Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Seven Faces of Minsk 6 --
B Buildings 8 --
M Mass Housing 10 --
N Nature 12 --
R Residential Estates 14 --
S Squares 16 --
U Underground 18 --
W War Monuments 20 --
1 Old Town 57 --
2 Pre-war Centre 117 --
3 Stalin Avenue 181 --
4 Socialist City 239 --
5 Lenin Avenue 279 --
6 Outskirts of the Centre 321 --
7 Green Radius 347 --
8 Residential City 389 --
9 Industrial City 447 --
10 New City 483 --
11 Index of Buildings --

Complexes --
Administrative and Public Complex along Park Highway --
Belarusian State University Student Town --
Byelorussian State University Town --
Minipolis Kaskad --
Nemiga Multi-Functional Complex --
On the Nemiga Residential and Commercial Complex --
Reminiscences of Nemiga Multi-Functional Complex --
Residential and Public Complex along Lenin Avenue --
Residential and Public Complex along Tolbukhin Boulevard --
Residential Complex along Park Highway --
Residential Complex on Station Square --
Trinity Suburb 019B Troitskoye Suburb --
Educational Buildings Academy of Public Administration under the Aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus --
Academy of Sciences of the BSSR --
Belarusian National Technical University Main Building --
Building --
Belarusian State Academy of Music --
Belarusian State Medical University --
Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts --
Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. Building 4 --
Belarusian State University Main Building --
International Relations Faculty --
Byelorussian Medical Institute --
Byelorussian Polytechnical Institute --
Byelorussian State University Chemistry Faculty --
Main Building --
Philological Faculty --
Radiophysics and Electronics Faculty --
Foreign Languages Institute --
Higher Party School --
House of Party Courses --
House of Technical Creativity --
Institute of Culture --
International Education Centre --
Johannes Rau International Centre for Education and Exchange --
Maksim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University --
Minsk Architecture and Construction Institute --
Minsk State Linguistic University --
Minsk Suvorov Military School --
National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus --
Party Activists School --
Pedagogical Institute --
Physical Culture Institute--
Radio Engineering Institute. Building 4 --
Republican Innovation and Technical Creativity Centre --
Research Institute for Soil Sciences and Agrochemistry --
Research Institute of Means of Automation --
Reyman Girls' School --
Secondary School No. 4 --
Social Sciences and Mathematics Institutes --
State Conservatory --
Training Institute for National Economy Workers --
Young Technicians Station --
Youth Centre of Technical Creativity --
Governmental Buildings Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus --
Architecture and Urban Planning Committee of the Minsk City Executive Committee --
Belarusian Trade Unions Federation --
Belenegro --
Belgidromet --
Byelorussian Communist Party City Committee --
Byelorussian Communist Party Regional Committee --
Byelorussian Military District Hotel --
Central Committee of the Byelorussian Communist Party --
Central Information and Analysis Administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs --
City Prison --
Committee of State Security of the Republic of Belarus --
Commonwealth of Independent States Executil Committee --
Council of the Republic of Belarus --
Court of the Eurasian Economic Union --
General Staff of the Rear of the Ministry of Defence --
General Staff of the Republic of Belarus --
Geophysical Observatory --
House of Government --
Independence Palace --
Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus --
Main Economic Administration of the Presidential Affairs Administration --
Military Hospital --
Ministry of Agriculture --
Ministry of Foreign Affairs --
Ministry of Internal Affairs --
Ministry of State Security --
Ministry of Power Industry --
Minsk City Executive Committee --
National Bank of the Republic of Belarus --
Pishchalo Castle --
Remand Centre No. 1 --
Republican Hydrometeorology, Radioactive Pollution and Environment Monitoring Centre --
Staff of the Byelorussian Military District --
State Bank --
State Customs Committee --
Trade Unions House --
Hotels Buildings Agat Hotel --
Belarus Hotel --
Belorus Hotel --
Rue House --
Crowne Plaza Hotel --
DoubleTree by Hilton --
Europe Hotel --
Hyatt Regency Hotel --
IBB Hotel --
Kempinski Hotel --
Minsk Hotel --
President Hotel --
Planeta Hotel --
President Hotel --
Renaissance Hotel --
Svisloch Hotel --
Tourist Hotel --
Victoria Hotel --
Yubileynaya Hotel --
Zhurvainka Hotel --
Industrial Buildings and Complexes Belarusian House of Printing --
Complex Automation Means Factory --
Granat Scientific Production Association --
House of Printing --
Integral Factory --
Luch Watch Factory --
Minsk Calculators Factory --
Minsk October Revolution Machine-Tool Plant --
Minsk Tractor Works --
Motor Transport Complex of the Council of Ministers of the BSSR --
Printing Plant --
Mass Housing Series:
Series 1-204 003M --
Series 1-205 002M --
Series 1-255 012M --
Series 1-335 015M --
Series 1-434/1-434S 006M --
Series 1-447 005M --
Series 1-464A 007M --
Series 1-464A-74-77 008M --
Series 3-0PB 017M --
Series 3A-OPB 018M --
Series 7 001M --
Series BM-2 004M --
Series E-187 010M --
Series M-335 016M --
Series M-335BK 014M --
Series M-464 009M --
Series M-464M 019M --
Series M-464U1 020M --
Series M-90 013M --
Series MK-5-9 011M --
Metro Stations:
Akademiya Nauk 010U --
Avtozavodskaya 028U --
Borisovsky Trakt 014U --
Frunzenskaya 021U --
Grushevka 004U --

"Minsk, founded in 1067, was a small, inconspicuous town lost in the backwoods of Eastern Europe for many centuries. Ironically, it was the devastation caused by the Second World War that drove the Soviet authorities to transform Minsk into a major city of true importance. The post-war development turned Minsk into one of the world's fastest growing cities in the 1960s and 1970s and also left behind bright, visible traces of how ideas about the 'perfect' Soviet city changed over time. Today Minsk is seen by many as a reserve of Soviet architecture and city planning, situated in a rather peculiar political and economic context. This guide takes the reader beyond popular tourist attractions, offering a comprehensive picture of all layers of the city. The architectural works presented range from 17th century churches to arenas and hotels built for the 2014 Ice Hockey World Championships; from iconic symbols of the Belarusian capital to the distant but intriguing outskirts. The author tells the story of Minsk by presenting the 'seven faces' of the city: 200 buildings, ten squares, five war monuments, seven parks, all metro stations, as well as ten residential estates and twenty mass series that together contributed to what became known as the 'Minsk Phenomenon'"--Back cover