Virtual Globetrotting: Belarus

Virtual Globetrotting: Belarus http://virtualglobetrotting.com/ A great way to explore everything that can be seen from space! en-us Copyright 2009 admin@virtualglobetrotting.com (Nic) admin@virtualglobetrotting.com (Nic) Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:00:38 -0700 http://backend.userland.com/rss <![CDATA[Yakovlev Yak-28P "Firebar"]]>

Yakovlev Yak-28P "Firebar"
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By: Rene73
@ 2009-10-26 13:00:38]]>

Yakovlev Yak-28P "Firebar"
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By: Rene73
@ 2009-10-26 13:00:38]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/yakovlev-yak-28p-firebar-2/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/yakovlev-yak-28p-firebar-2/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:00:38 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/yakovlev-yak-28p-firebar-2/ 53.09249000 26.03639600 <![CDATA[Compass rose]]>

Compass rose
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-10-11 10:07:06]]>

Compass rose
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-10-11 10:07:06]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/compass-rose-12/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/compass-rose-12/ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:07:06 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/compass-rose-12/ 52.11519700 23.77900600 <![CDATA[National Belarusian Library (under construction)]]>

National Belarusian Library (under construction)

National Belarusian Library (under construction)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-09-23 09:30:09
The National Library of Belarus, founded on September 15, 1922, is a copyright library of the Republic of Belarus. It houses the largest collection of the Belarusian print and the third largest collection of books in Russian behind the Russian State Library (Moscow) and the Russian National Library (St. Petersburg).

It is now located in a new 72-metre (236 feet) high building in Minsk, Belarus. The building has 22 floors and was completed in January 2006. The building can seat about 2,000 readers and features a 500-seat conference hall. Its main architectural component has the shape of a rhombicuboctahedron. The library's new building was opened on June 16, 2006.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/national-belarusian-library-under-construction/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/national-belarusian-library-under-construction/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:30:09 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/national-belarusian-library-under-construction/ 53.93131900 27.64592000 <![CDATA[Maly Trostenets Extermination Camp]]>

Maly Trostenets Extermination Camp
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By: Dania
@ 2009-06-08 01:34:33
Maly Trastsianiets extermination camp, a small village on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, was the site of a Nazi extermination camp.

Originally built in the summer of 1941, on the site of a Soviet kolkhoz, as a concentration camp, to house Soviet prisoners of war who had been captured following the German attack on Soviet Union which commenced on June 22 of that year (known as Operation Barbarossa), the camp became a Vernichtungslager, or extermination camp, on May 10, 1942 when the first transport of Jews arrived there. While many Jews from Germany, Austria and the present-day Czech Republic met their deaths there (in most cases almost immediately upon their arrival, by being trucked to the nearby Blagovshchina (Благовщина) and Shashkovka (Шашковка) forests killing grounds and shot in the back of the neck), the primary purpose of the camp was the extermination of the substantial Jewish community of Minsk and the surrounding area. Mobile gas chambers deployed here performed a subsidiary if not insignificant function in the genocidal process.

On June 28, 1944, as the Red Army approached the region, the Nazis bombed the camp in an attempt to obliterate evidence of its existence, in conformity with the aims of the so‑called Aktion 1005. But the Soviets are said to have discovered 34 grave‑pits, some (not all) measuring as much as 50 meters in length and 3 to 4 meters in depth, located in the Blagovshchina Forest some 500 meters from the Minsk–Mogilev highway, at about the 11th‑kilometer mark (according to the special report prepared by the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission in the 1940s). No survivors of the camp are known to exist, and original estimates of the number of people killed there ranged from 200,000 to more than half a million. Yad Vashem currently estimates the number as 65,000 Jews while German historian Christian Gerlach estimates the number to be in the range of 40,000–60,000. Signage on the site indicates 206,000 were murdered there.

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Lokomotiv
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-01-08 07:53:35]]>

Lokomotiv
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-01-08 07:53:35]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lokomotiv/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lokomotiv/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:53:35 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lokomotiv/ 53.13107900 26.03204000 <![CDATA[Torpedo Stadion]]>

Torpedo Stadion
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-01-08 07:34:41]]>

Torpedo Stadion
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-01-08 07:34:41]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/torpedo-stadion-1/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/torpedo-stadion-1/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:34:41 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/torpedo-stadion-1/ 53.88327200 30.41432400 <![CDATA[FSK Spartak]]>

FSK Spartak
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-01-08 07:00:17]]>

FSK Spartak
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-01-08 07:00:17]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fsk-spartak/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fsk-spartak/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:00:17 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fsk-spartak/ 54.21590600 30.28849100 <![CDATA[City Stadium]]>

City Stadium
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-01-08 06:41:52]]>

City Stadium
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By: adrbr
@ 2009-01-08 06:41:52]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/city-stadium/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/city-stadium/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:41:52 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/city-stadium/ 54.22254900 28.49043500 <![CDATA[Torpedo Stadion]]>

Torpedo Stadion
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-09-07 18:24:40]]>

Torpedo Stadion
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-09-07 18:24:40]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/torpedo-stadion/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/torpedo-stadion/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:24:40 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/torpedo-stadion/ 54.09239400 28.31998100 <![CDATA[Shakhtsyor Stadion]]>

Shakhtsyor Stadion
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-09-06 08:07:00]]>

Shakhtsyor Stadion
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-09-06 08:07:00]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/shakhtsyor-stadion/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/shakhtsyor-stadion/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:07:00 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/shakhtsyor-stadion/ 52.79855800 27.53806300 <![CDATA[Spartak Stadion]]>

Spartak Stadion
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-09-06 07:50:44]]>

Spartak Stadion
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-09-06 07:50:44]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/spartak-stadion/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/spartak-stadion/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:50:44 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/spartak-stadion/ 53.90536200 30.34112700 <![CDATA[Central Stadion]]>

Central Stadion
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-09-06 07:38:01]]>

Central Stadion
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-09-06 07:38:01]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/central-stadion/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/central-stadion/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:38:01 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/central-stadion/ 52.43658800 31.01200600 <![CDATA[Dinamo Stadium]]>

Dinamo Stadium
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-05-31 13:41:14
Dinamo Stadium

Capacity 10,080]]>

Dinamo Stadium
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-05-31 13:41:14
Dinamo Stadium

Capacity 10,080]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dinamo-stadium-1/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dinamo-stadium-1/ Sat, 31 May 2008 13:41:14 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dinamo-stadium-1/ 52.08992900 23.68388400 <![CDATA[Neman Stadium]]>

Neman Stadium
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-05-31 13:36:34
Neman Stadium

Capacity 6,300]]>

Neman Stadium
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-05-31 13:36:34
Neman Stadium

Capacity 6,300]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/neman-stadium/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/neman-stadium/ Sat, 31 May 2008 13:36:34 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/neman-stadium/ 53.68884800 23.82120300 <![CDATA[Stadyen Traktor]]>

Stadyen Traktor
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-05-31 13:29:30
Capacity : 17,586 ]]>

Stadyen Traktor
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-05-31 13:29:30
Capacity : 17,586 ]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/stadyen-traktor/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/stadyen-traktor/ Sat, 31 May 2008 13:29:30 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/stadyen-traktor/ 53.88162200 27.61712900 <![CDATA[MiG-25, MiG-25, Su-27, Mil Mi-8 & Mil Mi-24]]>

MiG-25, MiG-25, Su-27, Mil Mi-8 & Mil Mi-24
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By: Rene73
@ 2008-05-31 10:15:06]]>

MiG-25, MiG-25, Su-27, Mil Mi-8 & Mil Mi-24
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By: Rene73
@ 2008-05-31 10:15:06]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mig-25-mig-25-su-27-mil-mi-8-mil-mi-24/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mig-25-mig-25-su-27-mil-mi-8-mil-mi-24/ Sat, 31 May 2008 10:15:06 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mig-25-mig-25-su-27-mil-mi-8-mil-mi-24/ 53.84024100 27.66030200 <![CDATA[Sukhoi Su-24 "Fencer"]]>

Sukhoi Su-24 "Fencer"
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By: Rene73
@ 2008-04-18 03:55:33]]>

Sukhoi Su-24 "Fencer"
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By: Rene73
@ 2008-04-18 03:55:33]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/sukhoi-su-24-fencer/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/sukhoi-su-24-fencer/ Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:55:33 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/sukhoi-su-24-fencer/ 53.29582200 24.36524600 <![CDATA[Minsk-Passazirsky station]]>

Minsk-Passazirsky station
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-11-26 23:03:19
Central rail station for Minsk]]>

Minsk-Passazirsky station
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-11-26 23:03:19
Central rail station for Minsk]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/minsk-passazirsky-station/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/minsk-passazirsky-station/ Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:03:19 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/minsk-passazirsky-station/ 53.89031600 27.55040600 <![CDATA[Rail Turntable]]>

Rail Turntable
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-11-26 22:59:38]]>

Rail Turntable
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-11-26 22:59:38]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/rail-turntable-4/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/rail-turntable-4/ Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:59:38 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/rail-turntable-4/ 53.87632800 27.52497900 <![CDATA[Government House (Minsk) and Independence Square]]>

Government House (Minsk) and Independence Square
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-10-09 00:33:59]]>

Government House (Minsk) and Independence Square
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-10-09 00:33:59]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/government-house-minsk-and-independence-square/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/government-house-minsk-and-independence-square/ Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:33:59 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/government-house-minsk-and-independence-square/ 53.89621500 27.54493500 <![CDATA[Residence of President of the Republic of Belarus]]>

Residence of President of the Republic of Belarus
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-10-09 00:28:51]]>

Residence of President of the Republic of Belarus
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-10-09 00:28:51]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/residence-of-president-of-the-republic-of-belarus/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/residence-of-president-of-the-republic-of-belarus/ Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:28:51 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/residence-of-president-of-the-republic-of-belarus/ 53.90021700 27.56466500 <![CDATA[Dinamo Stadion Minsk]]>

Dinamo Stadion Minsk
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-10-09 00:11:18
Home pitch to FC Dinamo Minsk and Belarus national football team. ]]>

Dinamo Stadion Minsk
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-10-09 00:11:18
Home pitch to FC Dinamo Minsk and Belarus national football team. ]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dinamo-stadion-minsk/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dinamo-stadion-minsk/ Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:11:18 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dinamo-stadion-minsk/ 53.89517800 27.56008400 <![CDATA[Mil Mi-26 transport helicopter]]>

Mil Mi-26 transport helicopter
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-08-09 10:10:41
The Mil Mi-26 (Russian Миль Ми-26, NATO reporting name Halo) is a Russian/Soviet heavy transport helicopter in service in civilian and military roles. It is the heaviest and most powerful helicopter ever built.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mil-mi-26-transport-helicopter/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mil-mi-26-transport-helicopter/ Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:10:41 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mil-mi-26-transport-helicopter/ 53.77874000 27.57810800 <![CDATA[Giant sculpture in the Brest fortress]]>

Giant sculpture in the Brest fortress
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-10-24 15:52:26]]>

Giant sculpture in the Brest fortress
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-10-24 15:52:26]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/giant-sculpture-in-the-brest-fortress/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/giant-sculpture-in-the-brest-fortress/ Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:52:26 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/giant-sculpture-in-the-brest-fortress/ 52.08216000 23.65586600 <![CDATA[Fighters MiG-23 Flogger at Baranovichi Air Force Base]]>

Fighters MiG-23 Flogger at Baranovichi Air Force Base
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By: cmike77
@ 2006-10-23 15:37:46]]>

Fighters MiG-23 Flogger at Baranovichi Air Force Base
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By: cmike77
@ 2006-10-23 15:37:46]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fighters-mig-23-flogger-at-baranovichi-air-force-base/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fighters-mig-23-flogger-at-baranovichi-air-force-base/ Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:37:46 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fighters-mig-23-flogger-at-baranovichi-air-force-base/ 53.08913400 26.03110700 <![CDATA[Il-76 at Gomel Air Force Base]]>

Il-76 at Gomel Air Force Base
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By: cmike77
@ 2006-10-23 14:13:31]]>

Il-76 at Gomel Air Force Base
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By: cmike77
@ 2006-10-23 14:13:31]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/il-76-at-gomel-air-force-base/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/il-76-at-gomel-air-force-base/ Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:13:31 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/il-76-at-gomel-air-force-base/ 52.52575500 31.00856200 <![CDATA[Minsk Airport (MSQ/UMMS)]]>

Minsk Airport (MSQ/UMMS)
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By: cmike77
@ 2006-06-05 06:02:45
Runway 1: Heading 13/31, 3,640m (11,942ft),]]>

Minsk Airport (MSQ/UMMS)
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By: cmike77
@ 2006-06-05 06:02:45
Runway 1: Heading 13/31, 3,640m (11,942ft),]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/minsk-airport-msq-umms/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/minsk-airport-msq-umms/ Mon, 05 Jun 2006 06:02:45 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/minsk-airport-msq-umms/ 53.88415700 28.04998400 <![CDATA[Grodno (Obukhovo) Airport (GNA/UMMG)]]>

Grodno (Obukhovo) Airport (GNA/UMMG)
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By: cmike77
@ 2006-06-05 05:57:05
Runway 1: Heading 17/35, 2,560m (8,398ft),]]>

Grodno (Obukhovo) Airport (GNA/UMMG)
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By: cmike77
@ 2006-06-05 05:57:05
Runway 1: Heading 17/35, 2,560m (8,398ft),]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/grodno-obukhovo-airport-gna-ummg/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/grodno-obukhovo-airport-gna-ummg/ Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:57:05 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/grodno-obukhovo-airport-gna-ummg/ 53.60256500 24.05177600 <![CDATA[RJH-69 Russian time station]]>

RJH-69 Russian time station
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By: romulusnr
@ 2006-06-02 17:56:47
Another Soviet-era VLF transmitter.]]>

RJH-69 Russian time station
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By: romulusnr
@ 2006-06-02 17:56:47
Another Soviet-era VLF transmitter.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/rjh-69-russian-time-station/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/rjh-69-russian-time-station/ Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:56:47 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/rjh-69-russian-time-station/ 54.46370300 26.77702900 <![CDATA[Mil-Mi-6 helicopters]]>

Mil-Mi-6 helicopters
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By: Hinkkanen
@ 2006-04-25 14:42:03
Two Mil Mi-6 helicopters in derelict condition at an airbase near Minsk, Belarus]]>

Mil-Mi-6 helicopters
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By: Hinkkanen
@ 2006-04-25 14:42:03
Two Mil Mi-6 helicopters in derelict condition at an airbase near Minsk, Belarus]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mil-mi-6-helicopters/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mil-mi-6-helicopters/ Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:42:03 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mil-mi-6-helicopters/ 53.92013700 27.70938100 <![CDATA[Border crossing from Belarus to Poland]]>

Border crossing from Belarus to Poland
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By: Hinkkanen
@ 2005-07-10 11:56:27]]>

Border crossing from Belarus to Poland
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By: Hinkkanen
@ 2005-07-10 11:56:27]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/border-crossing-from-belarus-to-poland/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/border-crossing-from-belarus-to-poland/ Sun, 10 Jul 2005 11:56:27 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/border-crossing-from-belarus-to-poland/ 52.07382200 23.66131100 <![CDATA[Brest Fortress Memorial]]>

Brest Fortress Memorial
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By: Hinkkanen
@ 2005-07-10 11:49:43
On June 22, 1941 Brest was attacked by Nazi Germany at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, with the fortress in which the 1918 treaty had been signed acting as the focal point for the resistance. It held out for a month, establishing the city's status as the only Hero-Fortress among the Hero Cities of the Soviet Union.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/brest-fortress-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/brest-fortress-memorial/ Sun, 10 Jul 2005 11:49:43 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/brest-fortress-memorial/ 52.08373500 23.65547400