Pruzhany. What to see in Ruzhany and Pruzhany: weekend route Tourist potential - Pruzhany

There are several legends regarding the appearance of the name “Pruzhany”. According to one of them, the name comes from the main agricultural crop in these places - millet. Other sources claim that the Baltic tribes of the Prussians once lived on the territory of modern Pruzhany, who escaped from the Crusaders at the end of the 13th - beginning of the 14th centuries. A must visit in Georgia.

Included Russian Empire Pruzhany was included in 1795. Since 1921 it was part of Poland, and in 1939 the city became part of the Belarusian SSR.

Basic prices for travelers to Pruzhany

Holidays in the city will not hurt tourists’ pockets, since prices in Belarusian cities are quite reasonable. There are two hotels in the city where tourists can stay comfortably. The first is called “Mukhovets” (Shirmy St., 15). It contains one and double rooms and luxury apartments. The rooms have bathrooms, showers, refrigerator, TV, telephone. Cost of placement: single rooms- 44,000-48,000 bel. RUR, double rooms - 49,000-52,500 BYN. RUB, apartment - 94,700 BYN. rub.

On Gorina-Kolyada Street, 26 there is the Veras Hotel with 1,2,3,4-room rooms with one junior suite. The rooms have everything you need, the hotel has a parking lot (unguarded) and a hairdresser. Prices from 16,000 BYN. rub. (in a room for four) up to 37,800 BYN. rub. (junior suite).

Those tourists who do not want to stay in hotels can rent a room or apartment. For those arriving at short term, daily rental- the best option.

What to see in Pruzhany

It cannot be said that there are many attractions in Pruzhany, but still the city has preserved buildings that have architectural, artistic and historical value.

Shopping arcades built in the 19th century, representing an elongated rectangle, divided into shopping sections. The perimeter rows are surrounded by an arched gallery, which is typical for buildings of this type. The shopping arcades are interesting as examples of monumental architecture, a peculiar mixture of baroque and classicism. In the cities of Belarus, literally only a few such buildings have survived.

On Sovetskaya Street you can get an idea of what the city looked like before. Fragments of old buildings from the late 19th - early 20th centuries have been preserved here, in particular a music school (previously the treasury), a pharmacy, a school, and residential buildings.

The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, erected in 1857-1880, is an architectural structure in the style of classicism. Although by that time this style had already begun to decline, Orthodox churches(especially in the provinces) continued to observe these traditions, which were dictated by the policy of the Synod. The bell tower of the temple, rising above the cathedral, is a high-rise dominant and a kind of landmark of the old part of the city.

Ascension Church (1878-1883) is a local example of neoclassical architecture.

How to get to Pruzhany

Pruzhany and surrounding areas - great place for relaxation in the lap of Belarusian nature. Tourists who prefer a cheap holiday without the mediation of travel agencies can get to Pruzhany on their own. From Minsk to Pruzhany 288 km, if you go by own car, then you should follow the following route: from the Moscow Ring Road to Dzerzhinsk - turn to Stolbtsy - turn to Baranovichi - turn to Slonim - turn to Ruzhany - turn to Pruzhany.

The area passes through railway. 13 km from Pruzhany is located railway station Oranchitsy (line Moscow - Minsk - Brest). The Pruzhany city bus depot serves both city and suburban routes (27 routes) and intercity routes (4 routes).

Pruzhany palace

In Pruzhany Park you can get acquainted with the real pearl of the city, which is called the Pruzhany Palace. This is a wonderful example of manor and park architecture, located in the estate of the Shvykovskys, the former owners of the estate. The monument represents an Italian rural villa in a neo-romantic style, the only one on the territory of Belarus. According to legend, the Romanov family visited this estate several times. The tsar indulged in hunting fun in Belovezhskaya Pushcha, and at that time his wife communicated with the mistress of the estate.

Currently, the Palacik houses a museum where you can admire the recreated ancient interiors. This is a winter garden, a fragrant and lush greenhouse, a charming flower hall, a hunting office in the style of the 19th century, a music and art living room, a folk crafts hall, art gallery. The museum houses “The Last Supper,” a very rare wooden icon from the 16th century.

Waterpark Pruzhany

In 2011, the city opened its own water park. This entertainment complex, located in the Water Palace. Visitors can enjoy a swimming pool (25 m, depth 2.3 m) with 6 lanes, a sauna, bathhouse, billiards, table tennis, gyms for fitness and weightlifting, and a cafeteria. The area of the water park is 300 m2, visually divided into children's and adult areas, between which there is a jacuzzi and two bridges. For children there is a separate shallow pool (0.95 m).

The following people work at the water park: water attractions: "Mushroom", waterfalls, " mountain river", underwater jets, attractions for little ones (the Little Mermaid waterfall and the Valley of Geysers), two spiral slides for older ones.

A trip to the city of Pruzhany is an indispensable component of most tourist programs that are aimed at holidays in Belarus. It will be interesting to visit this city for both adults and children.

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Population

Population - 19.9 thousand inhabitants ().

Transport system

1 Gastello Lane
1 Kupala Yanka Lane
2 Gastello Lane
2 Kupala Yanka Lane
17 September street
50 years of October street
Aptekarsky Lane
Batova street
Bakhareva street
Bogdanovich street
Bogushevich street, lane
Vashkevich street
Vinogradova street, lane
Gastello street
Gogol street
Gorina-Kolyada street, lane
Gorka street, lane
Gorky Maxim street, lane
Gudimova street, lane
Zhukova street
Factory street
Zasima street
Zaslonova street
International street
Kalinovsky street
Kafanova street
Kirova street
Kobrinskaya street, lane
Kolas Yakuba street, lane
Komarova street
Komsomolskaya street, lane
Koneva street
Kosmodemyanskaya Zoya street
Kostyakova street, lane
Kotovsky street
Krasnoarmeyskaya street, lane
Krivosheina Lane
Kupala Yanka street
Kukhareva street
Lazo street
Lenina street
Makarenko street
Masherova street
Mayakovsky street
Mira, lane
Mitskevich street
Michurina street
Embankment street
Nichiporovich street
New street
Oktyabrskaya street, lane
Alder street
Olshevsky Lane
Ostrovsky street
Park Street
Pionerskaya Street
Polevaya street, lane
Polesskaya street
Polotsk Euphrosyne street
Industrial street
Simple street
Pushkina street, lane
Rokossovsky street
Sadovaya street
Sverguna street
Svobody street, lane
Sovetskaya street
Socialist street
Stroitelnaya street
Tikhon Barana street
Quiet street
Tolstoy street, lane
Tormasova street, lane
Urbanovicha street
Frunze street
Khoruzhey Vera Lane
Khotimskogo street
Chapaeva street
Chernyshevsky street
Chernyakhovsky street
Shevchenko street, lane
Shirmy Rygora street, lane
Yubileiny Street
May 1st street, lane

Story

The first mention of the Prushan volost dates back to 1433. According to the writer and historian Yu. I. Krashevsky and others, the name arose in connection with the settlement here of Prussians fleeing from the crusaders (Pruss, Prusyans, Prushany). Pruzhany has been known since 1487 under the name Dobuchin. Until 1519, Pruzhany was part of the Kobrin Principality. After the death of the Kobrin prince Ivan Semenovich, Pruzhany came into the possession of his wife Fedora, in 1519, by the privilege of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund I the Old - to Marshal V. Kostevich, they were part of the Kobrin eldership. Since 1520 in the Kobrin povet of the Podlaskie voivodeship, since 1566 in the Brest povet and voivodeship. In the 16th century belonged to Queen Bona of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and her daughter Anna. In 1589 the city, which at that time was quite large shopping center, received Magdeburg law, and the name Pruzhany was assigned to it. 4 fairs a year were held here. According to the inventory of 1563, Pruzhany had 1250 inhabitants, 7 streets, 278 farms. In the 16th century there was a Pruzhany “royal court” ( wooden palace, 2 outbuildings, stables, barn, furnace, bakery, 4 barns, water mill, garden). During the wars of the mid-17th - 1st half of the 18th century. the city was severely destroyed, the number of buildings decreased by 5 times. In 1776 he was deprived of Magdeburg rights. By the end of the 18th century. restored, in 1791 - 2094 inhabitants.

Since 1795 Pruzhany has been part of Russia: a city, the center of the Slonim province, since 1797 of the Lithuanian province, since 1801 of the Grodno province. In 1845, they received a new coat of arms: on a light brown background there is a spruce with a hunting pipe hanging on its branches. In 1866, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was built in the center of Pruzhany, and in 1878, the Transfiguration Church. In 1857 the city had 5,665 inhabitants. During the uprising of 1863-64. detachments of R. Roginsky, S. Songin and B. Rylsky operated in the Pruzhanshchina. On February 13, 1863 they occupied the city.

The abolition of serfdom contributed to economic development cities.

According to the Riga Peace Treaty in 1921-39. Pruzhany was part of Poland: a povet town in Polesie Voivodeship. The workers' struggle for national liberation was led by the organizations KPZB, KSMZB, and the Belarusian Peasant-Worker Community.

Since September 1939, Pruzhany has been part of the BSSR, since January 15, 1940, the center of the district of the Brest region. On June 23, 1941, the city was occupied by the Nazi invaders. Since 1942, the underground anti-fascist committee operated, from November 23, 1943 to July 11, 1944, the underground district committee of the Communist Party of Bolsheviks (Bolsheviks) of Belarus, from September 1, 1943 to July 11, 1944, the underground district committee of the LKSMB. The occupiers killed more than 4 thousand people in the death camp in the city; the housing stock was destroyed by 70%. July 17, 1944 Pruzhany was liberated by units of the 28th Army of the 1st Belorussian Front.

In 1959, in the regional design workshops of the city of Baranovichi, a layout scheme for Pruzhany was developed, which streamlined the irregular grid of streets. In 1974, a master plan for the city was developed at the Minsk branch of the Central Research and Design Institute of Urban Planning.

The city has 3 planning areas: southern, western and eastern. The planning structure is determined by the central axial highway (Sovetskaya, Kobrinskaya, Oktyabrskaya streets), Lenin, R. Shirma, Krasnoarmeyskaya streets perpendicular to it and the curvilinear outline of the river floodplain. Mukhavets. Historical center The city is Sovetskaya Square, where architectural monuments of the 19th century have been preserved - shopping arcades and the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. The new administrative and public center of Pruzhany was formed on R. Shirmy and Sovetskaya streets. The building includes the House of Soviets, a hotel, and a residential building with shops. Central part cities and centers of the eastern and northern regions are built up with multi-storey residential buildings. New microdistricts have emerged in the northern part of the city and along the street. Oktyabrskaya. The southern industrial zone was formed.

In Pruzhany there is a state farm technical school, 5 secondary schools, music and children's and youth sports schools, 7 preschool institutions, 2 Houses of Culture, 2 cinemas, 2 libraries, a hospital, the Brest Regional Agricultural Experimental Station, and a zonal agrochemical laboratory.

Economy

Industry in Pruzhany is represented by enterprises processing agricultural raw materials (dairy plant, flax plant, fruit canning plant, cooperative industry plant, bakery), a radio components plant, a building materials plant, a forestry enterprise with its own production base, and other enterprises.

Attractions

Shopping arcade "White shops"

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Shvykovsky manor and park complex

The city has preserved architectural monuments - a chapel (1852), Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (1866), shopping arcades (1896), city estate(2nd half of the 19th century), in which it operates local history museum. Monuments were erected: V.Z. Khoruzhey, pilot S.M. Gudimov, Soviet pilots, on mass graves Red Army soldiers, Soviet soldiers and partisans. The city is home to the Pruzhany Park, a natural monument of local importance.

In the fall of 2003, the republican competition “Dazhynki” was held in Pruzhany, as a result of which new architectural buildings appeared in the city and the appearance of the city changed significantly. In the summer of 2007, it was opened in Pruzhany ice palace(for the first time such a structure appeared in a city of regional subordination). By the end of 2010, a water palace with a water park was built.

Sport

Children's youth sports school
Ice Palace
Water Palace

Famous natives

Pomers Leon English Pommers Leon- American pianist;

Literature

“Cities, towns and castles of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Encyclopedia", Salamakha V.P., Minsk, "Belarusian Encyclopedia", 2009

History of Pruzhany

City, district center. Located on the river. Mukhavets, 89 km northeast of Brest, 13 km from the railway station. Oranchitsy (on the Baranovichi - Brest line). Knot highways to Brest, Vysokoye, Shereshevo, Bereza, Slonim, Kobrin.

During the wars of the mid-17th - 1st half of the 18th century. the city was severely destroyed, the number of buildings decreased by 5 times. In 1776 he was deprived of Magdeburg rights. By the end of the 18th century. restored, in 1791 - 2094 inhabitants.

Since August 1915, the city was occupied by German troops, and from January 30, 1919 to July 1920, by Polish troops. From July 27 to September 19, 1920, Soviet power was in the city, and a district military revolutionary committee operated. According to the Riga Peace Treaty in 1921-39. Pruzhany was part of bourgeois Poland: a povet town in Polesie Voivodeship. The workers' struggle for national liberation was led by the organizations KPZB, KSMZB, and the Belarusian Peasant-Worker Community.
Since September 1939, Pruzhany has been part of the BSSR, since January 15, 1940, the center of the Brest region district. On June 23, 1941, the city was occupied by the Nazi invaders. Since 1942, the underground anti-fascist committee operated, from November 23, 1943 to July 11, 1944, the underground district committee of the Communist Party of Bolsheviks (Bolsheviks) of Belarus, from September 1, 1943 to July 11, 1944, the underground district committee of the LKSMB. The occupiers killed more than 4 thousand people in the death camp in the city; the housing stock was destroyed by 70%.

July 17, 1944 Pruzhany was liberated by units of the 28th Army of the 1st Belorussian Front. In 1959, in the regional design workshops of the city of Baranovichi, a layout scheme for Pruzhany was developed, which streamlined the irregular grid of streets. In 1974, a master plan for the city was developed at the Minsk branch of the Central Research and Design Institute of Urban Planning. The city has 3 planning areas: southern, western and eastern. The planning structure is determined by the central axial highway (Sovetskaya, Kobrinskaya, Oktyabrskaya streets), Lenin, R. Shirma, Krasnoarmeyskaya streets perpendicular to it and the curvilinear outline of the river floodplain. Mukhavets. The historical center of the city is Sovetskaya Square, where architectural monuments of the 19th century have been preserved - shopping arcades and the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. The new administrative and public center of Pruzhany was formed on R. Shirmy and Sovetskaya streets. The building includes the House of Soviets, a hotel, and a residential building with shops. The central part of the city and the centers of the eastern and northern districts are built up with multi-storey residential buildings. New microdistricts have emerged in the northern part of the city and along the street. Oktyabrskaya. The southern industrial zone was formed.

Main industrial enterprises: fruit canning plant, creamery, cannery, flax plant, building materials plants, utility companies, cooperative industry. There is a regional association "Agricultural Chemistry", a regional consumer services plant, a sewing and knitting factory, 4 construction organizations and 4 motorcades.
In Pruzhany there is a state farm technical school, 4 secondary schools, a music and youth sports school, 7 preschool institutions, 2 Houses of Culture, 2 cinemas, 2 libraries, a hospital, the Brest Regional Agricultural Experimental Station, and a zonal agrochemical laboratory.

About 60 billion were spent on preparing the city of Pruzhany and Pruzhany district for the republican festival-fair “Dazhynki-2003”, which took place on October 3-4 Belarusian rubles.

As a result of the work carried out, the city was greatly transformed.

A Palace of Culture and a new bus station were built in Pruzhany.

In the city center, barracks were demolished and a residential building was erected, on the ground floor of which a pharmacy and a branch of Belarusbank were located.
The city hotel "Mukhavets" was rebuilt in a European style.

City, district center. Located on the river. Mukhavets, 89 km northeast of Brest, 13 km from the railway station. Oranchitsy (on the Baranovichi - Brest line). A junction of highways to Brest, Vysokoye, Shereshevo, Bereza, Slonim, Kobrin.

The first mention of the Prushan volost dates back to 1433. According to the writer and historian Yu. I. Krashevsky and others, the name arose in connection with the settlement here of Prussians fleeing from the crusaders (Pruss, Prusyans, Prushany). Pruzhany has been known since 1487 under the name Dobuchin. Until 1519 in the Kobrin Principality. After the death of the Kobrin prince Ivan Semenovich, Pruzhany came into the possession of his wife Fedora, in 1519, by the privilege of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund I the Old - to Marshal V. Kostevich, they were part of the Kobrin eldership. Since 1520 in the Kobrin povet of the Podlaskie voivodeship, since 1566 in the Brest povet and voivodeship. In the 16th century belonged to Queen Bona of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and her daughter Anna. In 1589, the city, which at that time was a fairly large trading center, received Magdeburg law, and the name Pruzhany was assigned to it. 4 fairs a year were held here. According to the inventory of 1563, Pruzhany had 1250 inhabitants, 7 streets, 278 farms. In the 16th century there was a Pruzhany “royal courtyard” (a wooden palace, 2 outbuildings, a stable, a barn, a furnace, a bakery, 4 barns, a water mill, a garden). During the wars of the mid-17th - 1st half of the 18th century. the city was severely destroyed, the number of buildings decreased by 5 times. In 1776 he was deprived of Magdeburg rights. By the end of the 18th century. restored, in 1791 - 2094 inhabitants. Since 1795 Pruzhany has been part of Russia: a city, the center of the Slonim province, since 1797 of the Lithuanian province, since 1801 of the Grodno province. In 1845, they received a new coat of arms: on a light brown background there is a spruce with a hunting pipe hanging on its branches. In 1866, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was built in the center of Pruzhany, and in 1878, the Transfiguration Church. In 1857 the city had 5,665 inhabitants. During the uprising of 1863-64. detachments of R. Roginsky, S. Songin and B. Rylsky operated in the Pruzhanshchina. On February 13, 1863 they occupied the city.

The abolition of serfdom contributed to the economic development of the city.

According to the 1897 census, Pruzhany had 7,633 residents (43.4% literate), 14 small enterprises, a district and two-class parish school, and 6 hospitals. In the 19th-1st half of the 20th century. Pruzhany is known as a center of pottery. During the revolution of 1905-07. In Pruzhany there were strikes by workers at a tobacco factory and a distillery. Since August 1915, the city was occupied by German troops, and from January 30, 1919 to July 1920, by Polish troops. From July 27 to September 19, 1920, Soviet power was in the city, and a district military revolutionary committee operated. According to the Riga Peace Treaty in 1921-39. Pruzhany was part of bourgeois Poland: a povet town in Polesie Voivodeship. The workers' struggle for national liberation was led by the organizations KPZB, KSMZB, and the Belarusian Peasant-Worker Community.

The city has 3 planning areas: southern, western and eastern. The planning structure is determined by the central axial highway (Sovetskaya, Kobrinskaya, Oktyabrskaya streets), Lenin, R. Shirma, Krasnoarmeyskaya streets perpendicular to it and the curvilinear outline of the river floodplain. Mukhavets. The historical center of the city is Sovetskaya Square, where architectural monuments of the 19th century have been preserved - shopping arcades and the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. The new administrative and public center of Pruzhany was formed on R. Shirmy and Sovetskaya streets. The building includes the House of Soviets, a hotel, and a residential building with shops. The central part of the city and the centers of the eastern and northern districts are built up with multi-storey residential buildings. New microdistricts have emerged in the northern part of the city and along the street. Oktyabrskaya. The southern industrial zone was formed.

In Pruzhany there is a state farm technical school, 4 secondary schools, a music and youth sports school, 7 preschool institutions, 2 Houses of Culture, 2 cinemas, 2 libraries, a hospital, the Brest Regional Agricultural Experimental Station, and a zonal agrochemical laboratory.

Locals are offended that the Pruzhany district is perceived as transhipment point on the way to Belovezhskaya Pushcha, but here interesting places and there are enough attractions for several excursion days! The editors decided to check whether this is true, why it is worth going here and how long the first acquaintance with the surroundings will take.

RUZHANY

1st stop. Belarusian Versailles

Belarusian Versailles is what everyone strives to see in Ruzhany. The palace of the early 17th century was originally built by the Chancellor of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Lev Sapieha as defensive castle. And today the red brick ruins, together with the entrance gate restored in 2011, look very impressive.

Be sure to check out the Ruzhansky Museum palace complex Sapega" in the entrance wings. Here you will learn about the history of Ruzhany, where, according to legend, the underground passage from the 3rd floor of the basement leads, when representatives of the Sapieha family were last here, how many Jews returned to the village after the Second World War, how things are held within the walls of the museum theatrical marriage registration. It won't be boring!

The museum is open from Wednesday to Sunday inclusive, from 9 to 18.00 and a break (13.00-14.00). Entrance - 2.50 rubles, for students, schoolchildren and pensioners - 1.80 rubles. Group excursion for an adult group of up to 25 people, the museum and complex will cost 12 rubles, only the museum will cost 7 rubles. For singles individual tour for the museum and complex it will cost 7.50 rubles.

Events on the palace grounds are becoming a frequent occurrence. So, on June 3, the fifth festival “Ruzhanskaya Brama” was held here with an evening fire show, an exhibition and sale of products of folk craftsmen, children's attractions and an animation program.

2nd stop. Anniversary Church

In the center of Ruzhany there is a stone Trinity Church built in 1617 on the site of a wooden one. In the 18th century, 2 symmetrical chapels were completed - the Holy Cross and St. Barbara, and later several more reconstructions were carried out. The last one was in 1997-2003 with the support of Maria Sapieha and the Polish Ministry of Culture, as stated memorial sign at the entrance. Architecture lovers will recognize features of Baroque and Classicism in this historical building. It is interesting that many things inside are original, for example, the bench on which representatives of the magnate Sapega family prayed. By the way, this summer the Trinity Church will celebrate its 400th anniversary.

3rd stop. Savior icon

On the opposite side of the church, after crossing small park, take a look at the Peter and Paul Church. If you are lucky and you find Father Alexander, you will hear from his lips amazing story about how in 1895, after a strong fire in the entire village, only the temple remained undamaged, in which the windows only burst due to the high temperature. Residents taking refuge in stone temple The most revered icon in this area, the 17th century Ruzhany icon, saved me from harm.

4th stop. In the park

In the park near the church, and in some other places in the village, you will notice beautiful wooden sculptures. They appeared in Ruzhany in 2013 after a plein air show of woodcarvers. Here are the Grand Chancellor of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Lev Sapieha himself, and his son Casimir, also the Polish King Vladislav IV Vasa and his wife, and the Polish Queen Bona Sforza. Famous masters from different cities Belarus carved dozens of figures in honor of bright and active personalities who influenced historical and cultural heritage Ruzhan. A few meters from the wooden composition you will see a monument Soviet soldiers– this is where the city hall was once located.

5th stop. Papernya

IN summer time after a walk around the village great place Lake Papernya will be a place for relaxation with coastline 12 km. Its name is due to the fact that in the early 1600s Lev Sapieha built a paper factory here. The picturesque area with a pine forest and swans on the shore inspires and calms, and thanks to the bright pine aroma it is easy to breathe here. This is probably why the Ruzhansky sanatorium, located in Ruzhanskaya Pushcha, is always full of vacationers. People come here for mud therapy, hirudotherapy, halotherapy in a salt cave, and hypoxytherapy - breathing mountain air.

6th stop. Unique village

Locals will advise you to travel from Ruzhany to the surrounding area, namely to the village of Lyskovo. On the way, you can have a snack at the Tavern cafe, decorated in the spirit of the Middle Ages. Nothing remains of the ancient castle in the swamps near Lyskov, except that defensive ditches can be seen here and there. But in the village itself you can admire the majestic and dilapidated building of the Trinity Church, which previously belonged to the monastery of 1751. Another attraction of the village is Orthodox Church Nativity of the Virgin Mary, built - attention! - in 1933. The year of construction is explained by the fact that the territory was part of Poland until 1939, and there was no Soviet power here. It is also noteworthy that this is the only monument of wooden architecture in Belarus, made under the influence of the architecture of Transcarpathia and the Art Nouveau style. Lyskovo is unique not only for its preserved wooden church, but also for the fact that it was here that the famous “Chronicle of Bykhovets” was created - a set of Belarusian-Lithuanian chronicles of the 16th century.

Considering the saturated excursion program, you can stay overnight in Ruzhany. But there's only one here private hotel. It’s better to go to Pruzhany, where there are more accommodation options and there will probably be free rooms. We recommend the Mukhavets Hotel.

PRUSHANY

1st stop. Miraculous icon

From the building next to the Mukhavets hotel, three portraits will look at you - these are famous fellow countrymen of Pruzhany. One of them is Mikhail Zabeida-Sumitsky, the first Belarusian to perform in Milan opera house"La Scala". Nearby are two main attractions of the city center - the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and the shopping arcades of the late 19th century. The temple was built in just two years with donations from townspeople, landowners and peasants, and Moscow merchants. It contains an icon that in 1934 showed a miracle - tears flowed from the eyes of the Mother of God. The shopping arcades were originally wooden, but in 1867 they acquired their modern appearance. In each niche there was a separate shop, where, as a rule, Jews traded.

2nd stop. “Mukha and Vets”

A couple of minutes walk from the Palace of Culture, which, like many other things in the city, was transformed in preparation for the 2003 Dozhinki, there is the only sculptural composition over the river “Mukha and Vets”. Installed in 2009, it symbolizes the confluence of the Mukha River and the Vets Canal, where the Mukhavets River, the right tributary of the Western Bug, originates. The sculptures may not look grandiose, but they can be considered cute business card cities.

3rd stop. Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary opened its doors to parishioners as a church only in 1998, although construction began in the 2nd half of the 19th century. The history of the Catholic church was influenced by the uprising of 1863, as a result of which the almost completed building was transferred to Orthodox believers. Locals they say that during the Great Patriotic War soldiers warmed themselves in this temple by lighting a fire from the organ. Now this is the only church in Pruzhany.

While walking in the city in hot weather, you can cool off - go to the ice or water palace. For adults, an hour of skating with skate rental will cost 3 rubles, for children under 16 years old - 2.45 rubles. And the water palace has a swimming pool and a small water park. A visit to it will cost 5.35 rubles for an adult (70 minutes), for children - 4 rubles.

4th stop. Pruzhany palace

We recommend visiting the Pruzhany Palace Museum-Estate, both outside and inside. In the building of this unusual early Renaissance rural villa today there are several museum exhibitions: ethnographic, a salon with a piano and copies of works by Napoleon Orda, a hunting office, an exhibition of contemporary artists, an icon hall. The guide will tell you in detail about the owners of the estate, built according to the design of an Italian architect, and their fates. And in the hall of ethnographic composition you will see products of glossy and black-smoky ceramics, widely known in the Pruzhany region since the 16th century and, unfortunately, practically not developed in our time.

5th stop. “Wooden” people

In the Pruzhany region there is a village in which the famous folk master of traditional artistic crafts Nikolai Tarasyuk, a 10th generation peasant, lived all his life. In the village of Stoily, Nikolai Vasilyevich remained the last inhabitant, except for his beloved “wooden people”, who still live in small house, next to the owner's. The figurines, skillfully made by a master from wood, wicker and straw, “tell” about rural life and the way of life of Belarusian peasants. Unfortunately, Stables does not yet have a full-fledged museum where anyone can come, but the daughter of a famous master is always happy to have guests. You can see the works not only in the village, but also in National Museum history and culture, in the Brest Local Lore Museum.

If the second day of such a mini-trip seems eventful to you, and there is really something to see in the Pruzhany region, do not rush home. There are many good farmsteads in the surrounding villages where you can stay overnight and have a hot home-cooked dinner.