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Local History Museum
The construction of the new museum building was completed in Cherven in September 2020. The museum has several exhibition halls, a storage facility and a conference hall. A barrier-free environment is provided for visitors with limited mobility. The safety of the fund is ensured by the climate control system. Modern technologies are used: there are...
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Church of the Ascension of the Virgin Mary
The church in the village of Derevnoye was erected in 1590 as a Calvinist cathedral. In the 1630s, at the expense of Wojciech Selyava, the church was rebuilt into a Catholic church. During the 17th and 18th centuries, a hospital and a school operated at the temple. The temple was restored several times. The architecture...
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Caroling ceremony “Tsars”
The traditional New Year’s folk circumambulation rite is listed in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list and takes place annually on January 13 in ag. Semezhevo. According to local legend, in the 18th century, a military hospital of the Russian army was stationed in the vicinity of the village and before the New Year, soldiers...
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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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Peter and Paul Church
It was built in 1840 by the famous Minsk architect Struyev in the retrospective-Russian style on the site of a wooden church at the expense of the owners of the Uzda city – Zavisha family. In 1905, this temple underwent a major renovation. The main decoration of the interior is carved iconostases covered with gilding....
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Calvin Cathedral
Cathedral of the XVI century is a rare architectural monument of the Renaissance period for Belarus. For hundreds of years, the temple many times has changed its purpose. It was here that the Bible of Simon Budny was reprinted in 1572. Budny was an educator and philosopher, an ardent supporter of humanistic ideas and the...
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Dubinsky jokes
The regional humor festival is held every two years and traditionally gathers dozens of humor groups and guests from all over the country. The hosts of the holiday are the collective of folk humor “Dubinsky fanabery”.
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Police retro cars
Near the building of the Soligorsky District Police Department there is a park of official police cars of the Soviet era. The exhibits do not just perform a decorative function, but symbolize the traditions laid down in the foundations of the service by the Soviet police, the continuity of the work of law enforcement agencies...
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Tyszkiewicz Homestead Park
In 1815, Count Pius Tyszkiewicz built a stone palace in Logoisk, and a large “English” park was laid out around it. The estate was blown up during the Second World War, but fragments of the park area are still preserved. Now it is the central place of recreation for the residents of the district center,...
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Kinetic Theater
The master of folk crafts Andrey Martynyuk created the only kinetic theater in the country, where dolls move to the music. In fact, it can be called an expanded and modernized version of the “Batleika”. In Dzerzhinsk “Balabukha” (this word is translated as” Kolobok”) there are several stage platforms on different levels. Genre walls reveal...
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