Monument sights in Minsk
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Metro Entrance Memorial
The congested overpass that now carries vul Lenina over vul Njamiha near the Njamiha metro station was the site of Minsk's main marketplace in the 12th century. In May 1999 the metro entrance was the site of a brutal stampede in which 53 people died. The tragedy occurred when hundreds of young people ran into the pedestrian tunnel to escape a sudden thunderstorm at a beer festival. There is now a touching memorial at the metro entrance, with a bronze rose for each of the people who died.
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Bust of Felix Dzerzhynsky Statue
On one side of Ploshcha Nezalezhnastsi is a long narrow park with a bust of Felix Dzerzhynsky, the founder of the KGB's predecessor (the Cheka) and a native of Belarus.
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