Mikhailovsky Square
{{short description|Belarusian Park }}
{{Orphan|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox park
| name = Mikhailovsky Square
| image_caption =
| image = Michajlaŭski skvier.jpg
| location = Minsk, Belarus
| opened = 1925
| coordinates = {{coord|53.894451|N|27.551724|E|display=inline,title}}
}}
Mikhailovsky Square (Belarusian Mihajlauski Square) is a public garden in Minsk, Belarus. It is located between Leningradskaya, Sverdlov, Kirov streets and Mikhailovsky lane on the territory of the Oktyabrsky district of Minsk, near the borders of the Moscow and Leninsky districts.{{cite web |title=Mikhailovsky Square |url=https://minsk-old-new.com/places/parki/mihajlovskij-skver |language=ru}}{{cite web |title=Mikhailovsky square in Minsk |url=https://vetliva.com/belarus/what-to-see/mikhaylovskiy-skver-v-minske/ |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Вергунов |first1=Аркадий Павлович |title=Русские сады и парки |date=2007 |publisher=Российская академия наук, Главный Ботанический сад им. Н. В. Цицина |isbn=978-5-02-035582-8}}
History
The square near the Vilensky Market was founded in 1925. In 1934, it was renamed into Mikhailovsky Square. In 1998, it was reopened after reconstruction.
Sightseeing
The park is famous for the sculptural groups, such as "Girl with an Umbrella" (in memory of the tragedy of May 30, 1999),{{cite web |title=History of sculptures in Mikhailovsky Square |url=http://www.poznaibelarus.by/mikhailovski-skver/#more-770 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305134035/http://www.poznaibelarus.by/mikhailovski-skver/#more-770 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |language=ru}} "Stranger", "Smoker" by sculptor Vladimir Zhbanov.{{cite web |title=Mikhailovsky Square |url=https://ekskursii.by/?Dostoprimechatelnosti_Belarusi=17947_Mihaylovskiy_skver |language=ru}}