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The church of the saints Cosmas and Damian
The church of saints Cosmas and Damian in Vishnevo began to be built immediately after the uprising of Kastus Kalinovsky was defeated. In 1865, it was consecrated. Temples of this type are often called “muravyovka” after the governor-general, who led the suppression of the rebellion, and then – the new administrative structure of the Belarusian...
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Monument to Prince Boris
The monument, erected in 2002 in honor of the 900th anniversary of Borisov, has become the «visit-card» of the city. The city owes its appearance to Prince Boris Vseslavich of Polotsk, the son of the legendary Vseslav the Sorcerer. According to the chronicles, in 1102 Вoris founded the city at the confluence of the rivers...
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Church of the Icon of the Mother of God “The Deliverer”
The temple was built in 1997-1998 by the architect Vladimir Danilenko and is stylized in the forms of ancient Russian architecture. The lower crypt church is illuminated in the name of the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon.
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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 Rite of Kupala
On one of the most mystical holidays of Kupala, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of local residents, numerous guests from other cities and villages come to the agro-town of Ananchitsy. As it should be according to custom, the villagers choose their Kupalinka-a beautiful, hardworking and cheerful girl. Towards nightfall, the villagers go to the river with...
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Benedictine Monastery
The Benedictine monastery complex-a monastery and a church – was built in Nesvizh in 1596 at the expense of Prince Radziwill Sirotka and his wife Elzbieta Euphemia, designed by the Italian architect Bernardoni. The Benedictine monastery – the first Catholic women’s monastery on the territory of Belarus-circled around the most significant bastion in the city’s...
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Manor house of Count Makov
The estate was built in the XVI century, but its “moment of glory” came in 1863, after the suppression of the uprising of Kastus Kalinovsky. After that, many estates went to the tsarist officials. The estate in Maryina Gorka, located in a picturesque corner on the banks of the Titovka River, went to the then...
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Brilevsky field
The memorial consists of several monuments located on the site of the decisive battle between the Russian troops and the army of Napoleon. During the Battle of the Berezina, which lasted from November 26 to 29, 1812, more than 40 thousand soldiers fell on both sides. In 1912, a memorial was erected on the Brilevsky...
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Holy Cross Church
Built in 1798, the brick fence with the entrance gate, as well as powerful columns and small fragments of brickwork have been preserved to this day. The building is surrounded by a brick fence, and a stone apse has been preserved in the backyard. In Soviet times, like most religious buildings, the church was converted....
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Monument to Sofia Slutskaya
The bronze monument to the last representative of the princely family of Olelkovich, who was canonized by the Belarusian Orthodox Church in 1984, was installed in 2000 in the square on Maxim Bogdanovich Street. The gesture of Sofia’s left hand means a call to stop and think. Above the monument rises an arch with three...
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