The capital of Belarus, Minsk, has survived being literally flattened during World War II to rise again in grand Soviet style.
As we end our week of music and joy from Belarus, let’s take a quick sing-out to its capital, a city that boasts wide boulevards, vast public squares and Soviet-era architecture on a grand scale. Though it also carries the weight of its current autocracy, complete with KGB-style secret police, rumors of wire taps and spies, and the constant threat of a government crack-down, Minsk’s musicians, as we see in this video, can certainly sing.
