This town of Minsk region is considered one of most advanced industrial centers of Belarus. Moreover it is also one of the oldest ones, because the first mention of it was found in Belarusian-Lith...

The town of Ostrovets Grodno region General information Ostrovets is a town which is located on the banks of the river Losha in the western part of Belarus. Nowadays Ostrovets is a dis...

January holidays, traditionally held every year, can now be called the real little winter vacation. Where do the tourists go? Basically it is Belovezhskaya Pushcha, a visit to Santa Claus, Baba Ya...

The history of the village of Zhdanovichi dates back to the 6th-8th centuries BC, when the territory of the present-day settlement was inhabited by the territory of Bantserovshchina. However, the ...

A small farmstead Dzerzhinovo in Minsk region is located in Volozhin district. The farmstead itself is 15 km fr om the village of Ivenets. This place is the homeland of the famous revolutionary an...

Ruba is a small settlement that is located 16 kilometers north of Vitebsk on the bank of the Western Dvina. Once upon a time at this place there lived an orphan named Stepanida. She was rai...

The Village of Zakozel in Brest The village of Zakozel is located in the south of Brest region. The distance to Drahichyn regional center is 17 kilometers and it is 110 kilometers to Brest. ...

The history of the village of Olshevo is linked with the history of education and development of not only Brest region but entire Belarus. Initially, it was part of the Duchy of Turov. However, th...

Beloozersk city owes its name to the picturesque White Lake, located not far fr om it. However, the city itself is located between the three lakes - White, Black and Sporovsky. This place is just ...

Pleschenitsy is an urban settlement located in the Logoisk district of the Minsk region, which is famous for its partisan movement. Earlier there was a large Jewish community. In Pleschenitsy, on Chap...

The village of Kamenyuki is the administrative center and the "main tourist gate" to Belovezhskaya Pushcha. The Pushcha, divided by the Belarusian-Polish border, is a remnant of a huge ancient fo...

Ratomka is a village 5 km from Minsk in the western direction, on the Ratomka River. It received its name thanks to the owners - Count Ratomsky, natives of the Orthodox boyars of the Mensky (ie, M...

Ivenets urban settlement in Minsk region There is a small but very interesting settlement on the river Volma among hills and forests. The nearest city is Volojyn. There are about 4 thousand ...