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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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Yeshiva
The first yeshiva in Eastern Europe appeared in Volozhin in 1803. The merit of Chaim Volozhiner in this is great. Up to 400 future rabbis studied here at the same time. In 1896, by order of the tsarist authorities, the yeshiva was closed. Unofficially, the training continued until 1939, when the head of the religious...
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St. John the Baptist Church
This is the main attraction of the Vishnevets, the temple was founded in 1742. The construction was carried out by the efforts of the Benedictine Order, to which Nikolai Radziwill donated these lands back in the 16th century. In 1852, the church in the village of Vishnevets was rebuilt, a stone fence appeared around the...
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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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Ice rink
The opening of the Ice rink in Zhodino took place on September 26, 2015. The playground is designed for the development of winter sports, there are regular classes in short track groups for children aged 7 years and older; classes in ice hockey groups for children, mass skating, amateur hockey classes.
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Church of the Ordination of the Most Holy Theotokos
Built in the village of Gruzdovo in 1871, the church is an architectural monument of folk wooden architecture. The church is made entirely of wood, in classical forms for churches of the late 19th century. The shrine of the temple is the miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Gruzdovskaya of the early 15th...
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Spring and font in the village of Pokrashevo
A few hundred meters from the village, a spring of the purest water flows directly from the ground. “Pokrashevo spring” accepts everyone who wants to drink or swim in the purest natural water. The crosses at the spring and the spring itself are consecrated by Orthodox and Catholic priests. From that moment on, the spring...
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Nesvizh Park
The creation of the Nesvizh parks began in the time of Nikolai Christopher Radziwill Sirotka. Then a small “Italian garden”was laid out near the castle. In the time of Mikhail Kazimir Rybonka, the Consolation Park was laid not far from the palace, which belonged to the” French parks”, and small gardens were planted right at...
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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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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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