at the beginning of the 16th century, bykhov was owned by jan karol chotkevich, a participant in the wars with sweden, turkey and two campaigns against moscow. he won many victories, for which in 1605 he was rewarded with the title of great hetman, head of the armed forces of the polish-lithuanian commonwealth. in 1590, jan khatkevich received a charter for the construction of castle fortifications. in 1610, on the high right bank of the dnieper , the construction of bykhov castle began, which was almost completed by 1619, being at that time one of the most powerful in the territory of modern belarus. aged at the age of 61, yan dies, after which the struggle for his inheritance begins, as a result of which bykhov. comes into possession

of the sapieha family, all because the daughter of jan khatkevich was married to jan stanislav sapieha, the eldest son of the lion sapieha. the chancellor of the grand duchy of lithuania, lev sapega, who became the next owner of bykhov, decided to make major changes to the architecture of the castle. this is how a whole complex was formed, which, in addition to the fortified palace, included three faceted towers, an eight-hundred-meter powerful rampart with bastions, and a moat beyond. the castle became one of the most powerful in belarus, bykhov itself for a long time was an impregnable city that neither the cossacks nor the russian troops could take. the castle acquired boroko features and partially fragments characteristic of renaissance architecture. the palace and castle ensemble included a two-story palace oriented towards the dnieper with a clock tower and... along the perimeter of the castle

court there were barracks with octagonal corner towers. as a result, all the buildings formed a closed complex of irregular quadrangular shape. in the main building there were ceremonial halls and rooms. the entrance to them led through the gallery. the owner's living quarters were on the second floor. today, the castle of khotkevich and sopek in bykhov is a monument of republican significance. unfortunately. nothing has survived from the rich interior of the palace, just like the architectural structure itself, which has survived to this day only partially; for the participation of the sopeks in the uprising of 1830-31, the castle was confiscated and over time turned into a barracks. in the 20th century , the building, which began to gradually collapse, was occupied by a woodworking workshop, in 2004 a fire severely damaged the remains of the castle. however, the castle of khotkevich and

sopek, although dilapidated, still surprises travelers who choose to holiday in belarus with its grandeur and inflexibility. at the beginning of 2010, a decision was made to restore the bykhov castle. the khotkevich and sopek castle is included in many excursion tours around belarus. this place is a silent reminder of the former power of bykhov. welcome to belarus. after an educational virtual journey, i propose to take a walkthrough of the best projects of our tv channel, they will definitely not leave you indifferent. today, as we travel through the city of krupki and its surroundings, we will look at belarus through the eyes of a student from estonia and continue to review international news. our traditional guide section is for you. china celebrated the beginning of the

dragon season. for the chinese, the new year is a time when the universe opens up to humanity, a time of testing, when life comes full circle and resurrection occurs. this is the same grace that the dragon brings, a bright beginning with which more faith will appear hope. in the bulgarian city of pernik , the harsh cold weather is clearly seen off. january passed the baton to february. a folklore festival is held here every year. surva, which attracts masquerade groups from all over the world. the uniqueness of the unusual outfits, inspired by ancient customs and traditions, is amazing. the piano concert took place in the munich sky instead of the philharmonic stage. the swiss musician personally proved that virtuosos do not suffer from acrophobia. on the contrary, they boldly levitate together with the instrument tens of meters above the ground. score floating adjustments in the gamut of each concert is influenced by weather conditions. in musical storytelling you can.

than - this is a pilot, an astronaut, a twice 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, in the courtyard of the krupsky museum of history and local lore lies an amazing stone, according to legend, god sat here, that is, even you can see as if there is a chair here, god was sitting here, and there is even a legend that if you touch it with your left hand like this... the church has the shape of an elongated cross right up to

until 1944 it was active, but the war made its own adjustments, we travel around our country with the tv channel. the route is built in the program. sofia verman was born in estonia, often visited minsk as a child and could not help but fall in love with it. i remember these scales, these roads, these beautiful stalin buildings that were built, the architectural monuments that are located in minsk. somehow it happened that to this day, even though i live here every time, i always smile and think how beautiful minsk is. what does a foreign student think about belarusian education? we arrived to my beloved. belarusian state medical university, where i am already a fourth- year student. the clinical and theoretical base is simply enormous, the teaching staff is simply wonderful, this is actually very important for a future doctor. why does zhineoka already attract guests from abroad? for me, belarusians are very

open-hearted, very friendly and very sympathetic people who are always ready to help. we'll see. own country in a new light in the program "look at belarus". watch these and other projects on the belarus 24 tv channel. the episode has come to an end, we hope you are in a good mood. we are on air for you around the clock, in more than 100 countries around the world. we can be seen in argentina, brazil, venezuela and ecuador. with us you will always be aware of all the most important and interesting things in the country and the world. the website on the youtube channel contains releases of your favorite projects. which you can always return to, also the belarus24 tv channel is available on all social networks in the convenient telegram messenger, leave reviews and share your opinion, together we will make our programs even more interesting. i was with you today, loana koverzina, have a soulful and bright weekend. see you next

friday. it is unacceptable to lose the belkap union - it is a unique structure, and the quality of life of the villagers depends on its successful work, alexander lukashenko is convinced of this. the president took part in the general meeting of the belkaap union. today it is the largest retail operator, under its wing there are about 5,000 stores, they serve

a third of the country's population, however, the organization cannot do without complaints about the work of the organization, and recently there have been more of them, among the shortcomings are losses, claims from regulatory authorities, complaints from people, the president is sure.

in addition, the president has been instructed to develop a general concept for serving the rural population, the government will submit a proposal. new export directions and wage growth. support for investment projects and housing construction. results of socio-economic development for 2023 failed in the minsk region. thus, the regional wheat product increased by almost 10 points, which is 19% of the country’s gdp. industry became the main driver, while the industry's dependence on flagships decreased. this means the economy has become more stable. the minsk region also accounted for a quarter of all agricultural products, as well as a quarter of belarus' exports. 14,500 properties are included in the unified register of empty houses. let us remind you that the resource has been operational since the beginning of 2023 . access to it is free and open. anyone can online get acquainted with the location and characteristics of a particular house, and the work of the portal brings results.

4.00 buildings have already received a second life; other unused property is being brought into economic use. for the first time, on the basis of a unified register of property, they made a unified list of unoccupied vacant plots, into which they collected, in the same way as with dilapidated and empty houses, about 30,000 plots for individuals. and several hundred for the implementation of investment activities. implemented in velikiy baru, khoiniki district project for the complete conversion of an agricultural town to electric heating. they want to support similar initiatives in other settlements of the gomel region. funds for carrying out the necessary work were allocated within the framework of the state program to overcome the consequences of the disaster at the chernobyl nuclear power plant for 2021-2025 in order to ensure. due to the required capacity of the electrical grid infrastructure in velikiy baroy , about 19 km of electrical networks were reconstructed, and

old electrical equipment was replaced. stimulus in this direction given by the nuclear power plant, in total , more than 25 billion kv have already been produced at this facility, which made it possible to replace an estimated 6.7 billion meters3 of natural gas. in general, our country has created very favorable conditions for... the transition to the use of electric energy for heating purposes, these include stimulating tariff levels that are set for the population for heating purposes, this is the reimbursement of part of the costs and expenses of citizens that are allocated to the purchase of electric heating equipment and then install it. in in belarus, the survival rate for cancer is one of the highest in the world, which is facilitated, among other things, by the constant updating of the material and technical base of specialized medical institutions. a unique diagnostic complex was put into operation at the republican scientific and practical center for pediatric oncology, hematology and

immunology. the genetic analyzer has high performance and allows you to obtain data of up to 500 million reads in one run of the device. the use of such equipment will make it possible to identify cancer and expand the scope of research. the complex will help in diagnosing complex clinical cases in other related fields of medicine. 20 hockey. will represent minsk at the world women's hockey match, 10 more players will be sent by the minsk region, the event will be hosted by grodno for the third time in a row this coming saturday. the fight is extremely important for the development of this sport in belarus. thanks to the project, girls who play hockey in different parts of our country can go on the ice together, become part of a bright show, show what they learned over the course of the season to inspire others to pick up their sticks and get on their skates. since the first such meeting, the number of female hockey players in belarus. increased threefold. this year the show will have a space theme. there is a vision of what

will happen in 5 years. therefore, we started with our little girls, we started with these games, we started with the championship, so that we could then develop step by step. and i hope that in the near future, a year, two, three, four, uh, we will already see our girls at the international arena. this year , 110 girls applied for the world women's hockey match, and they will play three matches in total. our region through the eyes of foreigners. this is not our first time in belarus, we really liked it here , the people are very kind, we went to different places and everyone is quite open, in moscow everyone lives in a hurry, here i see more interaction between people, how they ended up in belarus and.. why they stayed to live here, one of the reasons is the people, very kind, very

simple, without aggression, i think that many foreigners felt it, we travel a lot, we visited a lot of countries, cities, i very rarely felt exactly at home, when i come here, i understand that yes, i am at home, this is like my space, a project look at belarus, when i come to india, i also talk about belarus, what it is...