“Belarus” tractor building plant in Minsk (Soviet Belarus), early 70s. (photo: © 1975 Novosti news agency, Moscow – personal collection)
Victory Circus, Minsk (Belarus) in 1975
“Victory Circus” (belarusian: Пло́шча Перамо́гі) in Minsk, capital of Belarus, in 1975. It is considered one of the most central places of the city. The obelisk was built in 1954 to commemorate Red Army soldiers and Belarusian partisans. The red letters on the two hemicycle-shaped buildings built in 1958 read «Heroic deed of the people is immortal». At that time the Byelorussian …