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The Courageous Women of Minsk

By Christina Hebel

15 Jun 2021 · 9 min read

The message arrives late one evening via Telegram. It contains an address in a concrete block neighborhood in northeastern Minsk.

Thirty minutes later, five women head out from the site and walk into a nearby forest. They make their way through the underbrush before sitting down on some logs.

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