List of squares in Minsk

This is a list of squares in the Hero City of Minsk, the capital of Belarus.

Government House and the Lenin Statue on Independence Square.

List of squares

Name	District	Coordinates	Created	Streets	Landmarks
Independence Square[1]	Maskowski	53°53′44″N 27°32′52″E	1964	Independence Avenue	Supreme Soviet Church of Saints Simon and Helena Belarusian State University Minsk City Council
October Square[2]	Kastrychnitski		1961	Independence Avenue	Palace of the Republic Museum of the Great Patriotic War Residence of the President of Belarus
Yakub Kolas Square	Pyershamayski	53°54′56″N 27°34′57″E	1936	Independence Avenue	Monument to Yakub Kolas
Victory Square[3]	Partyzanski	53°54′30″N 27°34′28″E	1947	Independence Avenue	Victory Monument
Kalinin Square	Pyershamayski District		1973	Independence Avenue	Monument to Mikhail Kalinin
State Flag Square[4]	Tsentralny District		2013	Victors Avenue	National Flagpole of Belarus
Bangalore Square[lower-alpha 1]	Savyetski District		1973	Maxim Bogdanovich Street	Park of the Friendship of Peoples
Aliaksandraŭski Garden Square	Leninsky District		1836
Freedom Square	Tsentralny District		1901
Francišak Bahuševič Square[6]	Maskowski District		1970s
Jubilee Square[7]	Tsentralny District		1826
Kazintsa Square	Kastrychnitski District		1970s
8 March Square[8]	Tsentralny District		1931
Myasnikov Square[9][10]	Maskowski District		1914

The square bears the name of the Indian city of Bangalore, which has been a sister city of Minsk since 1973. It was previously called Gorky Square. In turn, one of the squares in Bangalore is named after the Belarusian capital.[5]

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