it is named after its architect, mikhail stepanovich osmalovsky.for the capital in 1945 . rounded attic windows and balconies with columns give the houses a special charm. it was planned to build 44 such houses, but 40 were erected. due to the expanded space, it was possible to plant more trees; they formed a special environment. the atmosphere, as the residents recalled, has always been there. but the most famous building of the osmolovka is the house under the spire - one of the first high-rise buildings in minsk. 43 m height, a record for those times. it was built in the late forties according to all the laws of classicism, and the decoration was a tower with a spire by the architect belousov. true, at first the tower housed a so -called tower reconnaissance point. the echoes of the war were still very strong. building were built with an eye to use for military purposes, and the ministry of defense is nearby. this building was also erected in the first post-war years, and curiously, on the site of the monastery buildings, the architect valentin