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Drazdy, Minsk — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Drazdy is a district of Minsk, home to the Convent of Saint Elisabeth and the Falcon Club arena.
About Drazdy
Where to stay in Drazdy
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Drazdy is a residential and institutional edge of Minsk, not a hotel quarter. Lodging is thin on this residential and institutional edge of Minsk. Most visitors take a room in central Minsk and travel out to reach the Convent of Saint Elisabeth, the sports venues, and the memorial ground, since the district itself gathers homes, arenas, and the convent rather than lodgings.
Stay near the Falcon Club for events. The Football Manege sits close by.
About Drazdy
What are the main landmarks in Drazdy?
Drazdy carries faith, sport, and remembrance in one district. The Convent of Saint Elisabeth anchors its religious life, while the memorial known as Галгофа keeps a solemn ground apart from the streets. Sport crowds gather elsewhere.
The Falcon Club, the Football Manege, and the Канькабежны стадыён draw spectators, and the Masiukoŭščyna extermination camp marks a place of wartime loss that the district refuses to let fade from memory.
What is the history of Drazdy?
Drazdy holds one of the darkest chapters in the story of Minsk. The Masiukoŭščyna extermination camp stood here during the wartime occupation, and the memorial ground of Галгофа keeps that loss present for those who visit. Grief settled deep.
In the decades after, the district turned toward faith and sport, gathering the Convent of Saint Elisabeth alongside arenas such as the Falcon Club, so that a place once marked by killing came to hold prayer and public gatherings side by side.
Where is Drazdy?
Drazdy sits on the edge of Minsk, its blocks and arenas set around the Convent of Saint Elisabeth and the Falcon Club.
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Updated July 2026