Cities
Cities
Minsk
Polotsk
A giant of Belarusian history, Polotsk and now remains unexplored, remained an enigma until the end. But those who love the city with all my heart, it can open many of its secrets.
Vitebsk
According to legend, the city founded in 974 by Princess Olga of Kiev captured by the beauty of the local high mountain that stood at the confluence of two rivers - the Western Dvina and Vitba, from which followed the name of the city.
Grodno
Grodno is known from written sources from 1128 as the center of an independent principality. Located on the border of the Polish and Lithuanian lands, he formed an important strategic military and trading post in north-west of Kievan Rus.
Gomel
It is the largest city of Belarus after Minsk, located on the bank of the river Sog, a tributary of the Dnieper. Gomel, according to the chronicles, over 860 years. But archaeologists have long disputed this conclusion, believing that the city "about a thousand years."
Brest
Currently, Brest - a small and tidy town, hospitably met all who come to Belarus. Calmness, tolerance and benevolence - are the distinguishing features of brestchan and business card of the city.
Pinsk
Pinsk, more than 900 years. And it is often called the capital of Belarusian Polesie - "edge of forests, bogs and fogs. The famous Russian poet Alexander Blok, compared with the fabulous city of Pinsk Kitezh.
Zaslavl
In 1985 Zaslavl celebrated its 1000 anniversary. Its ancient relic - "Zamechek", ie just a small castle. Hard work of many archaeologists mystery Zamechka in recent years, largely clarified.
Zhirovichi
In Zhirovichi is the largest Orthodox Monastery of Belarus.
Strochitsa
Last Village is a "living exhibit" of the museum, because to keep the old layout and interesting wooden buildings.
Dududki
At 40 km south of Minsk is an ethnographic museum "Dudutki.
Nesvig
Nesvig - a real jewel of medieval Belarus, which is simply impossible not to visit, arrived in Belarus.
Novogrudok
Novogrudok (Grodno region) - the city, the birthplace of Belarusian statehood. He stopped time, and trembling breath of bygone eras captivates everyone who comes here
