Places

Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The village has been known since the 16th century. In 1732 Budslav received the status of a town. In 1767, the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in the Baroque style. During the construction of the church, the walls of the side chapel of the 17th century were used. The church houses one of the Catholic shrines of Belarus - the icon of the Budslava Mother of God. A unique carved wooden altar (1643) has been preserved in the chapel. In Budslav, you can also see a plebania (XIX century), a watermill (1920) and the railway station building (1869).

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

The Church: kostyanitsa

Church: plebania

St. Nicholas Church

This place has been mentioned in written sources since 1501. The Vilna postal highway passed through Knyazhitsy. With the help of financing from the bishop of the village, K. Patsa, a Dominican monastery was built here in 1670. Construction of the Church of St. Michael began at the monastery in 1750. The temple was built for 41 years. In 1832, the monastery was closed, and in 1863, the church was closed. In 1872, it was rebuilt as a church. The ceiling of the temple is 15 meters high, and the altar is partially preserved in the temple. This is the only temple in Belarus with archbutanes, which form the main courtyard in front of the main entrance to the shrine.

St. Joseph's Church

Rubezhevichi has been known since 1483. Since 1506, it was owned by the Hashtolds, Radziwills. Since the end of the 19th century. - the Princes of Hohenlohe. In 1907, the construction of the Church of St. Joseph of hewn stone in the Neo-Gothic style began. The same material is used in the construction of gates and fences. There is a spring near the bridge over the Sulu River. There is a well-maintained Jewish cemetery on the shore of the lake.

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

Written documents date back to the 15th century. as the property of S. Gedigoldovich. In 1554, it became a part of the Incl. In 1590, a Calvinist church in the Gothic style was built of brick. At the end of the 17th century. this is already the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, around then the tower was completed to the facade. In the XVIII century. – renovated.

Catholic Chapel

Here, on the border of two villages, Malaya Obrina and Boltici, a small former Catholic chapel has been preserved in excellent condition. The chapel was built of fieldstone around the 40s of the XIX century. Before the Second World War, it was rededicated as an Orthodox shrine.

Catholic Chapel

Catholic Chapel

Catholic Chapel

A modest Catholic chapel in the style of folk architecture was built of brick at the local cemetery in 1852. perhaps the roof, dome and tower of the chapel were changed.

Catholic Chapel

There used to be a wooden church on this small hill, which burned down during the First World War. The ruins of the foundation and the fence have been preserved. A modest wooden Catholic chapel was built in 1930. On both sides of the road there are several concrete food trucks from the time of the First World War. The original bas-reliefs and inscriptions have been partially preserved on their walls.

Catholic Chapel

Catholic Chapel

In 1830, a brick Catholic chapel in the classical style was built at the expense of the owners of the local Reitan estate. The clean lines of the temple and the good proportions of the building are still admired today. The chapel is currently being destroyed and needs to be preserved.

Catholic Chapel

In 1905, a brick Catholic chapel in the Art Nouveau style was built here. In 2007, restoration work was carried out and a three-wall volume was completed. In 1886, a watermill was built of wood on the Usha River. It was damaged by fire during World War II, but was later rebuilt.

Catholic Chapel

In 1886, not far from the village, in a rather picturesque place, this modest brick Catholic chapel in the Classical style was erected. This place is also unique in that on both sides of the chapel door, two unusual stones with indentations are embedded in the concrete. The time of manufacture of these iconic stones will probably remain a mystery forever.

Catholic Chapel of St. The Annas

Catholic Shrine

Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

A well-known settlement since 1514 as the Braslavsky entrance estate Incl. At different times, it was the property of the Mirskys, Belikovichs, Wicks, and Zenovichs. In 1907, a three-nave brick Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was built in the Gothic Revival style. The main facade of the shrine is decorated with massive three-tiered towers. Above the entrance, under the shield of the portal, there is a round stained–glass window, and above there is an elegant lantern tower, which successfully harmonizes with the towers of the shrine.

Catholic Cemetery

It is definitely worth visiting the unique Catholic Acropolis on Pushkinskaya Street. According to the ancestors, to find out the history, you need to look at the cemetery. Majestic tombstones can be safely called works of art. A place has also been set aside for the burial of Polish soldiers who died in 1918-1920. The cemetery was founded around the middle of the 19th century.

Catholic Cemetery

Casino Cinema

In the autumn of 1911, the city hosted the solemn and long-awaited opening of the first cinema, which after a while was named the casino. The auditorium had about 400 seats. A few years later, a summer hall was opened at the main building. In 1947, the cinema was given a new name-Rodina. In 2006, the former cinema acquired a new status - now it is the Polessky Drama Theater.

The Church

This Lutheran church was built of brick in the Gothic Revival style in 1888 on the site of a wooden Lutheran church. Over time, the building was rebuilt and slightly modified. Today, the Polotsk Museum of Local Lore is located under the arches of the former church, which moved here in 1927 from St. Sophia Cathedral.

Church

Another church - this time a Lutheran church - was slightly modified and rebuilt in the post-war period. The church was built in the style of constructivism from brick in 1938. It operated during World War II. In Soviet times, the Zmena cinema was opened in the church, which operated until the 1990s. Today, this religious building houses private organizations.

Klnevichi

If we move, for example, from Dribin along highway P123 towards the city of G169⟫, we will soon pass through this rather large village. The ambulance River runs almost along its edge. In the center of the village, on a hill, you can see a stone cross. It was hidden from the human eye until recently, but was discovered during excavation work on one of the private plots. Residents claim that there was once a wooden Uniate church on this site, and a small cemetery next to it. An unusually shaped sand conglomerate lies between the houses in the meadow.

Monastery

The settlement, known from 1477 to 1940, was named G G142 Kar-Kartuzskaya. Since the 16th century. It belonged to the Boots. Since 1629-a place Incl. In 1648, K. Sapieha allowed the foundation of a Carthusian monastery here, which had been under construction for 40 years. The monastery was destroyed in 1864 to punish the monks for their participation in the 1863-1864 uprising. The church was handed over to the Orthodox. Today, the church is being restored, and the entrance monastery has already been restored.

Basilian Monastery: residential building

In 1758, the brick buildings of the Basilian monastery and the Church of the Virgin Mary were built on the banks of the Orshanitsa River in the late Baroque style. The church was blown up in 1967. Only the ruins of the monastery's residential building remain. In 1842, the monastery was handed over to the Orthodox. An Orthodox theological school operated on the territory of the monastery. Restoration work is underway.

Bernardine Monastery: residential building

The monastery was founded in 1636. Only residential buildings have survived to this day. After the suppression of the uprising of 1830-1831, a hospital of Russian troops was located here. Today, the monastery has a city hospital. After the flood of 1760, the monastery's church was significantly damaged and later converted into a military storage facility. The church was destroyed during World War II and dismantled in the 1960s.

Monastery of the Trinitarians: residential building

The monastery was founded with funds from the Sakovich noble family in 1714. The Trinity Church (1714) at the monastery was handed over to the Orthodox and rebuilt after the suppression of the uprising of 1830-1831. It was closed in 1920 and demolished in 1957. The monastery building, which has been preserved to this day, now houses a branch of the Vitebsk Region State Archive and living quarters.