Attractions and Places To See in Mogilev Region - Top 20

The complex resembles a temple or burial ground with a large stone cross and stones scattered around it in a system, shaped like cubes, hemispheres, and slabs. Many of them bear nearly obliterated images of circles, crosses, lines, and triangles. Igor Sharukha, Associate Professor of the Department of Geography and Nature Conservation at A. Kuleshov Mogilev State University, is convinced that the Zaozersky "Stonehenge" is a pagan temple. Igor Marzalyuk, a lecturer at A. Kuleshov Moscow State University and Doctor of Historical Sciences, asserts that the Zaozersky "Stonehenge" is nothing more than a medieval burial ground. Belarusian archaeologist Lyudmila Duchits notes: "If we imagine that the stones were once arranged in a certain order, they could have reflected the heavenly bodies for the purpose of keeping a calendar."

Yatsko's house in Svisloch, built in 1911, is one of the main attractions of this agro-town. It got its name in honor of the family that once owned the building. In its appearance there are features characteristic of the Art Nouveau style. First of all, the unusual decoration of window openings attracts attention. According to archival data, the brick used in the construction of the Yatsko house was imported from the Rosenberg factory located in Bobruisk. At different times, the military registration and enlistment office, the department of internal affairs, the German military commandant's office were located here. Today, the building, which was the first in the Osipovichi district to receive the status of a historical and cultural value, is used as a store.

The history of the Zavolochysky estate, - says Tamara Georgievna, - began in 1886, when a surveyor, infantry general Joseph Zhilinsky decided to settle here. The fact is that his wife Antonina owned an estate in the Palace (five kilometers from Zavolochy). But the Palace was far from the Moscow-Warsaw highway, which was inconvenient for Zhilinsky's frequent trips. Therefore, it was decided "behind the portages" (on the site of modern Zavolochychi), closer to the highway, to build a new house and a distillery. But, before starting construction, the general decided to carry out land reclamation on this territory, because there was a continuous swamp here. Soon a whole network of various reclamation canals was built, drainages were laid. Today, of course, many channels are no longer working, but there are still existing ones. The largest canal starts from the village of Polyana, reaches the pond in Zavolochychi, flows into it, and then goes to Ptich. By the way, there is a sluice in the pond, which can be opened and all the water can be drained into the river, if, for example, the pond needs to be cleaned. In addition to canals, the drainage system also includes drainage - the entire territory of the village and around it is covered with clay pipes, which were put into clay casings and buried in the ground. Read more at: http://www.glusk.by/2017/06/zavolochicy-istoricheskoe-znachenie-i-turisticheskij-potencial/

The village of Sychkovo is located on the territory of the Mogilev region, in the Bobruisk region. The village is famous for its memorial complex, which was founded in 1968. It was erected in memory of the servicemen of the First Belorussian Front and the partisans of the Bobruisk region, who accomplished a military feat in 1944. They defeated the Bobruisk part of Army Group Center. In 1967, on the site of the current complex was the Mound of Glory. The basis for the mound was capsules with earth taken from 70 mass graves located in the open spaces of Bobruisk. Above the barrow was a sculptural composition, 4 meters high, which was installed on a pedestal, the height of which reached 18 meters. The composition is crowned with six steles dedicated to the Heroes of the USSR - residents of the Bobruisk region. At the top of each of the steles are high reliefs and the names of heroes. The year 2000 was marked by the opening of new monuments: the "Gate of Glory" on the Bobruisk-Minsk highway, as well as 13 memorial plaques in honor of the Heroes of the Soviet Union. Another monument on the territory of the village is a monument of a wood-and-earth firing point in memory of the feat of M. Seleznev. Today, the entrance to the Sychkovo memorial complex is crowned with a three-part arch, and combat cannons are located on the sides.

Construction began in 1823. The project of the palace was commissioned by the leader of the nobility of the Bobruisk district, Ignatius Bulgak, by a native of the village of Zhirmuny, Shchuchinsky district, Karol Podchashinsky, the son of the court architect of the Radziwills, Jan Podchashinsky, and the father of the famous Warsaw architect Boleslav Podchashinsky. The palace was built in the style of classicism, it was ruled by elegant rigor and symmetry. Placing the front rooms on the second tier, in the tradition of Russian classicism, allowed the architect to "play" with the height of the ceilings, it can fluctuate in different halls from four to nine meters. The space of the main building ended with a two-tier belvedere - an observation tower with a clock. The palace is covered with a low four-pitched roof, two-pitched porticos, while the belvedere had a slightly flattened dome with four vases and a spire in the middle. On the spire there was a weather vane with the coat of arms of the owners. More information on the website: http://museyjilichi.by

Castle Hill is a platform on a high and very steep bank of the Sozh River. Ancient Slavgorod, then it was called Propoisk, was formed here. Already in the XII century, a castle appeared on a place protected from all sides. At first it was part of the Smolensk principality, then it was included in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. From the 16th century it was the core of the Propoi volost and during its long history it has been the center of many more administrative units. At the end of the 18th century, the Slavgorod lands went to Prince Golitsyn. He saw Propoisk as a poor and ruined place. The castle in the city still existed, although it was no longer in the best condition. To meet Catherine II, Golitsyn very quickly completed a two-story wooden palace near the castle, where in 1787 the empress and her retinue arrived. A little later, the prince began to redevelop the Castle Hill and destroyed some of the defensive ramparts and the remains of the ancient castle. The manor house stood for some time on the highest place in the city. After 1917, it housed a commune, and by the 1930s the building was so dilapidated that it was decided to demolish the estate. Now there are almost no ancient buildings on Castle Hill, but a beautiful old park has been preserved; from here you have an excellent view of the confluence of the rivers, where the spirit of centuries-old history hovers.

At the beginning of the 11th century, the relics of Prince Gleb, who was killed near Smolensk, were transported along the Dnieper near the Shrine. There is a revered chapel of the holy martyrs Boris and Gleb on the graveyard of Staryye Staek. None of the village old-timers know when it was built, but several local traditions and legends are associated with the emergence of this chapel. According to one of the legends, the remains of the holy noble princes Boris and Gleb, brought here along the Dnieper, are buried under the chapel. It was the holiday celebrated in their honor that became the main local celebration and the reason why every year residents of not only Stary Staek, but also many surrounding villages and villages, as well as townspeople from Shklov, Orsha and Mogilev gather here. After the service in the chapel, according to tradition, believers are sent in a procession to the holy Borisoglebsk spring, where a water-blessing prayer service is served. According to another legend, two merchant brothers sailed along the Dnieper. A quarrel arose between them and one killed the other, who was called Boris. Here he left it, as well as gold and jewelry. The locals buried him on them and built a chapel. According to the third legend, the merchant and his son Boris sailed to the fair. But on the way, the son fell ill and died. The grieving father buried him in the cemetery of the village of Starye Staiki and erected a chapel in memory of him. According to the fourth legend, after the murder of Prince Boris, Prince Gleb hid for 5 years and lived here, right on the spring.

This is the Nizhninsky ditch, an outcrop of an interglacial peat bog. Radiocarbon analysis of wood fragments showed a date of more than 50 thousand years. The age of the fault itself is 500-700 million years. In terms of representation, power and structural features, the Nizhninsky Rov is significantly superior to similar facilities in other regions of Northern Eurasia and North America. The highest point of the moat is Bald Mountain, its height is more than 30 meters, and the city is perfectly visible from there. A waterway passed by the bald mountain, which in the annals was called "from the Varangians to the Greeks."