Trinity Suburb

The Trinity Suburb (Belarusian: Траецкае прадмесьце, romanized: Trajeckaje pradmiescie, Trinity Hill) is a historical district of Minsk located in the north-eastern part of the historical centre on the left bank of the Svislach river.

[1] In the northwest of the Trinity Suburb there is Tatarskaya Slabada, settled by Lipka Tatars from the 15th century (first settlement recorded in 1428) to mid-20th century, and Starastinskaya Slaboda, in the north – Storozhevka, in the east – Zolotaya Gorka, in the south – the central regions of the High and Low Markets.

Nowadays the suburb is one of the most favorite places of Minsk residents and guests of the capital.

Modern buildings of the district include the National Opera and Ballet Theatre, the Island of Tears, memorial that commemorates the Soviet soldiers died in the Afghanistan war in the 1970s.

According to another version, the toponym comes from the name of the defensive redoubt of the Holy Trinity, which was located near the Borisov outpost.