Eastern Belarus: Minsk - Dudutki - Mogilev - Buinichy field - Gomel (3 days)

Museum complex of ancient national crafts and technologies Dudutki

Privokzalnaya Square Independence Square Nezavisimosti Avenue Freedom Square Ruins of Minsk ancient castle Trinity suburb Island of courage and sorrow A sports complex Minsk-Arena National Library of Belarus

Thousand times N.V. Gogol was right, having written that "theater at all not a trifle at all not an empty thing if you take into account that in it the crowd can be located suddenly and that all this crowd, in anything not similar among themselves, can be shaken suddenly by one shock, begin to sob one tears and laugh one general laughter. This such department with which it is possible to tell much the world of good". So considers also all structure of the Mogilev Drama theater located in the building built for it. In the Mogilev theater Shalyapin sang, Rachmaninov played, Nicholas II applauded, Kolchak, Kalinin and Dzerzhinsky reviewed the troops. We recommend to learn more about it and to you.

The area of stars – really amazing place not only for Mogilev. It is the only monument to the astrologer in the world. It became undoubted decoration of a historical part of the city. "Astrologer" is executed on the project of the outstanding Belarusian sculptor Vladimir Zhbanov. Around it 12 chairs with zodiac signs – do not forget to sit down "on the sign" and to make the most treasured wish. And after - for a while to be transferred to Hollywood – to walk across the local Walk of Fame and will get acquainted with the most known and outstanding names of Mogilevshchina.

The Mogilev town hall – one of little remained in Belarus. She became a symbol of freedom and independence not only for residents of medieval Mogilev, but also for all subsequent generations of citizens. More than once it collapsed unfinished, but nevertheless towered over the city in 1698. Exactly here the city magistrate sat, here citizens bore "litter from a log hut", wives brought husbands that on the Gospel to give "a zarecheniye from alcoholism". The empress Catherine II, the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph II rose by the observation deck of a town hall. Here in 1917 Nicholas II abdicated. A symbol of bitterness and loss it marked itself deliberate explosion in peace time. But even after it, in 1993, what was strongly made by great-grandfathers was built up. How fate of a symbol of the city was today? We learn during the excursion.

The Belarusian ethnographic village of the 19th century is a beautiful and well-groomed territory, the city of masters, refined design, paved paths, exotic trees and flowers. This place where you will get acquainted with crafts and life of mestechkovets of the 19th century. You learn how for only a few seconds to turn a piece of clay into the work of art how to force threw also a tree to take a bizzare shape, work of masters of an embroidery and what true value "вышыванак" is how laborious. You can buy production of masters for memory.

The Buynichsky field - his writer Konstantin Simonov described in the novel "Live and Dead". There passed the first line of the Soviet defense. Through Mogilev the group of the German army "Centre" went to Moscow, planning to organize the transit point in Mogilev. Long 2 weeks many times the conceding defenders of the city resisted enemies, considerably having changed the war course. The German troops in fear were silent about defeat, having told that the city is occupied long ago. Later Mogilev will be called "the father of Stalingrad". And the war correspondent who was here, then, and later the famous writer Simonov bequeaths to dispel here the ashes. Today on the place of tank battles the memorial keeping memory of military years is created.

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.

Churc of Nicholas in Gomel was built in 1904 with the blessing of John Krondshtadsky and Princess Irina Paskevich Erivanskaya.
There was a time when the shrine was used as a club and a shop, worship services were resumed during the Great Patriotic War. To date, the church organized a Sunday school and a library, founded a man's monastery, and next to the main church is the gate church of St. Dionysius of Radonezh.
Interesting interior decoration of the temple - there are myrrh-streaming icon of St. Nicholas and the icon of St. John Kormyansky with a particle of relics.

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».