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Through the narrow streets of history

A corner of the old city - Minsk of the 19th century - is comfortably located in the very center of the capital. Narrow cobbled streets, low buildings, unusual layouts - all this Trinity Suburb... And it is simply impossible not to come here!

In those distant times, when the city was just beginning to grow, people settled in the suburbs that surrounded the upper city and the castle. One of the largest Minsk suburbs was Trinity. It was separated from the old part of the city by the Svisloch, but already in those distant years, gates and bridges were built here, and communication with the city was constant. As for the name of the suburb, historians suggest that it arose in the 15th century. The suburb was named exactly Trinity, because there was a defensive redoubt of the Holy Trinity (from the Church of the Holy Trinity).

This suburb was also called Trinity Mountain, it arose in the XII-XIII century and until the XIX century was considered a suburb of Minsk. It was impossible to locate the center of the city here - the terrain was inconvenient for defense. In the XIV century, the Ascension Monastery was erected here, at which there was a wooden church, on the site of which in 1620 Anton Maslyanka built a stone church. People began to settle around the monastery. In the 15th-17th centuries, earthen ramparts and ditches were dug around this territory.

The suburb was made of wood until the 16th century. It was connected to the city by means of a gati, and later by a bridge. In the second half of the 16th century, there were already two bridges. It was after the construction of the bridge that trade revived, the suburb began to develop much faster, the main street Troitskaya. Now it bears the name of Maxim Bogdanovich, and before that it was called M. Gorky and Alexandrovskaya. It was possible to get to the Svisloch along Troitskaya Street, and from there along the Khlusov Bridge to the Lower Market, which was the oldest retail space Minsk and was located next to the Castle. In the 16th century, Troitskaya Street became a continuation of the main city street of Nemiga.

In the place where the handsome opera house now stands, there used to be Trinity Market. In the very suburb, a school was opened in 1771; it operated at the monastery of the Mauritanians. In 1809, there was a big fire in Troitskoye, after which a female diocesan school and a theological seminary were built here (now it is the Suvorov School).

Trinity Suburb gradually became a kind of center of attraction for the most diverse segments of the population. Here, in one of the houses, the populists gathered, meetings were held. In addition, the city hostel, founded in 1892, was located here. In winter, homeless people lived here, who hunted on Troitskaya Mountain and the Lower Market. The shelter stood next to the Alexandrovsky bridge. In addition, the first public city bath in Minsk was located not far from Svisloch, which was destroyed in the 1960s.

On the outskirts of the Trinity Suburb - on the very bank of the Svisloch - one of the oldest mills in the city worked. The city authorities did not want to support it themselves, as it required a lot of money, so they rented it out. Even written information has been preserved that in 1838 "a water mill with four stones on the Lower Market" was leased out on bail of 3815 rubles for 12 years.

Trinity Suburb was inhabited mainly by artisans, merchants or military men - in general, people of the middle class. It was here that the famous poet Maxim Bogdanovich was born, for some time the family of Yanka Kupala lived here.

The 1930-1940s were the most destructive for the Trinity Suburb. At this time, a large number of buildings of the Ascension Monastery, a Catholic cemetery of the 16th-18th centuries, an old street that ran along the Svisloch were destroyed. Great Patriotic War also contributed to the destruction of the suburb. Demolition of buildings continued after the war.

The reconstruction of this area began by accident. In 1962, Nikita Khrushchev arrived in Minsk. During the excursion, he asked where the historical center of the city was and what was there now. The owners of the city were in confusion, since there was nothing to show the general secretary. This was the impetus for the restoration of the Trinity Suburb. True, restoration work began only twenty years later - in 1982. They were conducted until 1985. The watchmen do not approve of the result of these works - the spirit of antiquity, the soul of the suburb has disappeared. But all the same, this place is one of the most beloved in the city, despite its decorativeness.

In Trinity Suburb there is a large number of cafes, shops, souvenir shops and museums. Among the latter, the Museum of Belarusian Literature, which is located on M. Bogdanovich Street, stands out. On Starovilenskaya Street there is a branch of the State Museum of the History of Theater and Musical Culture of the Republic of Belarus (V. Golubka's living room). In addition, the Literary Museum of Maxim Bogdanovich was opened in the Trinity Suburb.

Having visited the Trinity Suburb, it is impossible to pass by the Island of Tears. This island is a memorial to the fallen soldiers. It was opened in 1996, initially it was conceived as a monument to the soldiers who died in Afghanistan. Now the Island of Tears is intended to remind of all the natives of Belarus who died in wars on the territory of our country and abroad. The central element of the memorial is the chapel; it resembles the Church of the Holy Savior, built by Euphrosyne of Polotsk. The base of the monument consists of figures of mothers who mourn their sons. The angel mourns for the heroes that he did not save. The authors of the memorial were sculptor Yu. Pavlov and architects M. Korolev, T. Koroleva-Pavlova, V. Laptsevich, G. Pavlova, A. Pavlov, D. Khomyakov. From here - from the Island of Tears - there is a beautiful view of the Trinity Suburb, the Upper Town, as well as Pobediteley Avenue

Probably in Minsk it is difficult to find a place that would be more known to tourists than Trinity Suburb. This business card the city, the image of which can be found both on postcards, stamps, souvenirs, and on some banknotes.

View of the suburb from the side of Nemiga (photo: Sergey Sandakov, 2009)

Trinity Suburb is the historical center of Minsk located on the banks of the Svisloch River. This is one of the few places in the capital where paving stones have been preserved, and low houses make your imagination move a couple of centuries back ...

Trinity Suburb in winter (photo: Anton Makovsky, 2011)

Historians believe that the area of ​​the Trinity Suburb was inhabited already in the XII-XIII centuries, and numerous references to this territory in written sources of the XVI-XVII centuries suggest that there was a city-wide center here in the XIV-XV centuries. The area was built up with wooden houses in which artisans, merchants, peasants and soldiers lived.

In 1809 terrible fire destroyed all the wooden buildings of the Trinity Suburb. The city residents owe to the architectural planning of the area, which has survived to this day, to the plan for the restoration of the suburb, developed after the fire.

Historical center of Minsk (photo: Sergey Sandakov, 2013)

In the 80s. XX century restoration work was carried out to attract tourists to the Trinity Suburb. Unfortunately, the restorers were unable to avoid extremes: current view of the suburb has little in common with the historical, and part of the building of the XVII century. along the Kommunalnaya embankment was completely demolished. Moreover, literally a hundred meters from the outskirts, a 25-storey residential complex "At Troitsky" was erected, the construction of which did not take into account the provisions of the Law on the Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage ...

"At Troitsky" / on the left in the photo / (Sergei Sandakov, 2013)

Today in the area of ​​Trinity Suburb there are many museums, shops, cafes and restaurants.

The houses of the Trinity Suburb (photo: Anna Zelenko, 2005)

The largest object in terms of size on the territory of the suburb is located in the center of the square, which is the square of the Paris Commune. This is a favorite resting place of the townspeople, where even in the summer heat you can find a pleasant coolness, sitting on a bench in the shade of tall trees.

Trinity Suburb Museums

1. State Museum of the History of Belarusian Literature (Bogdanovich St., 13)
2. Literary Museum of Maxim Bogdanovich (Bogdanovich St., 7A)
3. Branch of the State Museum of the History of Theatrical and Musical Culture of Belarus "Living room of Vladislav Golubka" (Starovilenskaya st., 14)
4. House of Nature (Bogdanovich st., 9A)
5. Troitskaya pharmacy (Storozhevskaya st., 3)
6. Art Gallery "Beaumond" (Kommunalnaya embankment, 2)

• There is a legend that a mighty oak grew on Trinity Mountain, near which many kings of the Commonwealth stopped to rest on their way to Minsk.
• From the end of the XVI century to the middle. XX century on the site of the park and the Opera House, the largest market in the capital, Troitsky, was located.
• In Trinity Suburb, the fate of two classics of Belarusian literature sang: Maxim Bogdanovich, who was born here, and Yanka Kupala, whose family also lived in the suburb for some time.

How to get there

You can get to Trinity Suburb by metro, exit at the station "Nemiga"

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Trinity Suburb is one of the most picturesque corners of Minsk. Tiled roofs, cozy courtyards filled with floral and coffee aromas - all this is contained in a small quarter located on the banks of the Svisloch. It is hard to believe that most of his houses were built here only in the 1980s on the site of more ancient architectural monuments. Yes, the history of the old suburb resembles the fate of the whole Minsk, which has been destroyed more than once throughout its existence, in order to then rise again from the ashes.

Once Trinity was the largest suburb in the city. Despite the fact that it was separated from the old Mensk by a river, numerous bridges made it possible to begin the settlement of these places at the dawn of its existence. future capital Belarus.

Story

The first settlement on Troitskaya Mountain appeared in the 13th century. It is assumed that its name came either from the Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity, which was founded by the Grand Duke of Lithuania Jagailo, or from the defensive redoubts that bore the same name.

In ancient times, Trinity Suburb was considered an important center of trade: there was a crossroads from Vilna, Polotsk, Mogilev and Smolensk, and from the 16th century on this place the largest market in the city began to work.

In 2009, the park, which was laid out on the site of the former market, was returned to its former name: Troitskaya Gora. On its territory is the Opera and Ballet Theater of Belarus.

In the 15-17th centuries, Troitskaya Gora, Nizhniy Market and Rakovskoe Suburb were surrounded by fortifications. The village consisted mainly of wooden houses.

Due to a devastating fire in 1809, the historical layout of Troitsky was lost. The quarters were rebuilt in safer stone. In the 1930s-1960s, during the Soviet "improvement", entire streets of Troitsky ceased to exist.

There is a legend among Minsk dwellers that during a trip to the capital of the BSSR Nikita Khrushchev asked to show him the historical center of the city. Minsk mayors found themselves in an awkward situation - there was nothing to show. They say that this event prompted the local authorities to start restoring the heart of the capital.

In the early 1980s, restoration was carried out here, which made it possible to recreate the architectural appearance of Minsk in the 19th century.

What to see

Today, Troitskoye Predmestye is a few quarters, walking along which you can get acquainted with the buildings of a typical urban development of the 19th century.

Among the places that are worth visiting while in the Trinity estate, the following should be noted:

• Maxim Bogdanovich Museum
• Museum of Literary History
• House of nature
• Galleries of artisans "Slavutya maistry" and "Slavutasts"
• Book and antique shop "Wreath" with an interior of the 19th century
• Pharmacy "Troitskaya" with a unique collection of items from the 19th century

There are many museums, souvenir stalls and antique shops, cafes, and art galleries in the area.

Currently, there are plans to recreate the ancient appearance of Troitsky, restore buildings in the Upper City, as well as the core of Minsk - Zamchishcha.

Trinity Suburb of Minsk is undoubtedly the most beautiful urban area not only of the capital, but of the whole of Belarus. It is located on the left bank of the Svisloch River. The name Trinity Suburb comes from the Trinity Church, once founded by King Jagiello.

The construction of the Trinity Suburb (Trinity Hill) began in the 12th century. Medieval Minsk grew into suburbs. The richer public settled in the Trinity Suburb. In the XIV-XV centuries there was even a administrative center cities. After obtaining the Magdeburg Law and the construction of the town hall, Trinity Suburb lost its status as the main district of Minsk.

In the 16th-17th centuries, earthen ramparts and ditches filled with water were poured around the Trinity Suburb. The area acquired the status of an important defensive fortified place.

Until the 19th century, Trinity Suburb was considered a suburb of Minsk, and the houses in it were wooden. In the 19th century, the suburb entered the city limits. Its center was considered to be the Trinity Market, on the site of which is now built Opera theatre and square.

The Trinity Suburb acquired its present appearance thanks to the strongest fire in 1809, when all the wooden buildings burned down. The mayors decided to demolish the remains of the foundations and build new city quarters in accordance with the canons of classical building, when the streets had to intersect at right angles, forming rectangular quarters. The houses were adjacent to each other, forming a single facade. The high tiled roofs of houses with mansards and attics gave the Trinity suburb a unique flavor.

Now Trinity Suburb has been reconstructed, repaired and improved. It looks attractive at any time of the year, at any time of the day and in any weather, thanks to the famous tile roofs, multi-colored facades and modern dynamic lighting (changing colors like dancing fountains).