildings from 19th century.
  • Ivenets – a small town with the magnificent Catholic church from 18th century, a neo-gothic church, and a wooden synagogue.
  • Nesvizh – a historical town with the castle and the huge park from 18th century.
  • Volozhin – a town that keeps several nice monuments of classicism style from early 19th century.
  • Zaslavl' – an ancient picturesque town that preserves two original Catholic churches (late 16th and late 18th centuries) and the remains of old fortifications.

Other towns

  • Kletsk – a small charming town preserving the Catholic church from late 17th century and a number of early 20th-century builduings in art nouveau style.
  • Slutsk – a rather unremarkable town with the wooden church from 18th century and few secular buildings from late 19th century.
  • Rakov – a town that preserves several churches from late 18th – early 20th century.
  • Vileyka – a town with the unusual neo-gothic cathedral

Other destinations

  • Budslav – a village that keeps one of the eldest churches in Belarus.
  • Khatyn' – memorial complex on the spot of the village savagely burnt during the World War II
  • Narochansky national park – a natural reserve, woodland in the northern part of the region
  • Snov – a country estate from early 19th century

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