Famous sculptures and statues in Minsk
Courage and Grieve Island
The Courage and Grieve Island or Tears Island with small chapel, was founded on August 3, 1996 on the bank of the river Svisloch in the Troitskoe Predmestie region, an old Minsk's center. This monument is devoted to Belarusian soldiers who fell in fight far away out of the native land in Soviet time. Inside the chapel there is a record of 771 names of Belarusian soldiers fallen in Afghanistan. Also there are the Bible scenes on the walls of the chapel. In front of the memorial there is a big rock with a bronze icon of God's Mother. A ruby stone is in the center of the chapel's cross. Five memorial bells and the figure of a crying angel are elements of the memorial ensemble. But now this place is very popular not among those who fought abroad, but just married couples also visit the Island constantly, taking pictures of it.
