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Rayevka

Closer to the outskirts of the settlement, we can see an apartment building built by the Polish authorities in the mid-1930s. The one-storey building with a huge attic floor is made up of cement blocks. At that time, this building material was very popular and in demand in the construction of not only industrial and religious buildings, but also residential buildings. It is believed that it was originally built as an administrative building, and then it began to be used as a residential building.

River Western Dvina

Rakov. Gancharnya

Here is another stone building that has been preserved in good condition to this day, whose purpose is unknown for sure. Some researchers of our national heritage claim that this is the refrigerator of the Zdekhovsky estate, while others insist that this is a former pottery built in the middle of the 19th century. Most likely, this is still a pottery, one of the rarest buildings of this kind in the former lands of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Inc.

Rakov. Ancient settlement

Rakov. Conglomerate

Rakov. The Chapel

In 1862, a brick chapel in the retrogothic style with elements of classicism was built in the Catholic cemetery, consecrated in honor of St. Nicholas. The Annas. In the altar area of the chapel there is a crypt with burials, and above the entrance there is a twisted staircase in the choir. At the same time, a brick bell tower gate with three arched passages was erected in front of the Shrine, above which the bell tower itself with two arches rises.

Rakov. The Gravestone Chapel

On the edge of the ancient Catholic cemeteries, an elegant brick chapel in the form of a gazebo in the neoclassical style was erected over the burial site in 1921. And representatives of the princely family of Drutsky-Lyubetsky are buried here. One of them is Maria, who died in 1946, and her 21-year-old daughter, who was shot dead by Soviet border guards in 1921 on the border, which was located very close to the former village.

Rakov. The Church

The year of construction of the Catholic shrine is precisely known-1906. With the generous financing of the local gentry-the Bulgakov, Drutsky-Lyubetsky, and Zdekhovsky families – a Neo-Gothic church made of ochre durable brick was erected within two years. After the Second World War, the Soviet authorities closed the shrine and turned it into a warehouse. In the last decade of the 20th century. the church has been restored and returned to the faithful. The two prayer towers of this three-nave basilica are the central dominant feature of the neighborhood and the village itself. A shrine was consecrated in honor of the Mother of God Ruzhantsova.', 'text', 'Rakov. The church\r\n\r\nThe year of construction of the Catholic shrine is precisely known-1906 with generous funding from the local nobility-the Bulgakov families

Rakov. A source

Rakov. Fridge

There are two versions of the purpose of this building, of which only ruins remain. The first one says that these ruins of the ground floor with a huge basement are a former postal station, built around the 90s of the XIX century. According to another version, this is a stone refrigerator that has survived to this day from the estate of the Zdekhovsky noble family that once flourished here. The ruins of this building can be found next to the stone church.

Rakov. Cemetery

Rakov. Church

In 1793, a brick Baroque church was built at the Uniate monastery, founded in 1702. Today it is known as the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord. The shrine was built at the expense of the Sangushkov family. After the suppression of the uprising of 1863-1864 The Uniate church was rebuilt and consecrated as an Orthodox church. In 1866, a brick bell tower with features of the retrospective Russian style was built in front of the church. In the second half of the 19th century. the temple has been repeatedly rebuilt and updated.

Rakovskaya source

The Split Stone of Albertina

Ruins of the old temple

If you turn off the M8 road, you can see a brick post office, built according to a standard design in 1868. in the village itself, you can admire the picturesque ruins of an old temple, which was erected here in the XVIII century. The locals are trying to keep the shrine alive. They cleaned the temple from the inside and built an improvised altar, to which they bring flowers and icons.

Ruins of a defensive structure

The famous folklorist and poet, a close friend of Adam Mickiewicz and Tomasz Zahn, Jan Chechot, was born in a small noble estate near this village. One of the founders of the secret student communities of Filaretov and Filomatov. Not far from the village, you can see the huge ruins of a former defensive structure from the Second World War.

Ruins of an arched bridge

The manor of the Abramovich noble family in Krikaly appeared in the middle of the XVIII century. All that remains of the once rich farm is a small wooden building on a high stone plinth and the ruins of a massive arched bridge in the park. And here is the landscape park

Ruins of the distillery

To the left of the entrance to the village there are large-scale ruins of a distillery, in the village itself you can see the ruins of the wooden church of the Nativity of the Virgin and the huge ruins of the church built in the neo-Romanesque style in 1900. the outbuildings of the Tikhonovetsky estate have been turned into a library, shop, post office.

Ruins of the distillery

This is the former ancestral home of the famous Voynilovich family. According to A. Fedoruk, a researcher of ancient manors in Belarus, the estate in Savichi once resembled the Nesvizh Alba. After 1917, the estate was looted and burned. The gravestone of the children of Edward Voynilovich Semyon and Elena has been preserved in the family churchyard, which was also looted. Today, only the ruins of an old distillery can be seen here.

Ruins of the printing house

At the entrance to the village, guests are greeted by a modest 19th-century roadside chapel. There is a tomb cellar in the cemetery. The wooden church of the Virgin Mary was built in the style of folk architecture in 1790. The ruins of the building of the ancient printing house of the XVI century have been preserved. It published the first book on horse anatomy in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In the 19th century. The printing house was rebuilt as a Palace.

The ruins of the farmyard buildings

The ruins of the Yastrzhembsky estate (1882) have been preserved: a huge brewery, various farm buildings, spacious barns, stables, gates. The landscape park and ponds have also survived to this day. Even in this condition, this entire economic complex makes an unforgettable impression.

Ruins of a watermill

The manor in Borki has belonged to the Sapieh magnate family since the beginning of the 16th century. Its last owner was the Protasevich family. The separate plantings of the landscape park and a small outbuilding made of fieldstone, which is still used today, have been preserved. On the banks of the Chernyavka River, you can see the ruins of a watermill made of fieldstone.

Ruins of a watermill

Ruins of a watermill

Ruins of the gatehouse

The ruins of a huge building

The ruins of an ancient noble manor that once flourished here are the ruins of a huge building of a former distillery or, possibly, another outbuildings. According to other sources, this building has been residential for a long time and was built in the twentieth century. like a manor house.

Ruins of outbuildings

Ruins of the Steward's House

Ruins of the wooden Church of the Nativity of the Virgin

The ruins of the bell tower