Government Building sights in Belarus

1. A Map

   KGB Building

   • Minsk, Belarus
   • Sights › Government building

   This yellow neoclassical building occupies an entire block and its ominous, temple-like Corinthian portal looks down over Independence Square (ploshcha Nezalezhnastsi). On the opposite side of the street is a long, narrow park with a bust of terror-monger Felix Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the KGB's predecessor, the Cheka.

   The downing of his statue in Moscow was one of the defining moments of the breakup of the USSR in 1991; this is one of the world's last remaining statues to the person responsible for much bloodshed.

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2. B Map

   Town Hall

   • Minsk, Belarus
   • Sights › Government building

   A new town hall was constructed in 2003 on the square using old photographs and drawings to replicate the long-destroyed original. A general reconstruction plan for the Upper Town has been drawn up which will see many buildings in the area repaired, restored or rebuilt.

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3. C Map

   Presidential Administrative Building

   • Minsk, Belarus
   • Sights › Government building

   Beyond the Officer's Building is the lifeless-looking, seriously guarded Presidential Administrative Building, where Lukashenko practises his bully routine.

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4. D Map

   KGB Headquarters

   • Minsk, Belarus
   • Sights › Government building

   An entire block at No 17 is occupied by a yellow neoclassical building with an ominous, temple-like Corinthian portal - the KGB Headquarters .

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5. E Map

   Belarusian Government Building

   • Minsk, Belarus
   • Sights › Government building

   Ploshcha Nezalezhnastsi (also called ploshcha Lenina) is dominated by the Belarusian Government Building on its northern side.

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