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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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The Isloch River
Flowing in a narrow canyon among the coniferous forests of Isloch is one of the most popular routes among lovers of water tourism in Belarus. The picturesque views are simply fascinating. The meandering nature of the river and many obstacles will not let you get bored on a hike. The fast current and high banks...
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Kuzma Chorny Literary Museum
The future writer spent his childhood and youth in the village of Timkovichi. Here he graduated from a two-grade school, worked in the department of public education, worked as a teacher. The museum was created in 1962 by teachers and students of the Timkovichi secondary school, under the leadership of the former director of the...
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Monument in honor of the Soviet patriot mother
The prototype of the sculpture was Anastasia Fominichna Kupriyanova, who raised five sons, all of whom died during the Great Patriotic War, defending their Homeland. The monument is made of bronze and granite, its height is four meters. A bronze figure of a mother accompanies five figures of her sons to the war. In the...
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Church of St. Michael the Archangel
The church in the village of Ivenets was built in the Baroque style in the middle of the 18th century under the command of Count Jan Sollogub. The church is a cross basilica, divided into 3 naves, above which rise five-tiered towers. Inside there are 3 altars, which are decorated with sculptural stucco in the...
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The estate of the Narkevichi-Iodko “Nadneman”
The Belarusian naturalist, inventor, physician, professor of electrography and magnetism Yakov Narkevich-Iodko organized a meteorological station in his estate Nadneman. In the XIX century he made significant scientific discoveries in physics, medicine, agriculture. It is known that progressive experiments related to the use of electricity in various spheres of life were carried out on the...
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Spaso-Voznesenskaya Church
The church in honor of the Ascension of the Lord is located in the center of Kopyl. The church building was built in 1866 on the site of a wooden church that existed until that time, which was destroyed by fire. During its century-and-a-half history, the church has experienced the heyday of church life and...
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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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Dalva Memorial Complex
On June 19, 1944, the village of Dalva was burned down along with its inhabitants, and 44 people, including 29 children, were killed in the fire. The initiator of the creation of the memorial was the only surviving witness of the tragedy of the village of Dalva, Nikolai Petrovich Girilovich, who devoted his whole life...
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Church of the Body of God (farny)
It was built in 1587-1593 according to the project of the Italian architect Giovanni Maria Bernardoni by order of Nikolai Christopher Radziwill “Orphans”. The church was handed over to the Jesuit Order and became the first Baroque building in the territory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The temple is richly decorated with paintings not only inside,...
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