A Soviet monument anchors one end of Minsk's main street. On the left is the building where Lee Harvey Oswald lived during his stay in the Soviet Union.

In front of the Ballet theatre, Jill verifies that a pirouette in hiking boots doesn't work.

This is the postcard picture of old town Minsk, fabricated by the government. WWII desroyed Minsk, and the Soviets rebuilt the city in monolithic concrete, except for this street of houses. It contrasts 17th century style with the uniform, communist constuctionism found in the rest of Minsk.

One of the few places where cell phones aren't ubiquitous; people stand in line to use the public telephone.