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Minsk's main street, [[Independence Avenue (Minsk)|Independence Avenue]], is marked by numerous imposing examples of [[Stalinist Architecture]]. Minsk was awarded [[Hero City]] status in the wake of World War II and a lavish, 38-meter [[obelisk]] marking the victory was constructed on [[Victory Square, Minsk|Victory Square]] on the intersection of Independence Avenue and Zakharau Street between 1950-1956.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cepaitiene |first1=Rasa |title=In the Shadow of Moscow: The Stalinist Reconstruction of the Capitals of the Soviet Republics |journal=Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, |date=2015 |volume=39 |issue=1 |page=6 |doi=10.3846/20297955.2015.1031434 |url=https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JAU/article/view/2880 |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref> Huge works of monumental architecture, like the "Courage" monument in the [[Brest Fortress]], were also built in Belarus during the Soviet period.

File:House of Government (Minsk) 03.jpg|[[Government House]] in central Minsk fronted by a statue of [[Lenin]].

File:Minsk Stalinist architecture - panoramio.jpg|[[Stalinist Architecture]] in central Minsk.

File:Victory square, Minsk 02.jpg|[[Victory Square, Minsk|Victory Square]] in central Minsk, marked by a 38-meter triumphal [[obelisk]] in the centre.

File:Theatre opera&ballet, Minsk.JPG|The [[National Opera and Ballet of Belarus]] building dates from the 1930s.

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==Modern Belarus==