[000:01:11;00] once upon a time, stones were considered living beings, they were worshiped, they were deified, they were associated with them, beautiful legends and legends . one of these boulders lay on the border of the city where we arrived . the witch doctor angered the symbol. good luck and fertility. people came in the morning, but not to me, instead of him a deep well with cold water. and this is not

the only thing that happened to this place during its existence. they destroyed and rebuilt, and its inhabitants became witnessed many historical events, and you and i have the opportunity. let not for long. but to stay here and maybe even feel the centuries fly by. we are in a small town in the brest region, which, despite the area, is still rich in sights. this is kamenets welcome. 1.276 year galician-volyn prince vladimir

vasilyevich ordered the town planner alexy to choose a place for a new settlement near the northern border of the berestey lands, a hailstone passed along the lesnaya river and noticed a steep bank from elevation nearby. the prince approved the choice of alexa and soon. at this place , the city of kamenets appeared; it is ancient with us from the 13th century. if you take the history, he was part of various states. well, the first is vladimir volyn principality, then this is the grand duchy of lithuania, this is speech, commonwealth and tsarist russia and belarus well , and then the soviet union kozit knees, so frequent guests of kamenets traditionally

they bow before the white tower to feel like giants at least for a second, the exact date of construction of the tower, which in shape is very reminiscent of a chess rook, no , it probably began to be built simultaneously with the city, as they were interconnected then the tower was single structure. as fortifications, two hills and a protective moat, the city and the tower were connected by a wooden bridge, the turkish tower belaya vezha or a white pillar. whatever you call this building. it will still remain the main architectural landmark and the pride of this region is a huge amount of battle. the siege, kamenets vezha survived for seven centuries, but in spite of everything, it always. rebuilt and restored. according to one version, such a confusion with the name arose after the author of the book belovezhskaya pushcha pointed out that vezha stands on the belaya river; others believe that local historians are to blame for everything, who

unanimously assured that the volyn tower was whitewashed in ancient times. so all the same belaya vezha is not this name a historical mistake? chronicle of the tower is mentioned in 1276 year its annalistic name is a pillar of fabric, for a very long time, the kamenetskaya tower. uh, did not fulfill its defensive function. uh, it could be the sixteenth century after a long one. eh, time. we find a description, and the towers only in 1826. and there they write how to take a white bowl. whether it is nast in the middle ages today is very difficult to say. but we, as employees of our museum, believe that the kamenets tower is the right thing to do. it's called the cabinet stone table, by the way, today don john's tower looks almost

just like in the 13th century, and it is also depicted on the belarusian five-ruble note. conducted excavations and found a secret underground passage between the tower and the city. it is possible that there was another one that connected the tower with the lesnaya river . unfortunately. today it is almost impossible to verify this. the same number of them were initially gradually turned into five museum halls, through which tourists from all over the world stroll. and, by the way, each tier had its own purpose. let's say food was stored here on the first in case the siege on the narrow stairs we rise to the second tier of the tower. here the history of the region is presented under glass, objects discovered during excavations of burial mounds of the 10th century and archaeological finds from the gorodishche kamenets of the 13th century one floor above testify to the history

of the city in the period incl. it was here when you were and the only entrance to the tower to a 15-meter height was climbed by rope or wooden ladders. total in the museum collection kamenets tower 382 exhibits must warn you about one of the legends the ghost of princess olga lives in the tower ; she does not touch the locals; she punishes only tourists, and only those who strive to take some kind of pebble with them as a keepsake. i dare to assure you that you should not worry during your stay in the tower, our film crew has not met ghost a and yet, if you do not suffer from acrophobia, be sure to go up to the observation deck of the castle from here . after all, ahead

of us is an acquaintance with the tallest man this edge. and by the way, no one has tried to dispute this status yet, but they know andrey the stack for no reason at all, he is the owner of a unique collection of photographs . let's get to know each other. hello, andrey ekaterina it is very pleasant to visit how tall i am, my height is very large and i don’t tell anyone about it. ha-ha, so that people do not faint, only the military enlistment office knows him, but they say that you are the tallest man in the kamenets region. this is so slightly mistaken for the kamensky district, i won’t say, but for the stone , the source andrey is a figure in the city of vidnoe pay attention to a person who is at least two heads taller than everyone around, please, how did it happen that a physics computer scientist. suddenly i became interested in history, and quite seriously. and it's all thanks

to us. unfortunately, i am leading musevich, stepanovich to his wonderful book, which was published by him in a self-publishing way in 1996. book. absolutely boring without pictures, brochures of some kind, but i read them choked. i walked all over the city with this book, examined what is written there. history books, he does not take up more space on the shelf than just physical ones his close friend has his own website and lives the joyful name of the neighborhood, belarus at its best with about a third of visitors and people living outside the country of man. we collected more than a thousand photos in this way, published a cd and made a map on the site. and a map of the old hames old streets people began to give photos all

efforts were not in vain for 10 years andrey astasha managed to collect 9.700 photos. some of them are unique on them the city appears like this. whatever its modern resident does not remember and does not know, and thanks to the photo, you can trace the history of entire generations and even connect a family with such cheese in a high city across the bridge and literally in a couple of rooms. i have a man sent from a high continuation of this dispute, these are the same ladies, well, a little differently, so to speak. here, thanks to two publications , one woman was found, finally found her relatives in the region, who had lost contact and one man from brestny found his relatives. all information is in the public domain . anyone can get acquainted with the history of kamenets. and now he will be happy to tell and show how the end

was before, what it is now, such a change in the face. this we see a stone in which year the fortieth year is literally uh on the eve of the war on the eve. this is a huge catastrophe when the stone has changed radically, especially with regard to its center, when it was completely populated with houses, which we used to live in as natives of kamchatka. jews. it is known that the pre-war population in kamenets consisted of 90% from jews. some houses are still preserved in the city center only from private mansions. they have become different institutions. in the administrative shopping center here we had two rows of trading houses of shops, they were called buddhas on the right. here is orange. this hotel was owned by a jew next to the church. there, too, this is an orange house behind the monument to a jewish merchant, by the way, the only house where we found the name of this house was called

the white house. small european town with many hotels and restaurants there has never been a railroad in the city. but there was a passenger bus. on it it was possible to get to the railway station, and from there go to anywhere in the world. while andrey stasheniya is writing the history of kamenets, our film crew independently continues the promenade around the city, all the sights are within walking distance. the club of editors and so the games themselves are the main brand of belarus for all these 30 years. this is the economic world. primarily safety, oddly enough, secondary, because it is in many ways determined by the state of the economy in the country , the time of opportunity and the construction of a new

information model of the future. we are gradually moving step by step to ensure that these programs are implemented. the rules are often not observed and often happen. so, what exactly wins is the one who does not follow any product rules at all. we must build new ways of communication. we must build a new economy. this is a bet on a new generation. the bet on belarus has been formed. indeed, belarus has an intellectually open dialogue about the most important social and political events in the country and in the international arena. see the project club editor on belarus 24 tv channel. a woman whose name is well-known to many and only sofya kovalevskaya mathematically substantiated that around saturn there are actually not solid, liquid or gas rings, but billions of tiny solid particles, which also form a circle otherwise, according to

kovalevskaya's calculations, they were simply torn apart. were not needed. for this discovery, she doesn’t need a telescope or a spaceship at all, but a pencil , paper and enviable zeal in belarus her difficult path to the world of exact sciences began on april 3, 1868, eighteen-year-old sofia kovalevskaya sent a film about the stubborn struggle for recognition in science to conquer scientific europe from the vitebsk province, very soon the whole scientific world will have to admire the formulas that were born in the head of this little fragile sparrow who worked , like an ant sofia kovalevskaya dilemma of the great woman, watch on thursday

on our tv channel. still preserved, however, without my prompting. you are her for sure. you won't find it, post-war period and decided and the synagogue turned into a house of culture. yes, yes, this is the same jewish temple built in the 18th century. in total, there were six synagogues in the city , four wooden and two brick, next to this one, which became an administrative facility, a lifetime monument was erected to the chairman of the flying peasant, famous throughout the former union. how did andrey voznesensky call it twice the hero of socialist labor vladimir bedul, a glorious native of the kamenets region, why are we returning to the historical center of the city again? our main landmark kamenets vezha to the left of it is a three-story building with a red tiled

roof. agree attracts attention in 1926, a license was obtained to open the first secondary schools and one of these was located in this building. the first students were 18 jews, with a pole and nine belarusians. they comprehended asia of the mathematics of the history of hebrew geography. since 1996 , the kamenets gymnasium has been located here. they say that during the reconstruction, the builders found messages in the bottle that had lain there for 72 years, it read. we leave our descendants in the future our names and addresses. as it turned out, this was a letter from the leaders of the brigade written in three languages, russian , german and polish. by the way, according to some reports, the porch of the educational institution was made from the tombstones of the old jewish cemetery. they were also used in the construction of other

structures of that time. next to the gymnasium and secondary school number one, the wall, which is decorated with unusual graffiti, is the common grave in which 1640 soldiers of the soviet army and partisans are buried who died during the liberation of the area from the german fascist invaders a few steps away, the building is bright pink this library, named after the first president of the academy of sciences of belarus vsevolod and gotovsky. kamenetsky district the birthplace of many famous personalities, academician and literary critic vladimir rot medov and football player sergey kislyak were born here, hence the roots of the honored master of sports of the republic of belarus, seven-time record holder in weightlifting irina kuleshov and we are heading to the sculptural composition, which for many years has been

controversial in ukraine thanks who in the 13th century and this city appeared and the place from which it all began. and volyn prince vladimir vasilievich, historians are still at a loss, well , let's analyze the situation, an unknown bronze man holds a shield in his hands, and at that time only princes or their druzhinnikov were depicted with him. yes, and the inscription on the shield is an order addressed to the town planner. alex could not command himself and capes of this kind, in those days only princes or very noble people or prince vladimir wore on the monument will have to leave

this riddle by a professional. and it's time for us to get to know the landmark of kamenets, which from the first minute of our stay attracted our attention . there will be new temples. however, to carry out the plan to the end. it did not work out, because the first world war began, but by 1914 this temple was nevertheless erected. took care about the creation of the temple priest lev paevsky st. semyonovskaya church was built on the foundation of an old wooden church, which was erected on this site in the sixteenth century, four centuries later the building completely dilapidated thanks to the efforts of the rector of the government allocated 50,000 rubles. this is how a brick temple appeared on a hill, consecrated in honor of simeon the stylite,

the syrian orthodox monk, the new-founder of foot-keeping. semyon built a tall pillar and stood on it for 47 years. for this, he received from god the gift of healing mental and bodily diseases. foresee the future. special attention deserves a copy of the icon of the kamenetz mother of god at the bottom , it depicts vezha and the very first wooden temple, the pride of the church and a three-tier carved conostasis made of dark bog oak, it was brought from the warsaw st. managed to save st. simeon's. he got to the kamenets church when the inhabitants of the prussian village in memory of the deceased children first by rail, his

delivered to the zhabinka station and then to kamenets by the way, in the same 16th century, and to be more precise, in 1501, the church of saints peter and paul appeared on the church street today sovietskaya, it was built from larch, and it burned down in 1924 from a lightning strike 15 years later, new brick walls appeared in its place. soviet times, the church was completed . a restaurant was placed in it a little later, a tea room and only in 1990 a shrine. they returned to the catholics, the temple was restored. well, as i said, kamenets is first of all famous for its people, therefore we are heading to the workshop of the national master of belarus anatoly turkov is a minute away from the fire. anatoly savelyevich has been working with wood for more than 40 years and has about 200 sculptures to his credit. true, we can only see them in the photo, since they are located in belarus , russia, germany and poland, and there is also a sculpture of euphrosyne of polotsk, which

is also the work of a folk master near kamenets. physically very hard work and you still need to see in this sculpture. just a plane to see another volume of feeling this volume we try to give us an oak tree for work. this is the most yours material that we have for it is used only here to find a powerful oak in our area. it's not so easy to say, anatoly savelyevich, except for the belovezhskaya pushcha, they are few, where they grow , you have to turn to the forestry, or look for private tricks. and panova , made by the master in a unique technique of carving on a tinted background, even orders the state gift fund of representative souvenirs. on one of these works. anatoly turkov is now working with the permission of the master, and i was able to have a hand in this matter. try to have the palm here, open, so that this is all the hand lies, not because this

finger interferes and the height, so that it lies like this, like this, yes, jewelry work the first time is not so simple and even right to pick up a cutter, not to mention how to use it competently after half an hour. according to the folk master , something begins to work out for me, and clear outlines even appear on plywood. the symbol of belovezhskaya pushcha, more than a bison, to see the animal live. we can later when we will find ourselves in the national park, but for now we continue to learn the details from the creative biography. it turns out that anatoly turkov loved to draw from an early age. as a child, even preschool age, my brother and i ran to the river to fish with fishing rods. so on the river itself was the house of fyodor ivanovich doroshevich. this is our famous belarusian painter. they had krinitsa, we

always ran there to drink water. it's decorated, the baby has always been and i was wondering. a man sits, draws something there all the time. this is where i became interested approach him. that's how we met. i'm still a very young kid there for about four or five years. by the way, the house of fedor doroshevich. the truth still stands in kamenets, relatives gave it to neighbors who looked after the artist. uh-huh anatoly savelyevich, as i understand it, this is the same sign that you personally made and installed in memory of fedra, ivanovich yes yes it was that sign that such an idea came to me, as i was familiar with it. and well, it was a shame that many townspeople. well, basically probably, mostly they don’t know that such a well-known belarusian painter of ours was born here, which i, uh, didn’t write

writing in 2005 here. i decided to put it just to coincide with the anniversary of the centenary of the birth of fyodor ivanovich, i decided to put it as a small sign so that people could see and know that i was born in this house. here is such a famous person, he is over 150 years old, one part of him was built without a single nail. the thresholds are still high, and inside there was once a stove, a stove bench. everything is in the best traditions of that time. anatoly of the turks did not loses hope that someday there will be a museum of memory, its inspirer and first teacher fyodor doroshenko unfortunately, we have to go. we have not yet been on the main street of kamenets, which, according to the watchmen , was buried in flowers and greenery in the seventies and eighties. today, little has changed here.

we are located on the kamenets arbat, this is brestskaya street, and if you go along this road, you will certainly find yourself in the city above the bug. if you choose the opposite direction, you will definitely find yourself on the road that will lead to the belarusian forest. the oldest protected forest in europe, the next day of our trip, we will definitely dedicate more than 220 species of birds, almost 60 mammals, among which you can see mighty bison, bears and deer. here you can also admire trees that are more than 5 centuries old. and most importantly, the reason why tourists from all over the world come here is the residence of the belarusian father

frost. on a plot of 15 hectares, father frost's house with a throne room . children magic windmill to transform bad deeds dust sand glade, 12 months and more the estate opened in december 2003 according to estimates. it is visited by about 130,000 people a year. in 2013, santa claus from pushcha received the millionth guest in his residence and, according to the results of recent years, the local magician is one of the most popular in the cis dishes. hello they say. you have pancakes here. what is the most delicious, admit it, jam, our pushcha everything is delicious from blueberries from strawberries from lingonberries, but the most

compelling reason to be here is a meeting with santa claus and the opportunity to make a secret wish you can make a wish. well let's pulse blood pressure dropped cholesterol and rose to it remarkably. see how this fabulous place works. let's make a guess, and next year we'll check whether it will be or not, so everything is ready for a strong good mood big big. a lot of people are interested in questions. how instantly santa claus manages to get around so many houses, but really for just a second. it would seem that he should at the same time put gifts under each christmas tree of families in belarus there are almost 5

million 4 million 873,000 households and each has a christmas tree , how can we manage to catch his thermal clock there is a magical quantum clock that allows us to stop our civil time at midnight on new year's eve, and his fabulous time continues its run. and here is the estate , the theory of wish fulfillment was born and i must tell you that belarusian santa claus knows secrets, and he willingly shares them not only with colleagues in the shop, but with tourists, and, by the way, the good magician receives guests all year round. so