List of squares in Minsk - Misplaced Pages

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

List of squares

Name	District	Coordinates	Created	Streets	Landmarks
Independence Square	Maskowski	53°53′44″N 27°32′52″E / 53.8956°N 27.5478°E / 53.8956; 27.5478	1964	Independence Avenue	Supreme Soviet Church of Saints Simon and Helena Belarusian State University Minsk City Council
October Square	Tsentralny District		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 / 53.91556°N 27.58250°E / 53.91556; 27.58250	1936	Independence Avenue	Monument to Yakub Kolas
Victory Square	Partyzanski	53°54′30″N 27°34′28″E / 53.90833°N 27.57444°E / 53.90833; 27.57444	1947	Independence Avenue	Victory Monument
Kalinin Square	Pyershamayski District	53°55′25″N 27°36′28″E / 53.9235°N 27.6079°E / 53.9235; 27.6079	1973	Independence Avenue	Monument to Mikhail Kalinin
State Flag Square	Tsentralny District		2013	Victors Avenue	National Flagpole of Belarus
Bangalore Square	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	Maskowski District		1970s
Jubilee Square	Tsentralny District		1826
Kazintsa Square	Kastrychnitski District		1970s
8 March Square	Tsentralny District		1931
Myasnikov Square	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.