Bobruysk - Krasnyiy Bereg

Bobruisk fortress - fortification complex, which was built in the first half of the nineteenth century to defend the borders of the Russian Empire in the war with France. The fortress has an eventful history: it played a role not only in the war of 1812, but also in the Decembrist uprising - here was developed the famous «Bobruisk plan» of the uprising with the arrest of Alexander I during the inspection of troops, and after the uprising, some of his participants in the fortress were serving their term. Years of the Great Patriotic War - the darkest spot on the history of the fortress - at this time there was a concentration camp for Soviet prisoners of war.

One of the most interesting objects left on the territory of the fortress is St. George's Church. With a high degree of probability it can be argued that this temple was visited during the visit to Bobruisk in 1916 by Tsar Nicholas II. In 1928, the church follows the fate of most of the churches on the territory of the USSR: the domes are dumped, the bell tower is destroyed, and the garment production is located in the disfigured building. During the war in the temple there were German auto repair shops, and at its end - a canteen and a library. For almost 70 years the temple was in this terrible captivity, and in 1990 the temple building is returned to the believers.

In memory of the events of the Great Patriotic War on the high right bank of the river. A monument was unveiled in Berezina. The command of the German fascist troops attached great importance to the retention of Bobruisk. The enemy created in the city and around it a deeply echeloned defense system. At dawn on June 24, 1944, the troops of the right wing of the 1st Belorussian Front launched an offensive to encircle and defeat the Bobruisk grouping of enemy forces. After a stubborn battle on June 29, 1944, the city was liberated. Moscow saluted the troops of the First Byelorussian Front, who captured Bobruisk. K.K.Rokossovsky commanded the troops of this front. It was for the successful preparation and conduct of the Bobruisk operation that he was given the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union.

In a picturesque park in the center of Bobruisk there is a monument - a wall with a marble plaque and a red Soviet banner bent in front of it. It is a monument erected in honor of the military units and formations that distinguished themselves in the liberation of the city from the Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War. The stela was installed in 1965. This monument reminds us of the most brutal war in the history of mankind - the Second World War.

The Alley of the Righteous Among the Nations is open on July 3, 2005; it was created in honor of the 15 natives of Bobruisk, during the Great Patriotic War, rescued Jewish families. The organizer of the installation of this monument was the city Jewish community. The title "Righteous Among the Nations" was established and appropriated by the Israeli Yad-Vashem Museum of Catastrophe (in the translation "Name and Memory ...) Israel continues to search and honor the righteous. Throughout the world, about 20,000 people are already counted among the righteous. Approximately 500 of them are from Belarus. According to the idea of ​​the author of the project Galina Levina, the memorial sign is depicted in the form of a cut tree, the two halves of which are associated with inscriptions and symbolize the friendship between the Belarusian and Jewish peoples.

Until the mid-80's there was only a small square, and today this place is rightfully considered one of the most beautiful and solemn in the city. Both Bobruisk residents and visitors come here to pay tribute and express their deep gratitude to those who gave their lives today. On the Victory Square you can see a monument dedicated to the Bobruisk people who died during the Great Patriotic War. Five rays of the star, in the center - a small hill, crowned with a symbolic flame. On one of the rays of the star - the number of people who did not return from the war. Their 8810 ...

Each city should have its own symbols, which are primarily associated with it from townspeople and tourists. Was not an exception and Bobruisk - it originated in a picturesque place - on the river Berezina. Once there was a small village, the inhabitants of which were engaged in fish and beaver industry. Therefore, according to some historians, the city received its name "Bobruisk". In 2006, the beaver became an unofficial symbol of the city and in one of the busiest places of the city a monument was erected - bronze, with a height of 1 m 70 cm, beaver, something subtly reminiscent of the venerable Bobruichanin of the beginning of the 20th century, cheerfully raises the hat-boat, passers-by.

Guests of restaurant, that has settled down in the reconstructed former water tower, Shura Balaganov cheerfully meets. The bronze sculpture of the hero of the novel of Ilf and Petrov "A gold calf" in 2 meters is a result of excellent work of the 26-year-old Moscow sculptor Yaroslav Borodin. Here it is possible to read a fragment from the novel where Babruysk is mentioned as the highly cultured city where all children of the lieutenant Schmidt aspired.

Synagogue which you will see, - the only operating Jewish temple in the city. And it in spite of the fact that Babruysk is quite often called the Jewish capital. The synagogue is more than 200 years old - unfortunately, exact year of her construction isn't known. She has endured many scrapes in 200 years of the existence - the desolation located in her Romashka studio. And only in 2002 the temple has found new life - to the city there has arrived the rabbi Shaul Hababo and at once has started working. During the excursion you learn about result of his works.

The museum began its work on June 27, 1998. Two pre-Soviet halls were opened in the museum, the hall of the history of the revolutionary movement in the province, the history of the region from 1918 to 1941, the hall of the Great Patriotic War, the solemn hall of victory and memory, the city's development hall on modern stage; ethnography of the region and the development of contemporary art. The hall of nature was recently opened.
Visit to the Bobruisk Museum of Local History is possible at the request of the group for an additional fee.