Сity of contrasts: Minsk on Spring and Labour Day


Red, green and sometimes white – the colours of the Belarusian flag are typical of May Day in the country. Our journalist has explored the city centre and its outskirts.

Holiday boards ‘Victory Day’ are being installed:

Partyzanski Avenue

A worker is unhappy about being filmed:

‘Fountains’ of red and green flags. A year ago, they shook up the composition with white ones:

Downtown Minsk looks pompous, but the same can’t be said for bedroom districts:

Two sides of border stones:

Bridge in Partyzanski Avenue

Flowers in ‘patriotic’ colours near the KGB headquarters:

‘Happy New Year’, says a poster in Zavadzki district:

Zavadzki district

Kids always find where to play:

Hide-and-seek in Independence Square
Boys playing near the broken car in Kozlov Alley

It is the green parks and flowering apple trees that really make Minsk beautiful:

Park in Dauhabrodskaya Street

Photos by Iryna Arakhouskaya, belsat.eu

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