Welcome to Republic of Belarus
Yeshiva
The first yeshiva in Eastern Europe appeared in Volozhin in 1803. The merit of Chaim Volozhiner in this is great. Up to 400 future rabbis studied here at the same time. In 1896, by order of the tsarist authorities, the yeshiva was closed. Unofficially, the training continued until 1939, when the head of the religious...
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Dzerzhinskaya Mount
Mount Dzerzhinskaya is considered the highest point in Belarus. It is located 30 kilometers from Minsk, near the city of Dzerzhinsk, on the outskirts of the village of Skirmantovo, and rises 345 meters above sea level. In the old days, mountains were often places of worship for people – it was on the hills, as...
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Running festival “Yazylskaya ten”
The national running festival “Yazylskaya Ten” has been held in the region since 1987 and gathers professionals and running enthusiasts not only from all over Belarus, but also from neighboring countries in the Old Roads. The number of athletes of different ages is several thousand.
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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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The Zhabrovskys’ tomb and the grave of Vincent Dunin-Marcinkevich
The chapel-tomb of the Zhabrovsky family is located near the village of Padnevichi. The tomb was built in 1852 from rubble stone in the retrospective-Gothic style at the local cemetery and was used for a long time as a burial place for representatives of this gentry family, whose estate was located nearby. Also in the...
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The Wooden Spoon Museum
In the unique wooden spoon museum, you can see more than 300 exhibits from different parts of the country: large and small, ancient and modern spoons, appreciate the filigree of the master who carved them from wood, try to make a spoon yourself, hear their sound as musical instruments. The pearl of the museum is...
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St. Nicholas Church
St. Nicholas Church in the village of Stankovo, built in the XIX century on the foundations of two churches of the XVIII century (a wooden church built by Prince Radziwill and the Uniate Peter and Paul Church). It is located in the center of the village, on the left bank of the Rapussa River. The...
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Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos
The unique five-domed temple, a monument of wooden architecture, built in the 19th century according to the standard project of the famous Russian architect Konstantin Ton, is located in the agro-town of Khotlyany. The church burned down during a fire in January 2013. Thanks to the congregation and patrons, the Church of the Intercession of...
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Holy Spring in Rakov
According to legend, in the XV century, an infirm and blind old man, fulfilling the order of the Virgin Mary who appeared to him in a dream, went to the edge of the village, but got lost, accidentally came across a spring, drank water from it. At that very moment, a miracle happened: the disease...
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“Zubrenok”
The National Children’s Educational and Health Center “Zubrenok” opened its doors in 1969. The fame of the camp quickly spread outside the BSSR, it was called “Belarusian Artek” and many children dreamed of getting there. But the ticket was awarded mainly to excellent students and activists. Today, every Belarusian schoolboy dreams of getting a shift...
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