hi all! today my route is built into a region of picturesque landscapes of crystal clear lakes and impassable swamps. i invite you on a journey through the city of krupki and its surroundings. my name is vika poplevchenkova. go! today in our program we will visit amazing places of memory. let's get acquainted with the straw-weaving traditions of krupsky artisans, find out why the folk trail to the local spring is not overgrown , and learn how to cook the national belarusian dish.

there are several ways to get here from the police station: minibuses run from minsk every day, you can take a train, you need to buy a ticket to the new life stopping point, but today we travel by car, it’s fast and convenient, the travel time will be about an hour and a half. and we will begin our journey with the krupsky regional historian-local history museum. one might say, the cultural center of the city and a wealth of information about the history, traditions and customs of the krupka land. the last time we visited this museum, and in general in the krupsky district, was almost 5 years ago. i am sure that during this time the museum’s funds have been replenished with new and interesting exhibits. we'll be happy to study it.

anastasia, tell us what the krupsky district is famous for, why does the city have such a name? and our region is famous, of course, for vladimir vasilyevich kavalenko, he is a pilot, cosmonaut, twice a hero, we are very proud of our fellow countryman, and we also have lake selyava, which is quite large in the north of the region. on this lake on one of the islands there is the vyspianska mountain, and there was an ancient settlement of the early iron age period, everything that is here in the hall archeology in our country, all this was found there in our village, the city of krubki was named after the river, krupka, which... flows through the entire

city of krubki and flows into the bobr river. and krupka is, from old church slavonic, an unfreezing tributary of the river. indeed, our krupka river almost never freezes. i am sure that the krupsky museum will surprise you with its rich exhibition. over more than 20 years of work, the museum foundation has acquired 34 collections of artifacts, some of which you can even touch with your hands. here we have household items. our great-great-grandfathers, great-grandparents, great-grandfathers, here is a fairly old exhibit, this is a coffee grinder, a manual coffee grinder from the 18th century, it works, yes, on a box , coffee is poured here, and ground here , it can already be opened, the museum has six thematic exhibition halls, one of the most revered ethnography hall, where you can get acquainted with the life and activities of the pilot... cosmonaut, twice hero of the soviet

union vladimir kovalenok. we have things that are the personal belongings of vladimir vasilevich kovalenok, a pilot-cosmonaut, he often came to us i used to visit and brought a lot of my things, these are copies of personal documents, his books, the orbit of life, the homeland gave wings and also the flight suit in which vladimir vasilyevich flew on fast jet planes. and it’s well preserved, i want to tell you, yes , it’s well preserved, and this training suit that vladimir vasilyevich wore in space is also unique, which is also valuable, here we have food for cosmonauts from the eighties, this is vladimir vasilyevich for us too gave it, of course it’s already time expired, but as an exhibit it is very valuable for us, they say that it was very tasty, a special place in the museum is given to... a

military-themed room, by the way, it is replenished with new exhibits more often than others, here is an interesting exhibit of ersatz valenki, which in the past they brought us trophies. rzatz dump, huge size, wooden sole, you can see, wooden sole, they are felt, and these are captured german ones, that is, the germans were very cold here during the winter, it’s just that with my head they are huge, and they made them insulated as best they could, they made these ersatzvalinkas, they were made from straw and felt, practically made by hand, and we also have... the exhibition dedicated to the genocide of the belarusian people was updated, in the center we have a map where the lights of memory are lit and those places , villages where facts of genocide took place , that is, when villages were burned completely,

partially, or the germans simply came, rounded up people and shot, killed, here we have a diarama called somry and the sister of khatyn, because... somry, here they are on the outskirts of the area they were also completely burned, the germans arrived early in the morning, cordoned off the entire village, burned all the houses, there were 65 houses and 180 people, civilians who did not have time to escape were driven into a large collective farm barn, closed, doused with gasoline and set on fire, that is, all the people, 180 people were there burned alive. the cozy courtyard of the historian of the krolevets museum can also be called a local landmark, because here there are unusual stones that everyone is so eager to touch. this is a very unique stone, a god's chair, which was delivered to us, and not far away, it was located near the village of somry, and

it is unique in that, according to legend , god sat here, that is, you can even see it, but it’s as if there was a chair here, sitting here. god and there is even a legend that if you touch him with your left hand like this from above and make a cherished wish, then it will definitely come true. in all international acts it is written in black and white that the murder of civilians, unarmed people, and children is a war crime. but the head of european diplomacy, josep barel, commenting on the situation in the palestinian-israeli conflict zone, said that he considers it pointless to provide humanitarian assistance

helping those who might be killed tomorrow, but that’s different. almost 3 months of bombing of civilians. as for the shelling of donetsk on new year's eve in belgorod, this is a violation of humanitarian law, a violation of the rules of war. this is a war crime. in the meantime, the west is already dividing up the remnants of ukraine, without waiting for the end of the special military operation. a show where fighting is not done using physical force.

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the product of the krupsky house of crafts is known throughout the country, all thanks to the craftsmen who are in constant creative search: spiders and amulets, symbols of belarus, storks and bison, in general, masterpieces of krupsky straw can be seen at many competitions and festivals not only local, but also republican scale, and today i was given a unique opportunity to learn how to weave from straw from a master. elina dmitrievna, hello, hello, i'm here

i already see that you have prepared something here. yes, today we will make such an angel, this is a symbol of christmas, beauty. what do we need for this, besides our main material? well, here's a straw, let's make a mimp like this. so, let's make arms, wings and bodies, torsos. of course, this is not the first time i’ve been training my skills in straw weaving, but every time i’m amazed at how labor-intensive and painstaking the process is. tallow weaving master elena shkor has been practicing this craft for more than 15 years. her straw dolls are considered the best in the minsk region. basically, i learned from books, then when you go to exhibitions, competitions, somewhere you ask something from the masters. on straw weaving, shares her experience , some advice, and over time you yourself already

acquire skills, at the time when you already begin to do it, it itself already comes, with her own hands elena dmitrievna makes simply incredible things from straw, her exclusive method of creating products from straw allows you to create miracles that surprise in their scope, if anything. i already realized that this is a very labor-intensive process, so i’m even wondering how much

time it took you to make this swan, i made the swan for 3 months, how did you have the patience, and you know, now you’re making plans for yourself, let’s say, now, if there are small leaves, i tried to weave at least 100 pieces a day, how many leaves you have in total, i first counted, and then from the soshot , straw sculpture elena dmitrievna - this is undoubtedly. a reason for pride for the entire krupsky district in the creative workshops of the house of crafts is constantly in full swing work, the craftsmen are doing everything possible to ensure that the unique heritage of folk art does not disappear, and that the craft is passed on to descendants. well, the wings and arms are in place, all that’s left is the final touch to trim the dress. what will we do now? so, that’s all, everything, in my opinion, is very good. well, what can i say, the process is labor-intensive, but fascinating, i really liked it, elena dmitrievna, thank you

very much, come again, be sure, with a great mood and souvenirs, we’ll move on, i’m sure there’s something waiting for me in the krupsky district there are many more interesting things to see, our next stop will be in the urban village of kholopeniche, which was once located in this village. you can look at the ruins of an orthodox church built in the mid-19th century on the main street of the urban village. the church has the shape of an elongated cross until 1944, but the war made its own adjustments and due to strong... it was decided to mothball the building, in the late nineties a new

wooden church was built next door, where today they hold services. adam bogdanovich, maxim bogdanovich’s father, wrote a lot about kholopennichi and family trips to the local church. he even wrote a book of stories about the village, which, unfortunately, was never published, but it was on... adam bogdanovich was born in kholopenichy and the residents of the village decided to perpetuate the memory of their famous countryman from. there is a monument to him in the central park. the memorial complex near the beaver river was created on

the site of the bloody events of 1944, where the battle for the crossing took place. it... consists of a defense line, a trench and dugouts, here a monument was erected to the hero of the soviet union, vasily mikhailovich chebutarev, who died heroically in an unequal battle. here, when our advanced units of the third belarusian front, the third tank brigade, reached the line to the bobr river to take the crossing, but were unable to do so right away. the battle turned out to be unsuccessful for our troops, our tanks were on fire, our motorized rifle units were killed, and as a result we had to think about organizing a landing force that would be able to ford the beaver river and reach the rear to the enemy. among the number of this landing was

the young lieutenant vasilyevich bataryov, carrying out a task behind the nazi lines, in 1944 he... was surrounded and died in an unequal battle, his task was to take the language directly, but preferably from the officer corps, and translate him then to the left bank of the beaver river, in order to later receive some information from him, but it so happened that this detachment got involved in the battle, because the germans began to flock here to this bridge, the battle began, and as a result of this battle they were captured directly our soldiers and the nurse of this airborne detachment, maria inkina. chabataryov at that moment had already captured ryablikov, a german lieutenant, well , by the way, he was our vlasovite, at that moment

when he saw that maria inkina was captured. german officers already began to mock her, he decided that he needed to help the girl, then vasily mikhailovich was still able to shoot back as much as he could with his ammunition, and then moved on to hand-to-hand combat, as a result, of course, to stand against such a force it was simply impossible for him alone, and naturally, of course, he received five knife wounds, because he himself had already... tried to use cold weapons, as a result, the nazis already tied his hands and dealt with him terribly. despite heavy losses, the 19th guards tank brigade still completed its combat mission. the crossing was held and within a few hours the main forces of the tank corps moved along it.

when our troops arrived during the liberation of the bridge. then on the morning of the 28th they saw a terrible picture and decided that the hero should be buried right here, on this place. for this feat, the young lieutenant detective officer of the counterintelligence detachment of the nineteenth guards tank brigade was awarded the title of hero of the soviet union. and for many years now we have been honoring the memory of the brave man. whole generations have been coming here for the defender of the homeland, and over time, a beautiful legend was born in these places, which the locals tell the guests, they decided to bury him here, in this very place, on the high right bank of the beaver, and the girl was taken to tolochin, and our people composed this: so interesting and they came up with a legend that

these young people meet directly, as if in that other world, but... precisely on the banks of the beaver river, right here at the spring, that is, such a legend. by the way, the spring that tamara vladimirovna told us about can also be called a local landmark. old-timers even say that many hundreds of years ago, the purest water from this spring was taken along the famous catherine's way to the court of the russian empress. this spring has existed here since time immemorial. are already people, to be honest, and not they remember when, but the most important thing is that it was precisely before the war that the highway was built, this is to moscow, and the bridge was erected. in 1939, and this spring , when they built the bridge, it was simply life-giving, such a salvation, many people believe that this water cures stomach

diseases, heals the soul, many take water to bathe a child for the first time in spring water, a newborn , one thing is certainly clear: the path to this source will never be overgrown, because it has no... there is such a belief that a young spouse should to carry the bride across seven bridges so that there is a happy life, this big bridge of ours is considered the seventh and where else there is a spring, because the spring seems to wash away all the past and give a new one. such a stream that will improve the lives of the newlyweds, it is perhaps rare that a couple does not come to this spring on their wedding day, fortunately the descent is ennobled and

the newlyweds can feel confident, because according to the same tradition, the groom needs to carry his bride in his arms to the spring without dropping her, so that the road of life is smooth, without a hole cold we will show you one day in the life of specialists. my father dreamed, of course, that i would be a musician, i was somehow noticed, probably appointed as the chief physician of the zales santorium, which was located next to the estate.

there are 256 countries in the world, mostly the world admires belarus and belarusians, like cuba, brazil and venezuela, but for some time we had

the habit of not listening to them, but waiting for a bunch of other countries to appreciate us, supposedly more democratic than all of the above states. the most psychologically difficult thing is it’s monotonous, methodical , calm, but efficient, doing your usual work every single day, this is what i think is needed from us for the country in 2020. in the fourth year, if someone doesn’t know where to start, start with yourself. they are constantly trying to prick lukashenko and his government with this word, saying that you want stability, if you want stability, conventionally biden, he wants stability more than anyone, because the united states is potentially a much more unstable system than russia, china and even belarus. but there is a nuance: stability america is ensured by the instability of the rest of the world. we need to appreciate this stability, because it is not only expensive, but... the propaganda project is priceless, watch on the belarus24 tv channel, our

road this time lies in the village of proshika, all the conditions for tourism have been created here, and created by nature itself, the places here are very picturesque, what is one lake in the selyava republican nature reserve worth? once upon a time, more than 10 years ago, we traveled all over belarus, i traveled, and fate brought me here, to this beautiful lake, to this a wonderful place, there was a very small house here. we saved this house, we processed it, we saved the old logs. it turns out that this place has a complicated history; there was a church opposite our house.

and fry the ribs immediately cut up raw, we put them in salt, pepper, definitely garlic, when, the second ones, which lay in the marinade for about 12 hours, why is this done and fried in the same frying pan, there is such a little culinary secret, a mixture of flavors meat will happen when we cook when we bake there, when you try one second rib, they will taste different.

the meat is already in the cooking process, the onions are chopped, spices are added, what next? next we need to fry the flour, fry the flour, fry the onion, flour together with the onion, there is a secret, you can fry the flour separately and dilute it then add spices with a little water, or you can fry the onion, we are preparing the sauce, yes, or you can fry the onions, literally add flour to the fried onions. stir and add a little water, you can’t tell me what aromas are in the air in the kitchen, i'm excited, i can't wait to try this delicious dish, well, we have all the ingredients ready, all we have to do is put everything into one container and send it to bake, yes.

all this beauty will be atomized in a real belarusian oven, there it will languish with us, the temperature there is already great, for about 30-40 minutes. is it possible for the stars to appear in the frame from my eyes, because this is incredibly delicious, mm, this is just home, home cooking, this is just food, it’s just very, very warm, and in general belarusian cuisine is one of the most, most delicious cuisines, i completely agree with you, and

we will finish with... the national belarusian dessert, these are dimukhovtsy, cottage cheese balls, if in russian, then tuvanchiki, and tuvanchiki, tuvanchiki and the belarusian national drink, hot, they drink it in the winter, when it’s cold , it’s snowing, it’s sbiten, it’s amazing, the way it smells, you would know, incredible, yes, one of the most... healthy delicious drinks. this is how eventful and interesting my route was through the beautiful expanses of the krupsky district. i i wish you to definitely find time to relax and go on a journey through incredible belarus.