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A spring near Shashki village
Not far from Shashki, unique springs are beating. The locals call them “boilers”: it seems that the water is boiling here, but in fact it is icy. It is not known from what depth the water rises outwards, but laboratory studies recognize them as the standard of purity. From the depths in several places, a...
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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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St. Nicholas Church
At the beginning of the 16th century, it was built by the famous guardian and defender of Orthodoxy in Belarus, Prince Konstantin Ostrogsky, who became famous in the battle with the Tatars. By the end of the 18th-beginning of the 19th century, the temple, built by Konstantin Ostrogsky, existed in its original form. It was...
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Trostenets Memorial Complex
Trostenets is the largest place of mass destruction of people in the territory of Belarus during the years of the Nazi occupation. In terms of the number of victims, it ranks fourth after such notorious Nazi death camps in Europe as Auschwitz, Majdanek and Treblinka. The name “Trostenets” unites several places of mass destruction of...
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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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Holy Spring in Rakov
According to legend, in the XV century, an infirm and blind old man, fulfilling the order of the Virgin Mary who appeared to him in a dream, went to the edge of the village, but got lost, accidentally came across a spring, drank water from it. At that very moment, a miracle happened: the disease...
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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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Indoor tennis arena
Opened in the city in 2021, its area is more than 3,200 sq. m. There are three courts inside the arena, one with bleachers for spectators, is intended for competitions. The other two are for amateur tennis classes and training. Here the pupils of the children’s tennis school hone their skills, all fans of this...
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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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St. Nicholas Church
St. Nicholas Church in the village of Stankovo, built in the XIX century on the foundations of two churches of the XVIII century (a wooden church built by Prince Radziwill and the Uniate Peter and Paul Church). It is located in the center of the village, on the left bank of the Rapussa River. The...
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