The chapel-tomb of the Zhabrovsky family is located near the village Padnevichi. More precisely, on the ninth kilometer of the Rakov-Ivenets highway, a former tract Tupal region. The tomb was built in 1852 (according to other sources in 1868) from rubble stone in a retrospective Gothic style in a local cemetery. In addition to the tomb itself, in the town of Padnevichi there is the grave of one of the most famous playwrights and classics of Belarusian literature - Vincent Dunin-Martsinkevich.

Padnevichy kaplіtsa

Bust of Dunin-Martsinkevich

The tomb itself is quite compact, rectangular in shape with a small single-tier turret. The building looks organic, but at the same time without any special decorative elements. The façade features an entrance made in the form of an arched portal, a stepped cornice along the perimeter, and a pitched roof.

Tomb in the village of Padnevichi

Tomb of the Zhabrovskys and the grave of Vincent Dunin-Martsinkevich

The Zhabrovskys, who owned these lands, fell out of favor after the defeat of the 1863 uprising. Their estates were partly sold and partly confiscated. At that time there was no name “Padnevichi”; the farm was called “Tupalshchina”.

Sights of Belarus - Padnevichi

Since 1950, the settlement of Tupalshchina has been completely liquidated, the houses were dismantled or transported, the Zhabrovsky estate was not preserved, the only reminder remains a stone tomb.

Padnevichi, Belarus

A commemorative bust on the grave of Vincent Dunin-Martsinkevich was installed in 1977. It is known that the poet lived and worked in these parts for a long time, and back in 1840 he bought a small estate Lyutinka (near pershai).

Memorial on the grave of V. Dunin-Martsinkevich on the graves of Tupalshchyn

Therefore, these places can be safely called his second home. After 1863 the author spent several years in prison in Minsk, then returned to his estate where he was active: he opened a school, staged several performances and wrote one of his most famous works “Pinsk nobility“. The writer died in 1884.

Tomb of the Zhabrovskys in Padnevichi

Finding the place where the chapel-tomb is located will not be difficult, it is visible from the road, below is the mark on the map:

Not far from Padnevichi it is worth visiting unusual temple in Pralniki and chic Church in Ivenets.

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