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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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Kamenskiye Boulders
On the outskirts of the village of Kamennoye there is a geological natural monument of republican significance “Kamenskiye Boulders”. Two huge boulders of the Ice Age, located three meters from each other, were once brought by a glacier from the territory of Scandinavia during the Sozh glaciation 220-150 thousand years ago. These natural objects are...
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Masterpieces by Nadia Khodasevich-Leger
In the village of Zembin, in the Museum of Folk Glory, which is located in the local House of Culture, there is an exhibition with original mosaics by the world-famous artist Nadia Khodasevich-Leger. Also in the museum you can see a gallery of copies of masterpieces of world fine art, which the French artist Nadi...
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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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Kinetic Theater
The master of folk crafts Andrey Martynyuk created the only kinetic theater in the country, where dolls move to the music. In fact, it can be called an expanded and modernized version of the “Batleika”. In Dzerzhinsk “Balabukha” (this word is translated as” Kolobok”) there are several stage platforms on different levels. Genre walls reveal...
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Kastrovitsky Manor
In the village of Bolshye Novoselki, the buildings of the estate that belonged to the Kostrovitsky family have been preserved. The manor complex was built in the XIX century. For some time it belonged to Apollinarius Kostrovitsky, the older brother of the father of the Belarusian politician Karus Kagants. Today, a hospital is located in...
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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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Lake Naroch
It is called the “pearl of Belarus” or the “Belarusian Sea”. And this is not surprising, because the lake is not only the largest (79.6 km2), but also one of the most beautiful among the lakes of the country. The shallow depth of the lake helps to warm up the water, the gentle sandy shores...
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The building of the former hospital
The old hospital was built when the Russian-Japanese war began. The Art Nouveau building with some neo-Gothic elements belonged to the Nesvizh ordination of the Radziwills, the hospital buildings housed several dozen patients. The hospital operated until 1917, then it was closed for several years due to lack of funding. In 1995, the building was...
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Yanka Kupala Museums in Vyazynka and Yakhimovshchina
The creation of the branch of the Yanka Kupala Literary Museum in Vyazynka was led by Vladislava Lutsevich, the poet’s wife and the first director of the museum. The tenants ‘ house has been preserved here, where Ivan Lutsevich, the future national poet of Belarus Yanka Kupala, was born in 1882. The museum has archival...
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