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Minsk National Airport
In 1977, the construction of the main air gate of the Republic of Belarus, one of the largest airports in Eastern Europe, was started. An area of 740 hectares was allocated for the construction of a new airport complex “Minsk-2” in the Smolevichi district. In June 1982, for the first time, a Tu-134 aircraft landed...
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Church of the Heart of Jesus
It is located in ag. Ilya, is a monument of neo-Romanesque architecture and a real decoration of the village. The church was built in 1907, in the 90s of the twentieth century, the temple was restored.
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The rite of “Gukanne viasny”
This Belarusian custom is one of the most cheerful and optimistic. To speed up the arrival of spring, this national holiday is arranged, which coincides with the church holiday – the Annunciation. Girls start to click on spring, they sing spring songs. The whole village usually participated in the ceremony: they danced, played and laughed...
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The rite of the “Generous”
The rite of the “Generous” of the village of Rog of the Soligorsky district has the status of an intangible cultural value. This rite has been preserved in the form in which our ancestors knew it. “Shchedrets” are held on the night of January 13-14 with the participation of traditional masked characters. Its peculiarity is...
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Alley of Creative Benches
In Zhodino, an alley of benches consisting of 32 art objects appeared on Lenin Avenue for the 55th anniversary of the city. All the benches are different in design, made outside the box, with imagination and created with the participation of collectives of organizations and enterprises of the city. According to the plan of the...
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Ethnocultural complex “Nanosy”
On the territory of the ethnic village there are ten communal and two petty-bourgeois houses that look authentic and cozy at the same time. There are also many museums here – the museum of bread in a watermill and the museum of Old Belarusian life, the museum of coins, the museum of moonshine, the museum...
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Slutsk Gymnasium
The history of the gymnasium No. 1 in Slutsk dates back to 1617, when Janusz Radziwill founded a Calvinist school in the city, which today is considered the oldest school in Belarus. In 1838, the wooden building of the gymnasium was replaced by a stone one. Part of this building has been preserved to this...
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Chaim Soutine Space Museum in Smilovichi
In February 2008, an exhibition dedicated to one of the most famous artists of the Paris school, a native of Smilovichi Chaim Soutine, was opened in the Center for Creativity of Children and Youth. Soutine’s unique canvases adorn the best museums in America and Europe, they are purchased by collectors for tens of millions of...
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“Dukorsky maentak”
Maentak is translated from Belarusian as an estate or estate. The history of the estate begins in the XV century, and the period of its heyday fell on the XVIII-XIX centuries. The palace was eventually destroyed, until today only the wing and the entrance gate have been preserved. Thanks to a private initiative, the historical...
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“Dudutki”
In the museum complex of ancient crafts and technologies, visitors get into the atmosphere of a provincial Belarusian estate of the XIX century. Here you can get acquainted with folk customs, try yourself as a miller or a blacksmith. In the pottery workshop, you can make household utensils, and in the bakery you can bake...
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