The yards of Minsk represent a special part of the city. It's not a secret that the capital of Belarus does not have an abundance of architectural monuments, which could be said that they embody the spirit of the city. Consequently, the yards of Minsk, as the most original parts of the urban space, can be regarded as almost the main bearer of the city’s atmosphere.
The yards Minsk can tell a lot to the visitors. However, in the search of «a lot» one shouldn’t delve into the yards of the so-called dormitory districts, because their «stories» the tourist will not like. As for the yards in the center of Minsk, near The Victory Square, Komsomolskaya, International, Revolutionary, Kiselev and City Val streets, in the vicinity of Troitskoye Predmestje and the Opera House, here you can find a lot of interesting, miraculously preserved artifacts that stay in its original form. Here you can find a lot of dilapidated, but not without its charm, buildings.
But, sooner or later, the progress will to reach them also. Taking into account, how quickly the city authorities are changing the «old» Minsk to the «present», the chances of survival of the old Minsk yards are small. Perhaps those photos that you have viewed are already history.
