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Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos
The monument of wooden architecture was built in 1894, 10 km from the district center in the small village of Khudovtsy. In 1888, Emperor Alexander III and his family were involved in a terrible accident. The train derailed, twenty people were killed then, but the royal family was not injured. In memory of this, this...
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Waste heaps
This is the most noticeable attraction of the Soligorsk region, the lilac-purple mountains invariably attract the attention of tourists and often become a place for filming clips, films, TV programs.
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“Pull the kolyada on the oak tree”
The rite of “Pulling a Kolyada on an oak tree” is listed in the State List of Historical and Cultural Heritage. Nina Klimovich, an enthusiast and keeper of the traditions of the rite, managed to record memories of Christmas celebrations and an outlandish rite from the old women – residents of the village of Noviny...
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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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Blue Lakes Ecotrope
The landscape reserve of national significance “Blue Lakes” was created in 1972 to protect a unique natural complex that includes a river and a dozen lakes. Later it became part of the Narochansky National Park. Steep ravines and hills, a winding forest river, a light pine forest and several lakes at once-all this can be...
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House-estate of I. H. Kolodeev
The manor house, where Ivan Kolodeev, a historian, a founding member of the Russian Military Imperial Society, a chamberlain of His Majesty’s Court, the founder of the Novo – Borisovsky Pоsad, a collector who collected the largest collection of Napoleonics in Europe, a bibliophile, a patron of the arts, lived and worked in the late...
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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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Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral (Calvin collection)
One of the most striking and recognizable monuments of the defensive architecture of Belarus, the cathedral was built in 1577 by Jan Glebovich. The architecture of the cathedral combines the features of Gothic and Renaissance. Its powerful six-tiered tower with a hipped completion rises to a height of 35 meters. The austere interior with a...
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St. Nicholas Church
At the beginning of the 16th century, it was built by the famous guardian and defender of Orthodoxy in Belarus, Prince Konstantin Ostrogsky, who became famous in the battle with the Tatars. By the end of the 18th-beginning of the 19th century, the temple, built by Konstantin Ostrogsky, existed in its original form. It was...
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Stanislav Monyushko Museum
The new museum building was opened in the village of Smilovichi in 2019 on the eve of the 200th anniversary of the composer. Numerous exhibits of the museum preserve the memory of the life and work of “Slavic Schubert”, the creator of the first Belarusian and first Polish national opera. Many exhibits were transferred to...
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