friends, today the sea is knee-deep for me, here this phrase takes on a special meaning. there is shallow water in the center of the reservoir. in summer, the cleanest reservoir of the former ussr attracts tourists with the sound of river waves, birdsong, and wooded banks. every square meter is imbued with peace and romance, but you shouldn’t relax at all. the main allies of water are vigilance and caution. to the farthest point of the reservoir it takes about half an hour on the burevestnik boat, on a jet ski it will take about 12-15 minutes, that is, the time is already increasing to provide assistance to those who suffer disasters on the water, we try not to let it go to the point of making descents, that is, to somehow prevent it, to work more on propaganda. i think that with such a brave man as the head of the rescue station yegor rovda, any tourist would be happy to go into the fire or into the water.

we go on a hydro scooter to the mysterious island of love. there are a lot of emotions, the adrenaline is off the charts. a few minutes' drive with the breeze, and we are on one of the four islands. of course, nothing like aphrodite has ever set foot here; even local guests here are infrequent. the island is still called bird's nest because seagulls nest on it. we have nothing like that. it wasn't, apparently, it was out of season. the locals also call the island napoleonic. according to legend, it was here that the emperor leaving russia hid his treasure and golden carriage. so far, no confirmation of this version has been found. let's wait and see. the man-made natural monument of the velei reservoir appeared back in 1973. now this is one of the most

popular belarusian holiday destinations among romantic tourists and amateur fishermen, and thanks to it, the capital’s brilliant areas provided with clean drinking water, and previously it was part of the famous izvoriak trade route in greece. the largest tributary of the nem na rekovilja flows through the territory of belarus and lithuania, where it is called “nyaris”. length 510 km. the belarusian cities of veleika and smargon, the lithuanian cities of vilnius and kaunas are located on it. at the beginning of the 19th century , about 2,000 rafts were melted down the river annually. vilia is the mother of our pure relatives, her appearance was luminous and her bottom was golden. this is what adam mickiewicz, a polish poet who was born and lived on the territory of modern belarus. it arose and settled on the right bank of the villia river. a city called veleika.

while we were getting to the historical center of the city, the heavenly office decided to create some difficulties for our film crew, but we know that nature does not have bad weather. small, relatively young, but with a rich history. it was first mentioned in 1460. veleshchina was part of the principality of polod, the grand duchy of lithuania and the russian empire. the city was once famous river navigation, however, after the construction of the veleisky reservoir, the river became shallow; it was the close location to it that had a positive effect on the economy and economy of the town. initially, the town consisted of only one street; it branched out at the confluence. the so-called city center.

in the first decades of the 19th century , a new project for the veliki was developed and the density of buildings was increased. freedom square. here the heart of the veleyka began to beat. on the site of the chapel , a wooden church, consecrated in honor of st. george the victorious, stood a long time ago. from the first street branched off from it, which was called from the church to the courtyard. the square has a triangular shape; there are only two of them in belarus: in baranovichi and veleika. most of the buildings from modern veleyka appeared in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. now the main square is central. one of the most beautiful catholic churches in belarus rises on it. beleysky holy cross church.

we follow the sporting life of our country. belarusian school. tuta again shows high class. winner of the fourth stage belarus stanislav yaskevich won the swiss world cup and oleg ryabtsev won bronze. congratulations to our guys. a result that, to some extent, can be considered historical in terms of the medal count in our sport. belarusian athletes completed their performance at the brics sports games, having won 247 medals. we review the most interesting event. the chicago black hoaks club selected our fellow countryman in the draft with the second overall pick and this is the highest for. history, we listen to the opinions of competent specialists. pleased, also pleased performances of our ska, because not a single victory of bgk over them was easy. now the generation has come that understands that if they don’t work out in the summer, then

they will feel very bad during the season, and they won’t be able to talk about any results or achievements. all this is in sports projects on the belarus tv channel. 24 until 1913 , there was no catholic church in velleika, although attempts to build a church in the city were made more than once, only in 1905, when nicholas ii declared freedom of religion, the residents in veleiki, hope for the appearance of a church arose again. the initiator of the construction of the temple, landowner alexander lyubansky, was given conditions: the church will appear only when an industrial enterprise starts operating in the city. a wealthy nobleman quickly developed a project for a sawmill.

a year later he was already working. here is an example of determination. then alexander lyubansky created a committee, which included many wealthy estates. for the construction of the temple they chose the vilnius architect of german origin, august klein. in 1913 completed the construction of the holy cross shrine. today, the church houses a letter personally from the head of the catholic church, local resident jadwiga pasternak, with words of gratitude for what the woman did for the church. in history, this is the first message that was sent on behalf of the pope... in the belarusian language. a mysterious story is connected with the inset of the carrying of the cross, which is on the facade of the church. they say that in soviet times it was painted over with blue paint, but the silhouette of jesus christ still appeared through it. differently

this phenomenon can be interpreted. and another mystery of the century. there is an assumption that there should have been a tower of a catholic structure. 54 years ago, the temple is considered the oldest in the area, and its doors were not closed to parishioners for a single day. the city owes the appearance of the shrine to the russian nobleman, poet, state councilor, and devout man, apollo redkin. in 1863

, kamer uyunker donated 11,500 rubles and silver for the construction of a church in the northwestern region. if you have a good understanding of architecture, you will immediately understand: the temple of st. mary of egypt - a typical muravyovka church. paradox: apollo redkin initiated the construction of the temple to preserve the memory of the dead, and the grave, whose image is still woven from contradictions, in order to eradicate the harmful polish influence. the shrine was painted by the famous professor of historical painting, mikhail vasiliev. pay attention to the tower clock. they are not at all typical for orthodox architecture. the parishioners themselves collected money for them. although they were originally

planned as a decorative element. inside us failed to get in. repairs are underway. the temple, by the way, is the only one in the country named after the associate of mary of egypt. a former harlot achieved holiness through fasting and prayer. she lived in the desert for 47 years, 17 of which she ate only three loaves of bread. it is known that mary of egypt was not touched by wild animals, she could walk on water, on land, foresaw the future and knew the holy scriptures, although she had never read books. and we continue to explore the central square of the city and in front of us is not just a decoration, a symbol of the unity of peoples, a tree friendship, next to it are the coats of arms of sister cities, the veleyke has 12 of them. look, on the tree of friendship there are traditional wedding locks of love, the newlyweds go here straight from

sachs. on may 25, 1945 , pyotr mosherov got married in veleisky zaks. at that time , the leader of soviet belarus was 26 years old, his bride polina was 28. it was here that their first daughter natalya was born. only 9 years later polina took her husband’s surname. they went underground together and fought in a partisan detachment. in love understanding the couple lived until the very death of the hero of the soviet union and the hero of socialist labor. perhaps it was in veleika that the strongest marriages took place. let's hope the statistics haven't changed much since then. by the way, the jubilee legislature has an archive of documents for

the last 85 years, including church and church books from the thirties of the 20th century. how many more interesting things are we going to encounter on this earth? we head to may 1st street to see the city's first stone building. it looks like an unremarkable building from the late 19th, early 20th centuries. actually in fact, its walls remember many human dramas and tragedies. this is the building of the villeisky ostrog. among the prisoners are writers and poets, historians, philosophers, composers, politicians, priests and even the rector of vilna university. there is information that it was here, within the prison walls, that the poet valentin tavlay began to write his famous poem. poem: we are optimists. unfortunately, optimism

failed to save the majority of the prisoners. the prison existed in veleika for more than a hundred years. prisoners of war, these were partisans, these were partisans, these were also those who came here by for various reasons, people, mass executions were carried out near the walls of the prison, i will be buried here in the same territory. when excavations were carried out here in the nineties. today the buildings are not in use, and the energy here, as you understand, is appropriate, so we will not linger in this place for long, we will move along the route, mooing away from the oldest street of vileika, the soviet one, in the school lane, which has been around since the beginning of the 20th century.

in the thirties , vladislav starzheminske came here to work as an art teacher, he was born in the city of minsk, and here he works in his new direction of munism, he has a series of works in western belarus, which he creates in our city of veleika. children were taught mathematics, geography, art, and drawing in polish. teachers from warsaw and vilnius, who came with their families, were assigned here. then the question of housing for teachers arose. they built a house in the art nouveau style: spacious rooms, large windows, high ceilings. in those days, such housing was considered

elite, typical polish buildings. during the years of occupation, the building of the former gymnasium it was used for the gendarmerie, so we can guess who occupied housing in this house. after the victory, everything returned to normal. a russian secondary school was opened and the teachers again became the owners of the apartments. unfortunately, the gymnasium building has been poorly preserved, but the traditions continue here: a center for children's education for children and youth is located in the premises, where young... talents learn the basics of knowledge of the arts and crafts of nanotechnology. picturesque landscapes: clean air and rustling leaves. some trees are over 100 years old. according to the old legend, the very first one was planted in the presence of empress catherine ii. today

, veleisky city park has all the conditions for recreation, including... fitness center overlooking the villa, free exercise equipment for different muscle groups, although something tells me that in this weather, adherents of a healthy lifestyle go to the gym. the world of folk tales lies nearby, it’s impossible to pass by, i can imagine what emotions these characters evoke in children. katya for the cat, cat for the bug, bug. for the granddaughter, granddaughter for the grandmother, grandmother for the child, grandfather for turnip, pull, pull ah, no, but we can’t pull it, there are sculptures in the park at every turn, the author of this is minsk sculptor alexander shomov, this is a monument to the mother,

i wonder if the image of the woman is abstract or the sculptor, so he decided... the history of the park is deeply rooted in the 18th century and like any place here has its own legends and legends, they say that during the full moon a ghost walks through the park, this is supposedly the ghost of one of the local residents who carefully kept a bronze amulet of happiness and prosperity all his life, his house burned down , the thing has disappeared, therefore, the shadow... periodically returns from the past looking for a lost relic, i believe, so that the residents of veleshchyna will find happiness and health for many years, so it’s better not to walk in the park at night, you never know, but in our distance you can see another female image, looks like the danish little mermaid, but it’s not that

simple, meet velyana. according to legend, there was a girl. i was impressed by the athletic stepan, he was such a hard worker that he worked even on church holidays, for which he was turned into stone. velyana saw her lover and began to cry; a stream began to emerge from the ground. tears, which later turned into the full-flowing river viliya. therefore, it is a mistake to believe that the name of the city appeared thanks to her; she is the culprit of everything, she is a local resident of velyan. right now we are on our way to the local history museum. exposition of the great patriotic war through the prism of time. the heroic and tragic past of the city in personal belongings, documents and photographs.

a separate stand is dedicated to the liberation of the rope. here are the photos. liberators, one of them azi aslanov, twice hero of the soviet union, a monument to him was erected opposite the building of the former polish gymnasium. the central part of the exhibition is the improvised photo workshop of the first velei photographer and photo chronicler berki berman, who until 1925 was the only one in the city. he owned his own photo hotel and pharmacy here, and later organized a drama club that staged performances in support. for poor children, on this beard of berka berman there is written an atelier for enlarging portraits, as well as the velei district at the pharmacy store, that is, the characteristic localization of the place for so that a visitor who needs to take a photo can order a photo for himself in this heat. i think you

noticed that the uniqueness of the museum is not only in the collected exhibits, but here you can access them. 1 2 3 such photographic units were used in the sixties in most photographic studios, i can assume that berky berman had something similar, this city for many years was in one way or another connected with photography, parents. things, legendary zenit cameras. in 1973 , two buildings were built in velijki city-forming enterprise. we purchased equipment from germany, hungary, and the czech republic. and italy made assembly lines. about 6.00 people worked at the plant. many residents of veleika chose this city precisely because of the employment opportunities. just

20 years later, the company exported 150,000 cameras to latin america. the production volume of popular dslrs has reached 25 thousand per month. the city was located in zenith for a long time. the time of film cameras has long passed, but many still remember it with nostalgia exactly those old zeniths. the legendary plant is still operating, an entire microdistrict in vileika is named after it, the museum is relatively young, it was founded in 1982, but despite its age, it has collected a large collection of very rare items, more than 25 thousand. this makes them no less unique. as

a rule, we are used to counting eggs in dozens, but here there are more than five hundred. they have ornaments, portraits and landscapes. this is the first egg museum in belarus. i heard that there are similar ones in ukraine, germany, italy and russia. recently. another one has appeared in our country. in almost everyone knows about egg painting in the veleisky district house of crafts. belarusians have been collecting information for centuries. a hand, wax and an egg, that’s what makes it all closer, it’s a design. yes. the more convenient it will be for you to work. okay, but if i mess something up, it can be fixed, but unfortunately, no. the main exhibit of the museum is a pysanka. easter eggs, they say they have a magical effect, each has its own design, consisting of individual symbols, all you need is dye, wax and a little

imagination. i am a symbol of the sun, from the sharp side i draw eggs, look, that is, once, and so that it is the same, i immediately turn the egg over. for pysanka ours. the ancestors used eggs only from young chickens, and took water from holy springs. painting eggs is done in a good mood, with bright thoughts and good feelings, in order to charge the pysanka for a positive result, this is a sacrament, a ritual. red is the color of happiness, health and love, blue and cyan are the color of sky and health. green is the color of nature's renewal after winter sleep. they say that pysanka should never be sold, only given as a gift. people believed that it gave hope for marriage and a good harvest, and opened the heart to love.

well, we, hand on heart, can safely say that we sincerely fell in love with veleshchina. finally, we return to the place where we started our journey. this time it is crowded here; local residents and tourists, according to tradition, meet poseidon once a year, a fascinating sight. we were lucky, with the arrival of the lord of marey to these lands , the weather cleared up, we have more.

we sounded glad to the fractions, zzіўlyazza, adchuvatsya connection with the hour and heat, just respect, skin day... this year, or a hundred years ago, everything that was very diligent was new. we

ourselves do not respect this; we pass on our knowledge and experience directly. geta is our smiler. i shake my hand. and in such a dear way, from simple, happy moments , sacred traditions are formed. we are celebrating the loss of our products, appreciating the past for our daily life. belarus 244.

in fact, belarus is a very beautiful country, as the president recently noted, almost half is covered with forest, recently our fellow citizens have become increasingly interested in their native nature, they want to know more about their home, first of all, i want to convey the need to protect our unique nature. because in the same europe there are no longer such dense virgin forests that we still have in belarus, including in our naliboks forest. my name is sergey tumel, i am the deputy director of the naliboksky republican landscape reserve.

my work day officially begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 5:00 p.m., but in general , depending on the situation, our work requires round-the-clock work .

great fun in the fresh air , working in an environmentally friendly way.