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Multifunctional sports grounds
The project of the Presidential Sports Club “Sport for All” has opened multifunctional sports grounds in almost all district centers of the Minsk region. Sports grounds are never empty – fans of an active lifestyle of all ages, including pupils of sports institutions, are engaged here. All facilities are multifunctional, and are popular with people...
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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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Church of the Assumption of the Most Holy Theotokos
Assumption Church in Novy Sverzhen village was also built according to Bernardoni project almost simultaneously with the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul church — in 1590. It is believed that the founder of the Orthodox church, as well as the Catholic one, was Nikolai Radziwill Sirotka. The wooden structure burned down, and a stone temple...
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Lake and the village of Svir
The picturesque lake shares its name with the ancient village of Svir, whose history begins with the 15th century, when the owners of the place were the princes of the Svir coat of arms “Fox”. The brothers Eric and Roman Svirsky were part of the local political elite, signed the acts of the Trotsky (in...
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Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
At the end of 1991, at the request of the residents of Starye Dorogi, His Eminence Filaret, Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, blessed the creation of the parish. In 2006, next to the building of the wooden church, the construction of a new brick building of the St. Nicholas Church was started with donations from...
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Church of St. Nicholas in Logoysk
The stone church was built in 1866. In 1907, the icon of the Mother of God, which was considered lost, was returned to Logoysk, which the locals have long revered as miraculous. In the 80s of the twentieth century, the church was painted by icon painters from Sergiev Posad. The altar was decorated with scenes...
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Singing Field Festival
The Republican festival of Choral art has been held in the Myadel region for seven decades and gathers academic and folk choirs from different regions of the country on one stage.
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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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Belarusian State Museum of Folk Architecture and Everyday Life
This is an open-air museum, a skansen museum, in which historical and cultural monuments are preserved in a close to natural environment. There are 40 objects of authentic wooden buildings from three Belarusian regions: the Central part, the Lake district and the Dnieper region – peasant houses, churches, windmills and various farm buildings. The tavern...
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Hutten-Chapsky Palace in Priluki
The palace and park complex – the family residence of Count E. Gutten-Chapsky is located 15 km from Minsk. This ownership passed to Chapsky in the XIX century. Before that, according to historical information, the Oginsky, Ivanovsky, Gorvatty, Vishnevetsky owned the palace. Today, the Hutten-Chapsky Palace has been restored. Not far from the palace and...
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