Rakawskaye pradmyestse

Rakaŭskaje pradmiescie (Belarusian: Ракаўскае прадмесце) — the historic district of Minsk (Belarus), located along the ancient road to Rakaŭ. Here was the Uniate Church, Carmelite monastery and the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Orthodox monastery and the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. During the Nazi occupation, part of the district was part of the Minsk ghetto.

Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
Rakaŭskaje pradmiescie sign direction in Belarusian and English
Rakaŭskaja Street

To the west of Rakaŭskaje pradmiescie is Ramanaŭskaja Slabada, in the north - Tatarskaja Slabada (Piatnickaje pradmiescie), in the east - Zamčyšča, in the south - Nizki Rynak.[1]

References
  1. «План губернского города Минска (1903)» з выпраўленнямі і дадаткамі І. Сацукевіча // Гісторыя Мінска. 1-е выданне. Мінск. БелЭн. 2006. C. 196—197

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