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The study investigates the preservation challenges faced by Minsk’s historical wooden suburbs during post-socialist transformation. It aims to understand how urban ideologies and policies affected these vernacular neighborhoods.

June 28, 2026Built HeritageOpen Access

Preservation vs urban renewal in the context of post-socialist Belarus: the case of the wooden historic suburbs of Minsk

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APAnton PetrukhinBrandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg

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This article examines urban renewal impacts on Minsk's wooden suburbs, highlighting tensions between preservation and economic motivations.

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The study investigates the preservation challenges faced by Minsk’s historical wooden suburbs during post-socialist transformation. It aims to understand how urban ideologies and policies affected these vernacular neighborhoods.
Archival research on urban planning documents
Policy analysis of preservation strategies
Expert interviews regarding local experiences and perspectives
Identified a moment of institutional consensus for preservation in the early 1990s, shortly undermined by economic and political challenges.
Highlighting the exclusionary nature of Belarusian approaches to heritage management compared to international practices.
Paŭnočny Lane is noted as the only wooden district that received protected status amidst broader neglect.

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Anton Petrukhin (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a40b9c461bb0a67205c5dfe https://doi.org/10.1186/s43238-026-00277-5

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This article examines urban renewal impacts on Minsk's wooden suburbs, highlighting tensions between preservation and economic motivations.

Preservation vs urban renewal in the context of post-socialist Belarus: the case of the wooden historic suburbs of Minsk

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Preservation vs urban renewal in the context of post-socialist Belarus: the case of the wooden historic suburbs of Minsk

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