Victors Avenue
| Праспект Пераможцаў | |
 The avenue at night | |
| Former name(s) | Masherov Avenue |
|---|---|
| Location | Minsk, Belarus |
| Coordinates | 53°55′04″N 27°33′00″E / 53.91778°N 27.55000°E |
| Construction | |
| Completion | 1980 |
Victors Avenue (Belarusian:Праспект Пераможцаў) is an avenue in Minsk, Belarus.
History
A parade on the avenue.
Victors Avenue was created in 1980 as Masherov Avenue in honor of the leader of Soviet Belarus Petr Masherov. It was renamed to Victors Avenue in honor of the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in 2005. The Minsk Hero City Obelisk memorial commemorates the fact that Minsk was declared a Hero City on 26 June 1974 for the bravery of the residents during the Battle of Minsk in 1941.[1][2][3]It is the main venue for the annual Minsk Independence Day Parade on July 3.
Gallery
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Drummers of the Minsk Suvorov Military School on the avenue during a parade in 2017.
Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko at the Hero City Obelisk on Victors Avenue in Minsk.
See also
References
- ↑ "Obelisk Minsk Hero City - Minsk - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
- ↑ Kouzma. "Obelisk to Hero City Minsk". www.hotels-minsk.com. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
- ↑ "Праспект Пераможцаў у Мінску: праблема з пераходамі". Наша Ніва (in Belarusian). Retrieved 2017-11-23.
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