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Survey of documents relating to architectural works located on Independence Avenue in Minsk City – between Victory Square and Kalinin Square
Belarusian State Archives of Scientific and Technical Documentation
| Name of architectural work | Date of construction and annotations | Name of document | Date of document and annotations | Fond/Inventory number | File number |
| Victory Square (before 1954 – Round Square) | The architectural ensemble of the square began to take shape in the late 1930s, when two multi-storey, arch-shaped dwelling houses were constructed there in accordance with the Master Plan of 1938. The further development of the square was based on the Master Plan of 1946 (architects N. Androsov, N. Trakhtenberg, etc.), projects for apartment buildings (1950-1956, architects M. Barshch, L. and G. Aranauskases) and the square’s improvement of 1954 (architect G. Zaborski). The reconstruction of the square was undertaken in 1985 and 2003. | The photograph of the square | No date | 104/2 | 54 |
| Monument to Soviet Army soldiers and partisans who perished in WWII to liberate Belarus from the Nazi invaders (Victory Square, formerly Round Square) | 1954; project authors: people’s architects of the USSR G. Zaborski and V. Korol, sculptors Z. Azgur, A. Bembel, K. Glebov and S. Selikhanov. Erected on a large stepped pedestal, the obelisk is crowned with the Order of Victory made of bronze and multicoloured mosaics. The lower rectangular foundation is embellished with 4 high reliefs and 4 bronze wreaths. The monument is faced with granite slabs of different colour and finish. The total height is 38 meters. At the base of the monument is the Eternal Flame | Detail Design, Working Design | 1952-1954 | 3/1-p | 1459-1462 |
| Photographs of competition designs | 1950-1951 | 51/1 | 246 | ||
| The photograph of the monument | No date | 51/1 | 247 | ||
| Independence Avenue (formerly Stalin Avenue) by the beginning of the construction of the 2nd line of the avenue – from Victory Square towards Kalin Square | The photograph of the avenue | 1953 | 127/1 | 25 | |
| Project authors: honorary architect of the BSSR S.S. Musinski, V. Morokin and D. Kravtsova. The project is drawn up in accordance with the main provisions of the city’s master plan. | Design of the layout and development of the 2nd line of Lenin Avenue | 1961 | 10/2 | 286, 287 | |
| Five-storey residential buildings for 128 and 115 apartments on Victory Square (formerly Round Square) | 1939-1940 – construction, [1950] – restoration; project author architect R. Stoller. These semicircular buildings face the center of the square. National Cultural Heritage Object (2nd category) | Project Statement and Working Design for the 128-apartment building | 1946-1949 | 3/1 | 234-239, 247-248 |
| Detail-&-Working Design for the 115-apartment building | 1947 | 3/1 | 247-248 | ||
| Residential buildings on Victory Square (formerly Round Square) | [the 1950s] National Cultural Heritage Object (2nd category) | Photographs of the buildings | 1949-1956 | 51/1 | 284 |
| Five-storey residential buildings on Victory Square (formerly Round Square) (from the side of M. Gorki Park) | 1953; project authors: professor, the BSSR state prize winner M.O. Barshch, architects L. and G. Aranauskases. National Cultural Heritage Object (2nd category) | Project Statement, Detail Design and Working Design for the 5-storey apartment house on Kruglaia Square | 1951-1953 | 3/1-p | 994-1008 |
| Residential building for 155 apartments on the corner of Independence Avenue and Varvasheni Street (formerly the Sovetskaia and Dolgobrodskaia streets) | [the 1950s]; project author: honorary architect of the BSSR A.P. Bregman. Construction was begun in 1940. The architecture of the facades and the layout of shopping premises have remained in accordance with the initial project. | Detail-&-Working Design | 1947-1948 | 10/1 | 163-167 |
| Residential building for 180 apartments with shopping premises on the corner of Independence Avenue and Kozlov Street (formerly the Sovetskaia and Dolgobrodskaia streets) | The photograph of the building | 1940-1948 | 110/1 | 2 | |
| Five-storey residential building, partially elevated to seven storeys, for 180 apartments on the corner of Independence Avenue and Kozlov Street (formerly the Sovetskaia and Dolgobrodskaia streets) | [the 1950s]; project author: professor, the BSSR state prize winner M.O. Barshch. Located mainly along the avenue, the building turns over the corners of Kozlov Street and Krasnozvezdnaia Street. Two passages divide the building into three parts – a 7-storey central part and two 5-storey corner parts. | Project Statement, Detail Design, Working Design | 1949-1954 | 3/1 | 856-875 |
| Five-storey, with corner towers, residential building for 245 apartments on the corner of Independence Avenue and Kozlov Street (formerly the Sovetskaia and Dolgobrodskaia streets) | [the 1950s]; project author: the BSSR state prize winner, professor M.O. Barshch. The building is designed in several sections. The highest section accentuates the corner of Independence Avenue and Kozlov Street as an important element in the city’s layout. | Project Statement, Detail Design | 1949-1953 | 3/1 | 820-825 |
| Ia. Kolas Square (formerly Komarovskaia Square) | 1952- construction, project authors: M. Barshch, L. Matskevich, L. Arnauskas; 1956-1957 – improvement of the square, project author honorary architect of the BSSR G. Parsadanov. The square has a shape of a rectangular of 130 x 400 meters extended along Independence Avenue. In the center of a large floor-type park there is a statue of the Belarusian national poet Ia. Kolas. |
Project Statement, Explanatory Note | 1956-1957 | 3/3 | 331-337 |
| The photograph of the square picturing the construction works | 1958 | 51/1 | 274 | ||
| Statue of Ia. Kolas | 1972; project authors: honourary architects of the BSSR, the Lenin Prize winners L.M. Levin, Iu.M. Gradov, G.A. Zaborski; sculptor Z.I. Azgur. This is a focal point of Ia. Kolas Square. | Layout and Explanatory Note concerning the square’s improvement | 1970-1972 | 10/1 | 2633-2642 |
| Residential building for 110 apartments on the corner of Independence Avenue and Lunacharski Street (formerly Lenin Avenue and Derevoobdelochnaia Street) | [1958-1960]; project author A. Dukhan | Working Design | 1957 | 3/3 | 606-609 |
| Independence Avenue (formerly Stalin Avenue) from Ia.Kolas Square to Moscow Road | Project authors: honorary architect of the BSSR G.A. Parsadanov, architects L.Ryminski, M. Gura, P. Gromov | Project Statement, Explanatory Note (description of soils and hydrogeological state of the avenue) | 1952-1953 | 3/3 | 303-305 |
| Project authors: S. Beliaev, S. Musinski, G.V. Sysoev, N.E. Trakhtenberg | Project Statement, Design of Layout and Development, Explanatory Note concerning the layout and development of the avenue | 1953 | 3/3 | 308-310 | |
| Project author N.E. Trakhtenberg | Project Statement for planting trees and gardens at the avenue | 1953-1958 | 3/3 | 326-330 | |
| Independence Avenue in the section up to Ia.Kolas Square (formerly the Sovetskaia and Pushkinskaia streets, and Komarovskaia Square) | [the 1950s]; project authors: architect M.T. Dobuzhinskaia and the honorary builder of the BSSR L.P. Mitskevich | Grading Layout; Explanatory Note concerning the project statement for reconstruction | 1948 | 10/1 | 58-59 |
| Residential building for 158 apartments on Ia. Kolas Square (near the Stolichny Store) | [the 1960s]; project author: honorary architect of the BSSR O.B. Ladygina | Project Statement, Working Design | 1959-1964 | 3/1 | 1693-1702 |
| Printing House on Ia. Kolas Square (formerly Komarovskaia Square) | 1958; project authors: honorary architects of the BSSR N. Shpigelman, and S. Botkovski | Working drawings for reconstruction | 1952-1965 | 18/1 | 652-665 |
| Concert Hall of the Belarusian State Philharmonic Society (50, Independence Ave.) | 1963; project author: honorary architect of the BSSR G. Benediktov. Embellished with a six-column portico this building is a dominant feature on Ia.Kolas Square. | Project Statement, Working Design | 1960-1965 | 3/1 | 1787-1803 |
| Belarusian State University of Physical Education on Ia. Kolas Square (49, Independence Ave.) | 1937-1938; project authors: honorary architect of the BSSR A.Bregman, architects A.Voinov, V.Muraviev. The building was initially designed as the House of Party Activists. The main facade is decorated with a curvilinear portico. | The photograph of the building | [1937-1938] | 110/1 | 1 |
| The Sports-Training Building of the Belarusian State University of Physical Education (formerly Belarusian State Institute of Physical Education) | [the 1960s]; project authors: honorary architects of the BSSR S.S.Musinski, G.V.Sysoev, and Pavlovskaia.This building makes a single complex with a main, reconstructed building of the university | Project Statement, Working Design | 1954-1962 | 3/1 | 1866-1874 |
| Residential building for 80 apartments with an extra 14-apartment premise on Independence Avenue (formerly Lenin Avenue) (near the University of Physical Education) | [the 1960s]; project author: honorary author of the BSSR S.S. Musinski. The building is designed as a part of a single complex including the adjacent houses. | Project Statement, Working Design | 1955-1960 | 3/1 | 2258-2269 |
| Minsk Radio Engineering College (formerly Radio Engineering Technical School) (62, Independence Ave.) | 1958; project author: honorary architect of the BSSR L.M. Goldstein | Project Statement, Working Design | 1953-1955 | 3/1 | 1139-1145 |
| Hospital No.1 (64, Independence Ave.) | 1950. Reconstruction of buildings constructed before 1941. | Working Design | 1950-1951 | 10/1 | 1211-1220 |
| The main building of the Belarusian National Technical University (formerly Belarusian Polytechnic Institute) (65, Independence Ave.) | 1932 – beginning of construction, project author – architect G. Lavrov; 1950 – restoration, project authors: architects L. Ryminski and L. Usova. The architect N. Makletsova connected the separate buildings into one complex. After WWII the destroyed buildings were restored, the facades of the main building were newly designed. | Project Statement, Detail Design, Working Design | 1948-1953 | 10/1 3/1 |
914-986 385, 386 |
| The main building of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (66, Independence Ave.) | 1939 – construction; 1949 – restoration, project author: professor, honorary worker in the Arts and Architecture of the BSSR I.G. Langbard. Construction was begun to the design by architect G. Lavrov. In 1934-1935 the design and construction supervision were commissioned on architect I.G. Langbard. He changed the spatial composition, connected the separate premises by the common entrance hall with three flights of stairs, and introduced a two-line colonnade which made the building more imposing and monumental. |
Exterior Survey, Detail-&-Working Design | 1945, 1947-1951 | 3/1 | 458-463, 465, 478-496 |
| The Oktiabr Cinema (73, Independence Ave.) | 1975; project authors: honorary architect of the BSSR V. Malyshev, architects S. Filimonov, V. Korzhenevski. This wide-screen cinema is accommodated for 1400 seats. | Project Statement, working drawings | 1966-1975 | 3/3 | 2500-2557 |
| Belarusian Academy of Arts (formerly Belarusian State Institute of Theatre and Arts) (81, Independence Ave.) | 1950 – construction; project author architect Ya. Shapiro | Project Statement, Detail-&-Working Design | 1947-1953 | 3/1 | 368-373 |
| [the 1970s] – reconstruction; project author architect M. Barsukov | Reconstruction Project, Working Design | 1970-1974 | 10/1 | 2643-2666 | |
| Residential apartment block for 80 apartments on Independence Avenue (formerly Lenin Avenue) | [the 1960s]; project author architect N.V. Drozdov. The facade of the building is designed as an element of the ensemble of buildings located between the Surganov and Kalinin streets. | Project Statement, Working Design | 1959-1960 | 3/1 | 1703-1710 |
| Residential apartment block for 116 apartments on the corner of Independence Avenue and Kalinin Street | [the 1960s], project author architect N.V.Drozdov. The layout of residential floors is based on type models 1-433 for one, two, and three-room apartments. The facade of the building is designed as an element of the ensemble of buildings located between the Surganov and Kalinin streets, and makes a single composition with the facade of the adjacent 80-apartment block. | Project Statement, Working Design | 1959-1965 | 3/1 | 1718-1725 |
| A complex of residential buildings (for 32-, 68-, 16-, and 40 apartments) on Independence Avenue in the area between Akademicheskaia Street and Cheluskintsev Park | [the 1960s]; project authors: honorary architects of the BSSR S.S. Musinski, and G.V. Sysoev. The layout of these buildings is based on type model No.2 used for construction in the city of St.Petersburg (formerly Leningrad) | Project Statement, Working Design | 1955-1959 | 3/1 | 2857-2864 |
| 7-storey residential building for 42 apartments on the corner of Independence Avenue and Akademicheskaia Street | [the 1960s]; project authors: honorary architects of the BSSR S.S. Musinski and G.V. Sysoev | Project Statement, Working Design | 1962-1963 | 10/1 | 1782-1789 |
| Residential building for 80 apartments with an extra 16-apartment premise and shopping premises on Independence Avenue (formerly Lenin Avenue) | 1964-1965; project authors: honorary authors of the BSSR S.S. Musinski, and G.V. Sysoev | Working Design | 1960-1962 | 10/3 | 100-110 |
| Residential building for 105 apartments with shopping premises (Pervomaiski Department Store) (74, Independence Ave.) | 1962-1964; project authors: honorary authors of the BSSR S.S. Musinski, and G.V. Sysoev. This dwelling house is designed as an element of the ensemble of buildings located between Surganov Street and Cheluskintsev Park. The total length of the building is 108 meters. | Project Statement, Working Design | 1960-1964 | 10/3 | 121-143 |
| Residential building for 95 apartments with shopping premises (the Flowers Store) on Kalinin Square | 1964;project authors: honorary authors of the BSSR S.S. Musinski, and G.V. Sysoev | Project Statement, Working Design | 1960-1963 | 10/3 | 144-154 |
| Entrance to the Botanical Gardens | [2nd half of the 1950s]; project authors: honorary authors of the BSSR S.S. Musinski, and G.V. Sysoev; architect L.O. Kadzhar | Project Statement, Working Design | 1956-1957 | 3/1 3/3 |
1475-1479 464 |
| Botanical Gardens | [the 1960s]; project authors of the gardens’ improvement: architects K.I. Basov, Iu.V. Spit, etc. The Botanical Garden was laid out in 1932 on the site of the former agricultural exhibition and occupies the space of 100 hectares. | Project Statement, Working Design of the gardens’ improvement | 1961-1965 | 3/1 | 1489-1510 |
| Residential building for 112 apartments with shopping premises (“1000 Melochei” Store) (1, Kalinin Square) |
1962; project authors: honorary architect of the BSSR G.V. Sysoev, architect D. Kudryavtsev, engineer N. Guleva. This monolithic 8-storey, U-shaped building is erected on ferroconcrete columns (first in the history of the Belarusian design). Raising above the adjacent area, the building is crowned with the high ornamented frieze in sgraffito. | Project Statement, Working Design | 1958-1961 | 3/1 | 1679-1689 |
| Statue of M.I. Kalinin (Kalinin Square) |
1978; project authors: architect Iu.P. Grigoriev, sculptors A. and I. Glebov, V. Poliichuk. The total height of the monument is 11 meters. | Detail-&-Working Design | 1975-1976 | 122/1 | 395-398 |