Thread: Elections in Belarus

Originally Posted by BappaBa

1942 год, немецкая кинохроника.

What, is that Minsk? Awful!

I think it's really sweet how Minsk has been rebuilt to be a truly elegant city...
I mean, most of the public buildings are very impressive. There are parks everywhere and the domestic houses in central Minsk are very pleasant.
Everything fits together, in harmony.
I guess city planners in the USSR got together and said "let's rebuild Minsk for these poor people, and make it really nice".
It's touching in a way.

If you look at British or German cities that were destroyed in the war, they are always EXTREMELY ugly - cheap 1950s houses, just thrown together with no esthetics. In Minsk, it's been carefully planned to look good.