List of squares in Minsk

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[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]	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	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	53.9235°N 27.6079°E / 53.9235; 27.6079	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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