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381. BELARUSIAN NATURE: Unique and astonishing Belovezhskaya Pushcha
     ... diameter! History buffs will like the route “In the footsteps of Napoleon” which will take them to the sites of battles between the Russian and French armies during the War of 1812. The route “Animal Crossing”...
382. Palace of the Puslovskys in Kossovo
     ... local landmark is the Palace of the Puslovskys, or Kossovo Castle, that was built in 1838. Both the sites are on the national list of historical and cultural heritage of Belarus.
383. BELARUS INCOGNITA: Flooded chalk pits, mountain-like slug piles, stony “canyons” – man-made beauty you have to see
     ... emerald-green water, deep stony “canyons”, and high “mountains” around mining sites, including places where sand, chalk, limestone, and potash salts are mined… No, not all...
384. Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk turns 30!
     ... museum’s holdings include 8,500 exhibits, while the house-museum itself has become one of the most visited sites of Vitebsk. The museum has printed editions from the library collection of patron collector...
385. BELARUS’ HERITAGE: A museum exposition opened in Napoleon Orda’s ancestral home
     ... sketches, Belarusian architects have the possibility to reconstruct the original appearance of memorial sites, palaces, the gentry homesteads. They also used Napoleon Orda’s sketches to restore his family...
386. The year of Historical Memory in Belarus: Requiem rallies took place all over the country on the International Day of the Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps
     ... 21,000 people were liberated, including 904 children. Over 260 death camps and mass slaughter sites were set up in Belarus’ territory that the Nazi occupied. Over 1.4 million people died there according...
387. Made in Belarus. Kamvol: From Yarn to Fabric to Capsule Collections
     ... to 1951, when a decision was made to build a worsted mill in the capital city of the BSSR. In 1955, carding and spinning workshops were launched and the first yarn rolled off the production line. The following...
388. Opening ceremony of 31st edition of the International Arts Festival Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk
     ... Belarusians, Russians, Ukrainians, representatives of many countries of the world will perform in festival sites in Vitebsk. Names of great Russian and world classicists will traditionally be heard together here just...
389. Last Bell ceremony in Lida Castle
     ... graduates joined a solemn procession that went through the city to Lida Castle that was one of the main sites of the Last Bell nationwide campaign.
390. Kupala Night in Minsk
     ... It was celebrated in Zavodskoy District of Minsk on 6 July. The program included a concert, thematic sites and several photo zones, as well as predictions for the future from the Kupala witch. Children and adults...