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Belavezhskaya Puscha - the...

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Belavezhskaya Puscha - the oldest National Park in Europe. Being a protected area, this territory stands out against the environmental background and has existed in one form or another since the late 14th century. Almost all area of the park is covered with woods, prevailingly coniferous trees. The age of the trees reaches 160-180 years in general, but sometimes you can meet real elders (300 to 500 years old). Animals inhabit the National Park tightly. The most remarcable is european bison ('zubr' in Belarusian). At the main entrance to the park there are a museum, a restaurant, and special hedged areas for wild animals, where visitors can see the inhabitants of Belavezhskaya Puscha.

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Niasvizh is a small town 112km...

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Niasvizh is a small town 112km south-west of Minsk with population about 16000 people. It is one of the most ancient historical and cultural centers of Belarus, first mentioned in the 13th century. The town reached its highest flourishing when it became the residence of the magnates Radzivil. In fact the most monuments were built during the period of Radzivil government in 16th 17th centuries. The simbols of the town is Radzivil Castle. There are also other notable buildings - Farny Church (16th century), and Slutskaja Brama (Slutsk Gate).

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Mirsky Castle

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Mir was first mentioned in the chronicles of 1345. Mir is famous for its outstanding example of Belarusan stone architecture: the ancient castle, founded at the beginning of the 16th century by Prince Juri Il'jinic.

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Here is a little glimpse into...

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Here is a little glimpse into our history. The monument is the 'Mount of Glory', dedicated to the victory in the World War II (or Great Patriotic War - the way it is called here)It was built by people, everyone whose relatives died in the war brought a little bit of soil from their home place, that's how the mount grew.

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Belovezhskaya Puscha national...

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Belovezhskaya Puscha national park The auroch, king of our forests and also an entry in the Red Data Book is the pride and beauty of Belovezhskaya Puscha national park and the biggest animal in Europe.

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Who said the beginning of...

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Who said the beginning of everything is the New Year? It all begins when springtime comes, when everything in nature awakens and blooms in all rainbow colours trying to reach the sun. The first and most beautiful flowers of spring. You'll remember them for a whole year, until the nex t spring...

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St. Sofia's Cathedral in...

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St. Sofia's Cathedral in Polotsk is referred to as a pearl of Belorussian architecture. For nine centuries it has stood on a picturesque bank of Zapadnaya Dvina, providing a fascinating view with its superb formThe Sofiyski Cathedral, built on the bank of the West Dvina river in the middle of the 11th century, appeared one of the earliest orthodox cathedrals in the Ancient Russia. The Cathedral plan has a clear deviation from routine outline common to the Sofiyski Cathedrals in Kiev and Novgorod. The Sofiyski Cathedral influenced greatly the progress of the Polotsk architect school of the 12th century. It had been reconstructed several times. Basic changes on the 15th century made it look like a cathedral-fortress. And in the 18th century the Unia-Vilnia baroque altered the Ancient Belarussian sacred place outlook completely. By this time only small fragments of the apse part and...

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In Kamenets

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It was built in 1914 year in forms of the pseudo Russian architecture. A high tower with the tent completion stands out in its volumetric composition. The tower together with five domes form the picturesque silhouette of the building. The situation on a green hill stipulated for the wide zone of the composition influence of the monument.

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Boriso-Glebskaya Kalozhskaya...

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Boriso-Glebskaya Kalozhskaya Church in GrodnoKalozhskaya Church- a real of the Belarus orthodox architecture-was built upon the Nioman river bank, not far from an ancient castle. Artistically it retains specific trends of the Greek masters architectural practice, which assumed some local building features and arts traditions. The ceramic filled cross-share insets give it a peculiar appearance which demonstrated not only an effective aesthetic idea but had a strong symbolical sense. All around the interior one can find 'voicers' –vessels embedded into the wall with their openings oriented towards the church interior. That served to significant bettering of acoustic conditions in the church. In the fifteenth century the church was rebuilt in shapes of a fortress-like church, according to that time existed tradition. Further more reconstruction works turned it into a Uniat Church. In the...

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Memorial Chapel in Liasnaya

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The chapel, raised in 1908-1918 according to project of architect A. Gagen, represents a monument dedicated to the 200-years victory of Russian troops over Swedish near the village of Liasnaya. Its square plan has a cross-shaped form thanks to the corner insets. A centre oriented multi-tier composition bears the elements of Russian defense architecture that indicates its memorial character. The walls slope enlarges the monuments volume visually. Though one can see in it the influence of modernist style the chapel keeps elements common to the traditional orthodox architecture: perspective portals, a belfry with keel-shape completion, 'onion' cupola.

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