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| Inside GUM.
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| Our hotel.. it wasn't much to write on a homepage about.
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| Twin towers, from the Stalin era, opposite the train station.
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| Minsk is known for its big tractor factory.
They even use them for sweeping the pavements.
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Our guide proudly pointed out this ski resort as we drove past.
He explained that this little mound has its own chair-lift, and provides world-standard skiing for all levels - built "to save people having to go to expensive ski resorts abroad" (if they could get a visa).
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| The Mound of Glory.
Built "in honor of the Soviet Army which liberated Belarus from the German Nazi invaders".
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| The countryside in the background is typical of Belarus.
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