Worth a Detour
Great Patriotic War Museum
A vast museum of Belarus in the Second World War, under a glass dome beside Victory Park.
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- Closed Mondays
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 2 to 3 hours
- Address
- Pobediteley Avenue 8, MinskDirections
- Getting There
- About 10 minutes on foot from Nyamiha metro station.
Why Go
Belarus lost about a quarter of its people in the war, and hundreds of villages were burned with their inhabitants. The museum, in a new building since 2014, tells that story through tanks and aircraft, partisan camps and life-size scenes of the ruined city, ending in a hall of glory under the dome.
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