Geographical position. History of the district

The history of Pervomaysky District began on June 25, 1969, when the Resolution of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the BSSR decided to allocate territory from Sovietsky, Zavodskoy and Leninsky Districts of Minsk City for the establishing of Pervomaysky District.

Today the area of ​​Pervomaysky district is 3.3 thousand hectares. It is home to 232.7 thousand people. The district boundaries are the streets Logoysky tract, Ya. Kolas, Surganov, Independence av., Platonov str., Kozlov str., Slepyanskaya water system, Filimonov str., F. Skorina str., the railway to Moscow,  Kolodishchi - Zaslavl road, Gintovt str., Minsk ring road to Logoysky tract.

Until 1812, the territory that today is occupied by Pervomaysky district was in the possession of the famous Belarusian noble family of Radziwills.  

The road leading east from the center of Minsk was once called Staroborisovsky tract, now it is Independence Avenue. The tract began from the floodplain of the Svisloch River and ended in the area of ​​Komarovskaya Slobodka. This was the case until the mid-thirties of the twentieth century. Later, the city boundaries expanded to the tram ring with the final station "Exhibition".

On the outskirts of the eastern borders of Minsk, a centuries-old forest rustled. City dwellers came here to enjoy the silence, to pick mushrooms, berries, and most importantly, to visit the exhibition of, as they called it then, "industrial achievements." It was located on the square named after M.Kalinin.

Before the war, the development of the eastern part of Minsk was well underway. In 1932, the Botanical Garden was founded. And in 1967, it received the status of a research institute. In terms of area (more than 150 hectares) and collections (about 9,000 plant species), the garden is one of the largest botanical gardens in Europe. About half a million visitors come here every year. Now the Botanical Garden looks exactly the same as it was originally laid out. During the Great Patriotic War, it was not bombed. However, the fascists, who placed barracks and stables here, took the unique herbarium to Germany. After the end of the war, scientists also lost many valuable plant specimens.

Pervomaysky District is a district with its own architectural face. And there are many examples of this. One of the buildings of Belarusian National Technical University is built in the shape of a ship. The decoration of the district and the city are the mosaic panels on the walls of multi-story residential buildings along Independence Avenue in "East" microdistrict.

The district is home to an architectural gem - the National Library of Belarus - an intellectual repository, a symbol of the spiritual wealth of the Belarusian people.

Well-known cultural and artistic institutions are located and successfully operate on the territory of the district. The largest of them are the Central Scientific Library named after Ya. Kolas, the State Museum of Military History of the Republic of Belarus and many others. Film studio “Belarusfilm” has rich creative potential. The National State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, the leading flagship of information broadcasting in the Republic of Belarus, is located on Makayonok Street.

In the middle of the 19th century, a pine forest within the city limits suddenly turned into a park of culture and recreation, which it still is. It is one of the favorite places of recreation for Minsk residents, and it was named "Chelyuskin crew members Park" in honor of the sailors of the steamship of the same name, who escaped from the icy captivity of the Arctic and became heroes. Among them was our fellow countryman, Minsk resident Alexander Mironov, who became a writer after his Arctic adventures.

On the site of Tikotsky and Karbyshev streets there was Zelenovka village. And on the site of today's shopping center "Veras" there were the ancient settlements of Bolshaya and Malaya Slepnya - the former ancestral nest of the Vankovichi. In their place there was microdistrict Zeleny Lug (Green Meadow).

Ten years after the construction of Zeleny Lug, construction of microdistrict “Uruchye” began.

Microdistrict "Uruchye"

Construction began in 1977. By decision of Minsk Regional Council of People's Deputies, "Uruchye settlement" of Zelenolugsky Council was included in the city limits. In 1978, the microdistrict was expanded at the expense of Mikhailovo, Medvezhino villages, etc. From 1620 to 1669, the owner of the lands where microdistrict "Uruchye" is now located was Prince Boguslav Radzivil, son of Janusz.

From 1669 to 1744 - Boguslav Ludovik's daughter Caroline.

From 1744 to 1762 - two daughters of Princess Caroline.

From 1762 to 1790 - Prince Mikhail Casimir the Darling.

From 1790 to 1812 - King Stanislav, the Sweetheart.

From 1812 - Prince Dominik Radziwill and his wife Teofilia Mayevskaya.

Later it was transferred to the Vankovich family.

Today it is one of the largest and most well-appointed districts of Minsk. Such leaders as P.Zyl, V.Abramchik, P.Selitsky, P.Linevich, E.Sidoruk, V.Belokhvostov made a significant contribution to the formation and development of Pervomaysky district.