Tag: pseudo-Russian

The agro-town Palace is located in the Dyatlovsky district, Grodno region. The main attraction of the village is the Church of the Body of God, but there are several other interesting objects. For example, the Church of the Intercession, built in the second half of the 19th century, is...

Volchin is a fairly large village in the Kamenetsky district, Brest region. It has been known in history since the 16th century as the possession of the Soltan family, and then the Sapieha, Puslovsky, Narbut and Czartorysky families. Under the latter, a luxurious palace was built, ...

One of the main attractions of Brest is the Cathedral of St. Simeon, founded in the middle of the 19th century. The construction of the temple was achieved for quite a long time, and the first project was adopted back in 1846, but the actual work...

The city of Ivanovo (until 1940 Yanov) is an administrative center in the Brest region, located near the M10 highway connecting Kobrin and Gomel. Of the sights in Ivanovo, it is worth highlighting an interesting center with an ordinary building of the late 19th -...

One of the sights of the village of Golshany is an Orthodox church in the historical center. The Church of St. George is located on a hill opposite the Polish commune of 1928. The church is a typical architectural monument of the retrospective-Russian style. Dating back to 1901, built on the site...

Korelichi is not the richest village in sights, although it is located in one of the tourist regions of the country. Near the Mir and Novogrudok castles, and not far from the highway to Nesvizh. In the center of Karelichi you can see several...

Abandoned temples are not uncommon for the Vitebsk region. Sometimes there are churches with history and quite in good condition, despite the appearance of the ruins. For example, a church in the village of Mezhevo. However, there are other examples...

Bobruisk is a large city in the Mogilev region. There are a huge number of interesting sights, such as a fortress and an unusual wooden house. Among other things, there are also classical monuments of architecture. One of which is the Cathedral of St. Nicholas. The stone cathedral was built...

In the very center of Dzerzhinsk, there is the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos. The construction of the temple was completed in 1850. By the beginning of the 20th century, the parish included about ten settlements. The church in Dzerzhinsk is even mentioned in the ethnographer's book...

The history of the construction of an Orthodox church in Pruzhany should be called typical for Belarus in the 19th century. After the defeat of the uprising of 1863, a period of large-scale church building begins. In all regions of the country, committees were created responsible for the construction of temples. Pruzhany...