The history of the building in Bogdanovich street, Minsk, started on January 28, 1864. On this day, Rohlya Frumkinova applied to Alexander II. She asked for the Tsar’s permission to build a wooden...
The Church of St Jan the Baptist in the Village Opsa
The church existed on this site as early as in 1500, but over years it was destroyed by fire. In 1768 a new church was built on its site, but it was made of stone. Originally the construction of t...
The Catholic Church of St Thaddeus in the Village Luchay
It is necessary to use only the superlative degree in order to describe this magnificent church. The church is history-steeped, gorgeous inside and outside. The surrounding area is laid out and dec...
The town of Glubokoye, which is in Vitebsk region has the richest historical past. These lands were firstly mentioned as back as in 1414, and this populated place belonged to the Great Duchy of Lit...
"Katyusha ... Tears drop from happiness ...". Everyone knows these touching words of the military song, which is the anthem of the Great Patriotic War. How many tears were shed by mothers, wives an...
The mystery of the stone cross in the village of Kamai
Though the village of Kamai in Postavy district of Vitebsk region is small in its size but it has a great importance both for the culture and the history of Belarus. It is situated on Lake Kamaysk...
The classic of Belarusian literature Vladimir Korotkevich was born in the family of an office worker in 1930 in Orsha.
Today in his native city there is a monument which is a reminder about ...
The town of Glubokoe, one of the district centers of Vitebsk region, is famous for a great number of original monuments. You can find here the sculptures of Munchausen, a classic family, a grandfat...
The monument to the letter “Ў” was erected in Polotsk in September 2003, in the tenth anniversary of the national holiday “The Day of Belarusian written language”. This sculptural structure is uniq...
The "Braslav Lakes" national park is known not only to every inhabitant of Belarus but also far beyond its borders. It is 250 km from Minsk and 235 km from Vitebsk. The park was founded in August 1...
In the southern part of the Vitebsk region, on the picturesque bank of Lake Lepiel there is a small cozy town with the interesting name Lepiel. People came to this land in ancient times. The sites...
This church of the ancient Belarusian town (today an urban settlement) is associated with two Andrews – St. Andrew the Apostle and St. Andrew Bobola.
The first name is used on the website o...
The Museum of traditional manual weaving of Poozerye in Polotsk
A man can be compared with a plant. We, like any living sprout, cannot exist without our roots. On the one hand we are one`s continuation, on the other hand – one`s beginning. To grow and develop o...
The town of Polotsk is considered to be one of the most important cultural and, of course, historical centres in the Republic of Belarus. There are countless treasures of the Belarusian land in th...
Polotsk land, like perhaps no others in Belarus, is rich in significant historical events, architectural monuments and unique museums. Here you can touch ancient icons, wonder at local legends, plu...
The Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross in Polotsk
The Vitebsk region, the Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross in Polotsk
The town Polotsk is considered to be one of main cultural and historical centers in the Republic of Belarus. ...
The church traces its history back to 1785 when the local Marshall Antony Kosov donated money for its construction. It was planned that it would be a small church at the Catholic cemetery. So it wa...
Briefly about the history of the church
The church was constructed in 1792 with the resources of Bzhostovskies Robert and Anna, the then owners of the village and surrounding area. It was co...
Ushachi is a small town in the Vitebsk region. Since the XV century, it has a long history, rich in events.
The Church of St. Lawrence is the main attraction of the town, which brought him f...
“ I, Lev Sapega, state to each around and every, … contemporary and future generations of people, that for respect and praise of God almighty, in the Trinity united, I’ve built a church in th...
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