[thesz]

Last Fall I was in Minsk, Belarus. I was wondering why streets are so wide. It turned out that all (for all practical purposes) buildings were destroyed by Nazis about before their departure. On our way, the only building that survived (was older than 1944) was concentration camp building.

Minsk was rebuilt from ground up, really.

I don't know the real percentage of destroyed buildings in Minsk, but I guess it is about same or even bigger.