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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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The Zhabrovskys’ tomb and the grave of Vincent Dunin-Marcinkevich
The chapel-tomb of the Zhabrovsky family is located near the village of Padnevichi. The tomb was built in 1852 from rubble stone in the retrospective-Gothic style at the local cemetery and was used for a long time as a burial place for representatives of this gentry family, whose estate was located nearby. Also in the...
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Rukhov carpets
The technology of manufacturing an unusual attribute of the interior of Old Roads –paintings made of straw on a black canvas – is included in the State List of Historical and Cultural Values of Belarus. Rukhovo carpets appeared in the 50s of the 20th century in the small village of Rukhovo, near the Old Roads....
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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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Historical and Ethnographic Museum
The Starodorozhsky Historical and Ethnographic Museum has become the hallmark of the city. There are unique expositions that tell about the history of roads and postal services, the way of life of the residents of Starodorozhchina in the late XIX-early XX century. In 2011, an exhibition was created in the museum, telling about how the...
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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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“Oilcan”
Residents of the villages of Rechen, Zakalnoye, Otradnoye and Obchin are united by their love for the traditions of their ancestors, in particular, the national holiday “Maslenka”, which is held annually on Maslenitsa in one of the villages. A variety of treats, numerous songs and round dances, various amusements-Maslenitsa is celebrated widely and richly. The...
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Alley to the Afghan soldiers
The Alley of Memory to the internationalist soldiers is a symbol of memory and duty, warning and dedication…. The green trees, like sentries on duty, keep the memory of the 131 internationalist soldiers of the Minsk region who died during the fighting in Afghanistan.
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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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Memorial “In Memory of the Disappeared Villages”
The memorial complex was opened in 2009 near the village of Snezhkovo and consists of boulders with memorial plaques bearing the names of settlements that have gone down in history for a number of reasons – due to the enlargement of settlements, the construction of the Viley Reservoir, the tragic events of the Great Patriotic...
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