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Days like theseOur recommendations for the perfect holiday in BelarusMinsk City BreaksFrom £510pp twin-shareYou will think you have steppedback into Soviet times with Minsk’sCommunist-era blocks and statueof Lenin. Follow a route fromIndependence Square to OctoberSquare and get your fill of Stalineragrandiose gems including thePost Office, GUM DepartmentStore and Palace of Culture. Takea tour to the intriguing Stalin Line -fortifications to protect the SovietUnion from <strong>Western</strong> aggression.The city comes alive at night whereyou will be ple<strong>as</strong>antly surprisedby Minsk’s fine restaurants andbuzzing live music venues.Yubileinaya Hotel HHHIf you want to complete the Sovietera experience, the Yubileinayawill meet your requirements. Themulti-storey hotel dominates theskyline and is a popular choice withtravellers because of its centrallocation. The staff are friendly,helpful and speak good English.Rooms are adequate and cleanwith great views! There is even abowling alley and c<strong>as</strong>ino.Chernobyl HeartChernobyl Heart is a UK-b<strong>as</strong>edcharity raising funds to buyequipment for Gomel Children’sHospital in southe<strong>as</strong>t Belarus,many of whose young patientsare suffering the long-termafter-effects of the 1986 nucleardis<strong>as</strong>ter. Visit the website atwww.chernobylheart.org.uk to findout more and make your donationsecurely online.LATVIABr<strong>as</strong>lawNavapolatskPolatsk<strong>Western</strong>HaradokVitsybeskMINSKHlybokayeRUSSIAP<strong>as</strong>tavyLyepyelOrshaByahom’lLITHUANIATalachynHorkiVilyeykaShklow MstsislawSmarhonMaladzyechna BarysawMahilyow KrychawAshmyanyZ<strong>as</strong>lawyeZhodzinaKlimavichyByerazinoChavusyValozhynMINSKBijovChervenLidaDzyarzhynskAsipovichy BabruyskHrodnaStowbtsyRahachowM<strong>as</strong>tyNy<strong>as</strong>vizhBELARUS ZhlobinBaranavichyKlyetsk SlutskVawkavyskSlonimSvyetlahorskLyakhavichy SalihorskDobrushHomyelHantsavichyRechytsaIvatsevichyNemanDvinaByerezinoP’tsichDrutDnieperDnieperPruzhanyKobrynByarozaDrahichynPinskT’snaLuninyetsDavydHaradokPripetMazyrYel’skBrestStolinUKRAINEBelarus - Perfect ForFor lovers of military history and the Soviet period Belarus h<strong>as</strong> it all – visit theStalin Line Open-Air Museum, where you can experience the living conditionsof the troops inside the pill boxes and battlements, <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> clamber overtanks and other military hardware from World War II and the more recentCold War. Fans of “Violin Playing Goats” will certainly want to include a visitto Vitebsk, birthplace of Surrealist artist, Marc Chagall.1945Becomes one offounding members ofthe United Nations1991Declares independence<strong>as</strong> the Soviet Unionbreaks up1998Value of Belarus roublehalved and food rationingimposed2011President Luk<strong>as</strong>henkoinaugurated for afourth term in office1941Nazi Germany invades;more than 2 millionBelarusians are killed1986Chernobyl nucleardis<strong>as</strong>ter contaminatesa quarter of the country1994Alexander Luk<strong>as</strong>henkobecomes president2001Elections criticised <strong>as</strong>undemocratic afterLuk<strong>as</strong>henko re-elected103Call 020 7666 1244 | www.regentholidays.co.uk | visit your local travel agent
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