Victory Square, Minsk
…July 1961, on the 17th anniversary of liberation of Minsk, Honourable Citizen of Minsk, Hero of Soviet Union colonel-general Alexei Burdeinei lit the eternal flame at the foundation of the obelisk. In 1984, architects B. Larchenko, B. Shkolnikov, and K.Vyazgin re-designed the square from round into oval to fit the…