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Chalk quarries
Near the village of Khotinovo there are “Belarusian Maldives” – amazingly beautiful chalk quarries filled with water. Previously, lime deposits were located here, today two quarries with azure water, light pine forest nearby are very popular with local residents and guests of the region. But we must remember that the shores are white because of...
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Trostenets Memorial Complex
Trostenets is the largest place of mass destruction of people in the territory of Belarus during the years of the Nazi occupation. In terms of the number of victims, it ranks fourth after such notorious Nazi death camps in Europe as Auschwitz, Majdanek and Treblinka. The name “Trostenets” unites several places of mass destruction of...
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Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ
The construction of the Resurrection Cathedral was started in September 1871. In October 1874, the first divine service was held in the church, at which the Minsk governor was present together with high-ranking clergy. The Resurrection Cathedral in Borisov, designed by engineer Peter Merkulov, is one of the brightest examples of the pseudo-Russian style, which...
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City Hall
The Nesvizh Town Hall is the oldest among the buildings of the city government that have been preserved on the territory of Belarus. The grant of the Magdeburg Law to Nesvizh was signed in Grodno on April 23, 1586 by the King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Grand Duke of Lithuania Stefan Batory. This...
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The trace stone
Between the villages of Gudovichi and Verkhles, in the cemetery, there is a trace stone of the VI-X centuries. The stone is located on a low hill, which is called the Holy Hill. The hill is a 52x53m area surrounded by a low rampart and a moat. In the center of the site there is...
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Bonch-Osmolovsky Manor
It is located in the village of Blon and was first mentioned in 1513. At the beginning of the XIX century, the estate belonged to the landowners Osovsky. But after the uprising of 1863, it was confiscated and transferred to the possession of the official Bonch-Osmolovsky. Anatoly Bonch-Osmolovsky had a huge home library, in his...
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Saint George’s Church
The church was built in the retrospective Russian style in 1856 in the village of Losk with funds allocated by the tsarist government. By 1864, a three-tiered bell tower was erected. It is crowned by a hipped roof decorated with an onion dome. Near the church of St. George in Losk there is an abandoned...
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Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos
This is the oldest Orthodox shrine of the Soligorsky district, the temple was built in 1795. The church building is an example of ancient wooden architecture. For more than two hundred years of history, the Holy Intercession Church has survived fires, wars, occupation, but the wooden building has survived, and the church still unites the...
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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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Vankovich Manor
In the village of Alesino there is a manor complex of the famous noble family of Vankovich. The house has not been preserved to this day, only the farm buildings and the distillery building remain. In the middle of the XIX century, there was a small estate here, where Paulina Monyushko, the granddaughter of the...
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