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Dzerzhinskaya Mount
Mount Dzerzhinskaya is considered the highest point in Belarus. It is located 30 kilometers from Minsk, near the city of Dzerzhinsk, on the outskirts of the village of Skirmantovo, and rises 345 meters above sea level. In the old days, mountains were often places of worship for people – it was on the hills, as...
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Rusalie
In the Lubansky district, the ancient rite of the Rusalie, which appeared in pre-Christian times and symbolizes the end of spring in some Eastern Slavic regions, has been revived. Rusalnaya is called the week after Trinity. According to legend, it is at this time that the mermaids come out of the water and visit the...
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Monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union Pyotr Kupriyanov
The youngest son of the patriot mother Anastasia Fominichna Kupriyanova, Peter, during the Great Patriotic War, was a member of the Zhodinsky underground, a partisan of the Rodina detachment of the partisan brigade “Rout”. He fought on the 3rd Belorussian, 1st Baltic fronts. On November 2, 1944, in a battle near the village of Nikrace...
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Manor of the Svyatsky nobles
It was built by Karl Svyatsky, the last owner of Krupok, at the beginning of the XX century. According to legend, an impoverished landowner built a house on the bank of the Beaver River thanks to the treasure of Napoleon discovered in the Standing Lake, whose untold riches, according to legend, the French emperor took...
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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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“Lotvinsky udalukhs”
Serious research work was carried out in the Kopyl region – representatives of club institutions of the district, the Minsk Regional Center of Folk Art met with indigenous women of villages during the expeditions, wrote down recipes for cooking chowder, casseroles, fish, meat, cereals, dairy dishes, soups, tinctures, etc. In the traditional cuisine of the...
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Zamchishche
In the XIV century, a powerful wooden fortification with a high wall and towers appeared here. Subsequently, it was owned by representatives of various gentry families. The last of them were the Oginsky ones. At the beginning of the XVIII century, the Molodechno Castle turned into a stone palace, where there was even a greenhouse....
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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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Suspension bridges of Narochanka
Several suspended wooden bridges over the Narochanka River have been preserved in the district. The construction of the bridges is based on two steel cables stretched parallel to each other, the ends of which are securely fixed underground. The cables are lifted with the help of special supports installed near the shore. Logs are laid...
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Memorial plate in honor of Marat Kazey
The young partisan Marat Kazey heroically died near the village of Khoromitsky on May 11, 1944. Today, a memorial plate in honor of the pioneer hero is installed near the village.
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