BREST REGION Кamenets Lyakhovichi It was founded by Vladimir In 2003 the Estate Lyakhovichi was first mentioned After the Second World War Brest became «the key gate» of the GUIDEBOOK Vasilkovich, Prince of Vladimir and of the Belarusian in written works in the middle of the Soviet Union. Nowadays in the Brest Region there are 750 historical and Volyn, in the second half of the 18th Father Frost was 16th century. Perhaps, the name of BARANOVICHI cultural sites, 65 museums and houses of folk arts and crafts, 18 sanatoriums, opened in century as the northwestern the town was given by the first settlers, the National Park «Belovezhskaya Pushcha», about 140 tourist camps and Belovezhskaya outpost of Russia. Kamenets grew called Lyakhi (Poles), who found shel recreation areas, more than 120 places of residence, 320 places for eating Pushcha Roman Catholic Church of the LYAKHOVICHI into a settlement with welldevell ter on the hospitable Belarusian lands. and drinking, 228 farmsteads, 12 hunting farms, 44 reserves, 78 nature Holy Heart of Jesus in Lyakhovichi The main pearl of Ruzhany is the Palace In the 16th century the settlement sanctuaries, 60 rent places of tourist equipment, 2 passenger motor Complex of the Sapieha family. This is the Baranovichi St. Intercession Cathedral (1924–1937). RUZHANY Pruzhany Lyakhovichi was known as a fortress. town fell into decay. Its citizens – ships. oped crafts, arts and trade. It was place that was visited by kings twice, where This Belarusian town has its I ts adornment and remarkable feature are The first historical data about Yan Karol, hetman of the Grand Belarusians, Jews, and Tatars – were IVATSEVICHI During their history the lands of the Brest Region were ambassadors were received, and proteges to own unique and individual image. wonderfully exclusive (the only ones in the GANTSEVICHI situated on the important trade «Prushanskaya Volost» date back to the Moscow throne were trained. Today the Duchy of Lithuania, reconstructed and engaged in farming, trading and Republic) mosaic panels which were made PRUZHANY part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the PolishLithuanian route from Brest to Vilnya. From Baranovichi is a young town. It is 1433. One of the legends says that palace is under reconstruction (1598–1605) crafts. In the district there are many by the famous artists in 1911 Commonwealth, the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. 1336 Kamenets was part of the only 130 years old. Everything what KAMENETS BERYOZA the name Pruzhany originates from monuments of history, Here, the plan of the decisive battle against the Crusaders Grand Duchy of Lithuania. is progressive in the town and even the word «proso» (millet), which was The main sight culture, architecture and archeology. was developed (1409), the first Belarusian printing office From 1503 and for more than of Pruzhany is its foundation are largely due to the the main crop in this area. Other The most attractive places of LUNINETS was founded (1553). Here, the Union of BrestLitovsk 2 centuries Kamenets was granted the homestead railway and, to be more exact, to its sources say that the settlement was interest are Intercession Church ZHABINKA KOBRIN (1596) and the Treaty of BrestLitovsk (1918) were mansion of the branch Moscow–Warsaw. The sur PINSK selfrule according to the occupied (late 13th – early 14th c.c.) DROGICHIN Shvykovsky in Krivoshin village, which was built IVANOVO signed. On the territory of the Belovezhskaya Magdeburg Statutes. At the end name of the first settler was Baran, BREST by the Baltic Prussian tribes that in 1670; Sts. Peter and Paul Pushcha, in Viskuli, the famous agreement of the 16th century the town began family, it has and the small railway station was escaped from the Crusaders. the popular Catholic Church in Medvedichi The publication carried on request to dissolve the Soviet Union and to form the to lose its political and economic named Baranovichi. In 1884 and The monument to Prince Vladimir Vasilkovich, In Pruzhany area the settle name «palatsik». village, which was built in 1908 in of the Management of Sports and Tourism STOLIN Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was 1886 two other railroad lines were the founder of Kamenets, is Donjon Tower. significance. Different tourist routes ments Shereshevo and Ruzhany Today the Mu of the Brest Regional Executive Committee Neobaroque style; Church of the built, and the small settlement MALORITA signed (1991). The total area provide an opportunity to visit are bestknown. The ancient set seum of Belarus and the National Tourism Agency of the Republic of Belarus Holy Spirit in B. Podlesye village. turned into a large railway junction. In Brest area there are many memorial places of floors was more the Belovezhskaya Pushcha, to see tlement Ruzhany reached its peak in ian Shliakhta's DAVID The latter is a monument of cultic GORODOK which are associated with the names of our than 300 square many monuments of culture, archi (Gentry's) www.tour.brest.by development thanks to the magnates architecture with some elements Exaltation of the Cross Catholic outstanding countrymen, for example: Leu Sapieha, metres, and that tecture, archeology and history: the www.belarustourism.by Sapiehas who became owners of the Ruins of the Palace and the Chapel of classicism. It was built in the Church, Baranovichi (1924) Adam Mickiewicz, Napoleon Orda, Tadeusz Kos gave an oppor Museum of Bread in the village th settlement at the end of the 16 (1763–1785), the ruins of the ancient of the Reitans in Grushevka village. second part of the 18th century. Little by little the settlement ciuszko and others. The Brest Region is the land of tunity for many Ryasna, springs in Ogorodniki, soldiers to find century. Among the monuments of Castle in Lyskovo, the wooden Bell (beginning of the 20th century) The following homesteads Baranovichi grew into a town. beautiful nature, famous for its dense forests, marshes Stavy, Tumin (the spring is in the shelter during architecture is the Monastery of Tower in Shereshovo (1799). and park ensembles are well Before the war its streets were cob and moors, mirrorlike lakes. The northwest of the deposits of blue clay). military defenses Missioners in Lyskovo village fortified the castle, changed it into the bled, many oneand twostorey region can boast its unique nature sanctuary with wide hunting areas. It is preserved. Among them are: parks (1276–1288) unassailable fortress «Fortetsia buildings appeared along the one of the primeval forest reserves in Europe. Its name is the National Park in Repikhovo, Soveyki, Svoyatichi, SIGHTS of Lyakhovichi». Built on the left bank streets. The present town cannot «Belovezhskaya Pushcha». Here, in the wild dwell aurochs, red deer, homesteads Grushevka, Fle This and other publications on tourism in Belarus of the river Vedma, it looked like a boast of many architectural monu The Brest Region is situated in the southwest of Belarus. In the west boars, elks, roe deer, beavers. ryanovo, Nacha, Voshkovtsy and can be obtained at the Tourist Information Center building on the island. In the middle of ments. It has St Alexander Nevsky it borders on Poland, and in the south it borders on Ukraine. Within the Brest area there are 17 reserves of national importance and others. There are 14 of them. National Tourism Agency: the fortification there was a twostorey Church and four catholic churches, This is the transit corridor BerlinWarsawMoscow, and the transit way 27 reserves of local importance. 5 national reserves – «Sporovsky», Lyakhovichi is the birthplace Pobediteley Avenue, 19, Minsk, 220004 palace. In the 17th century the fortress the Monument to the Locomotive to Vilnius and Kiev. The Brest Region was founded in 1939. «Zvanets», «Middle Pripyat», «Marshes of Olman» and «Prostyr» are on of Fyodor Yevlashevsky, the author tel. (+37517) 226 99 00 of Lyakhovichi was considered to be EM 27030 at the entry to the town. the world list of the Ramsar territories. of «Memories», where he the most powerful in Belarus. But dur described the life and customs There is also a lovely sight in the ООО «РИФТУР ПРИНТ». Минск, пр. Победителей, 19а. Тел. (+375 17) 2269490 © Лиц. №02330/1009 от 31.01.12 ing longlasting wars and sieges the of local noblemen called szliahta. town – a monument to a sparrow. Отпечатано в ООО «Альтиора – Живые краски». Лиц. №02330/431 от 10.04.13. Ул. Сурганова, д. 11, 220072, г. Минск. Заказ №4521, тираж 10000 Today Sovetskaya Кobrin The Entrance Gate to the Puslovsky Assumption Church, Busyazh village Street is Brest's Kobrin is one of the most ancient homestead in Starye Pesky. (1773–1779) which was founded by the famous (Middle 9th century) visiting card. It is towns in Belarus. As some legends Boyar family of Olesh. In Stolin area a marvelous place say, it was founded by Izyaslav, the you can also visit Tereblichi village for walks. There «Vygonoshchanskoye» and «Podve In July the festival of folk humour which is the centre of wooden sculp are some rows descendant of the Kiev Prince, in the likiy Mokh», the biological local th th ture, Gorodnaya village, the centre of shops, cafes 11 –12 centuries. The first written «Sporauskiya Zharty» is held here. reserve «Bork». The homestead of of pottery and other beautiful and pizza shops evidence about Kobrin as a town can The reserve «Sporovsky» is well the Svezhinsky and Opatsky families Park «Mankovichi» in Stolin (1885) and attractive places. Ecological in the street be found in the Hypatian Chronicle of known for the festival «Sporovskiye (19th century) is situated in haymakings». and active kinds of tourism are also The Ensemble of St. Nicholas Church. 1904–1906. 1287. But local ethnographers think The Memorial to the Victory of the Kossovo Palace and Park Ensemble.