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Negoreloe Station
Today it is a small station of the Minsk branch of the railway in the Brest direction, but once the station Negoreloe was plotted on all geographical maps of Europe and the USSR and was very often mentioned in the press. In the period from 1921 to 1939, Negoreloe, which was then part of the...
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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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Selyava Lake
It is called a tourist paradise for lovers of pristine nature and silence, the reservoir is part of the reserve of the same name. The lake is ranked among the largest water reservoirs in the northeastern part of Belarus. The area of its water mirror is 15 km2, the length is about 14.5 km, and...
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Distillery building
In the village of Krasnevo, the building of the old distillery, which was founded in 1875 by the landowner Mikhail Grigoryevich Pokrevsky, has been preserved. The first product produced here was potato wine, which was highly valued by the locals and exported to Poland. After 1917, a distillery began operating here. The vinegar factory appeared...
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The boulder “Vorotishin krest”
It is located in the village of Kameno, on the picturesque bank of the Vilia River and has long been revered by local residents. The height of the cone-shaped stone is about three meters and is the only one of the so-called Boris stones that is still in its original place. The boulder is decorated...
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Monument to Sofia Slutskaya
The bronze monument to the last representative of the princely family of Olelkovich, who was canonized by the Belarusian Orthodox Church in 1984, was installed in 2000 in the square on Maxim Bogdanovich Street. The gesture of Sofia’s left hand means a call to stop and think. Above the monument rises an arch with three...
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Ancient traditions of baking bread
In the villages of Kuzmichi and Zhorovka, the ancient traditions of baking are carefully preserved. Bread according to special recipes is baked here not only on weekends, holidays, but also every day. Lyuban housewives bake homemade bread of several types: “sitny” – everyday, “z prysmakami” – with various additives, “partisan” – with unusual ingredients (for...
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Holy Resurrection Church
This is the only surviving architectural monument of the XVII century in Kletsk. Marshal Stanislav Kazimir Radziwill allocated a building in the center of Kletsk for the Dominican monastery, and on May 24, 1683, the church was solemnly built. Already on June 6, 1684, the church was consecrated under the title of the Annunciation of...
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Borisov-Arena
The sports facility is one of the most beautiful and functional in Belarus and an iconic landmark of the Minsk region. Borisov Arena serves as the home stadium for the BATE football club, it also hosts matches of the national team. The construction of the stadium began in November 2010, the day of its official...
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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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