Gomel - Vetka (2 days)

This place is symbolically named "Red shore". In the homonymous village is a memorial complex dedicated to children who died during the Great Patriotic War. Here, a "donor center" was created, where children were taken from all around the neighborhood, in order to deflate clean blood from young bodies. Blood was used for the wounded German army. A girl will meet you, who stands in the middle of an empty square and covers her face with her hands. And then an empty class of white dicks, however, no one will ever sit at these desks. Do not sit down those same 1990 students who died here. And only the letter of the little prisoner to the Pope, transferred to the school board, will tell you about the experiences here.

The Gomel Railway station welcomes city visitors with festive appearance and refined interiors. Only having crossed its threshold, you will forget about fatigue and cares – you will appear in magnificent rooms of the palace. The building of the Railway station of Gomel found the place in the State list of historical and cultural values of Republic of Belarus in 2003. It will be interesting to learn and about life of railroad workers of Gomel – it is the certain head in the history of the city, eventful and the curious facts.

The house of a name of the Commune of Paris – the first high-rise building in Gomel and one of the first in Belarus in own way. It is built on Stanislav Shabunevsky's project – the chief architect of the city. Here the first passenger elevator in the city was released. In the house all conditions for workers of the railroad were created: on the first floor the dining room, reading room, kindergarten, on the others – apartments were located. Near the House commune also the first 9-storey construction appeared later.

According to a legend, Yemelyan Pugachev after return from Turkey came for the help to the Gomel Old Belief community and came to pray to the temple twice. Nowadays it is the Gomel church consecrated in honor of the Prophet Ilya – the oldest remained Old Belief temple in Belarus. The unique monument of the Belarusian wooden architecture was built at the end of the 18th century, and now – the historical and cultural value of republican value.

In the second half of the 18th century the empress Catherine II presented Gomel to the Russian commander Rumyantsev for merits before the fatherland. Then where Sozh is silvered, the history of the magnificent palace which admires inhabitants and city visitors still began. It was constructed on the project of the same architect that built Kazan Cathedral and Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg – I. Starova. In the 19th century the palace was redeemed by the famous Russian commander Paskevich who regarding it with awe, continued construction of a complex. And at an excursion you visit magnificent architectural and park complex which absorbed in itself(himself) the best fashion trends of 18-19 centuries and unique collections and also will see majestic Peter And Paul Cathedral, a chapel tomb and one of the best parks of Belarus.

Vetka Museum of Old Believers and Belarusian traditions name F.G. Shklyarov is a museum based on the personal collection of Fedor Grigorievich Shklyarov, a native of Vetka, a native of the Old Believer clan, an amateur artist and collector local antiquities, which became the first director of the museum. The exposition is represented by the objects of culture and creativity of several folk traditions, mainly the Vetka Old Believers.
The museum was awarded a special diploma «For preservation and revival of traditions», a special prize of the President of the Republic of Belarus in the nomination «Museum business».