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Ethnographic complex “Mlyn” (“Mill”)
The complex includes four buildings: a steam mill (mlyn), a hut of import workers, a barn (sviran) and a blacksmith shop. The mill was built in 1910 and operated until 1989. In the 1990s, it was restored and became part of the museum complex. Near the mill, theatrical performances with the participation of a Miller...
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“Ukha-fest”
The Ukha-fest festival gathers several thousand participants every year, its main dish-ukha-is cooked in the courtyards of participants: village councils, enterprises and organizations. The special atmosphere of the water festival is supported by water races, cyclists ‘carnivals, demonstration performances in water freestyle on jet skis, the water fountain “Water Extravaganza”. The concert and entertainment program...
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The place where Shimon Peres’ house was
The ninth President of Israel and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shimon Peres was born in the village of Vishnevo. The place of the house of Shimon Peres in Vishnevo is popular among tourists. The building itself was not preserved – a new house was erected on the foundation, decorated with a memorial plaque.
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Abandoned mill
The Folvarok Pogost belonged to Dominik Radziwill, then representatives of the old German count family of Wittgenstein lived here. One of them in 1842 mentioned a watermill in the Churchyard during the inventory of property. In 1902, Mr. Gershenson laid a brick mill, which produced the first flour in 1908. Near the mill there was...
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Monument to the miner Soligorsk
The monument to the miner, located on Kozlov Street, was installed on August 28, 1977 and is dedicated to the workers of the city. The monumental sculpture of a pioneer miner who came out of the mine represents the extraordinary strength of an ordinary person who gave the earth a stone of fertility.
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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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“Yuray”
The regional folk holiday “Yuray” is celebrated every year on May 6 in the village of Obchin. In the morning, a divine service is served with the participation of an Orthodox priest near the roadside guardian Cross. And from the cross, the Yurov round dance of girls and boys goes to the rye field. In...
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The Stalin Line
The historical and cultural complex “Stalin’s Line” consists of restored fortifications of the Minsk fortified area, which were located on the defensive line of the USSR in the 1930s. At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the retreating Red Army resisted the enemy here for several weeks. The open-air museum was created in 2005...
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Lyadensky Holy Annunciation Monastery
According to legend, the Mother of God, taking pity on the hard work and spiritless life of local residents, appeared to a peasant named Kirik and pointed out the place of construction of the Orthodox church, which was immediately built. At the beginning of the 18th century, the wife of the Minsk voivode Zavisha, Teresa...
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Monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union Pyotr Kupriyanov
The youngest son of the patriot mother Anastasia Fominichna Kupriyanova, Peter, during the Great Patriotic War, was a member of the Zhodinsky underground, a partisan of the Rodina detachment of the partisan brigade “Rout”. He fought on the 3rd Belorussian, 1st Baltic fronts. On November 2, 1944, in a battle near the village of Nikrace...
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