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there are no boring points on my route , each city in belarus has something to show and tell the traveler, and today i invite you to the largest railway the knot of our country is the birthplace of belarusian flax and the first primer in belarusian. we will go

on a tour of the monasteries of the city, and also take a selfie against the backdrop of other architectural visits , penetrate the workshops of the legendary, but the plant and find out. why flax is called the northern show it’s a pity for the bird, but only if it doesn’t fall into the hands of the arshan craftsman, we’ll attend a master class with a taxidermist and understand why it’s worth respecting this profession . let's reveal the secrets. and welcome to the iron brotherhood i will introduce you to the people who gave me a baptism of fire on the roads. we met in orsha quite by accident , really, really.

i arrived in a city that can be safely called the eastern gate of belarus near the city , rich in military past , they constantly tried to conquer it. well , independent and very beautiful porsche is still standing, one of the largest regional centers of the vitebsk region , located just 40 km from the russian border. the area of ​​the city is small 43 m². the population is just over 116.000 human. and this is an ancient page of belarusian history. do you know that orsha and minsk are the same age, so there is minskaya street about orsha, by the way, one of the shortest streets

in the city of orsha was first mentioned in the tale of bygone years only 4 months later than the belarusian capital. and yet a 950-year-old city. never considered a tourist brain. in the meantime, take a look. there is something to do here, if you have a little time for traveling, i suggest an applied tourist route. so write down the architectural landmark that you are completely you can start your tourist route jesuit college a beautiful building with a rich history of the jesuit colleague, it is considered a symbol. orsha, firstly, the jesuits did not open their educational institutions anywhere. so, his colleagues once again confirm the historical significance of orsha; secondly , napoleons stendhals stayed here, and for a long time, his colleagues kept the arshanians in fear, since there was a prison here until the nineties of the last century,

but today the building has a secular purpose. and such an attraction. i see for the first time it is a monument in honor of a monument, or rather a stone in honor of a stone. what is the essence of the monument was erected in honor of a unique boulder measuring 2x3 m, which existed in orsha in the twelfth century and was very revered , even a six-pointed cross was applied to it, but in the thirties of the twentieth century. the boulder was blown up, the fragments were lost, and a stone was placed for posterity in honor of the fisherman. stone. it's not all secrets. orsha was once represented by almost all monastic orders in monastic buildings. now there are official institutions. here temple. alas, they were destroyed by the soviet government. the once majestic complex, destroyed in 1812 finished off after the revolution of 1917 kuteev monastery. in the monastery is a trinitarian, in which the brothers, sokovichi, built in the 18th century. now

the registry office is located. and in this monastery in the 17th century the first primer in the belarusian language was printed. they say that an underground passage from there led directly under the dnieper, then the monastery was rebuilt more than once, now the holy trinity church is here. the next attraction is the most ancient church of orsha, which is located on according to legend, the wooden church of st. elijah the prophet was built in orsha at the behest of king casimir iv in memory of the salvation of his wife elizabeth according to legend. there was a prayer service in honor of the victory. on the swedes. peter i himself was orsha and had his own castle. once. the majestic beautiful arshan castle was built at the confluence of two rivers, the arshitsa and the dnieper , now only gorodische is left of it , by the way, a great place for photographs. it is from here that the city of orsha originates. this

is what the memorial sign with the year of foundation and by the way, until the 17th century, the magic coat of arms was another five crossed scythian arrows, but with the receipt of magdeburg rights , a cross appeared on the coat of arms as a symbol of courage and a crescent, as a symbol of mercy and development. now you understand what character the ears and its inhabitants once upon a time this huge moat. he made the castle wall impregnable and connected two rivers , which was done by an enterprising miller. for 100 years, summer has been saving the chances. they call the monument exclusively in belarusian and consider the main tourist flexible, the largest mysterious mill in the mogilev province, there are rumors that melnik made a deal with the devil, while netting the foundation of the mill. in general, if you are not afraid, come among the townspeople there are still legends

about the local black ghost arshan lyn pig, which hunts innocent souls at midnight, i don’t know, but you can learn more about this and being a peasant and centuries ago from the exposition of ethnographic there is also a museum, which is now located in a mill for lovers of military history in orsha. what to see from here begins the biography of the famous military installation in honor of which a memorial was erected. the legendary katyusha, according to history , it was from this bank of the dnieper that the first hall was produced with an active artillery mount, the first katyusha hall lasted only 8 seconds. he destroyed all enemy equipment. so frightened the germans that they were forced to stop the entry as much as 2 weeks. well, you can't miss the orsha station either. one of the most significant and largest in the country , the station building changed its response several times and each option left behind, either a turret or a column. as a result, the building

was given the status of historical and cultural value. all trains from russia to the west pass through this station, if orsha had not become a major railway junction at one time. the history of the city would have developed, otherwise, many paths and roads converge here, and one of them my journey continues. it is impossible to leave orsha without the main souvenir of something linen, because the largest linen factory in the world works here. orsha linen is not only worn all over the world. it regularly replenishes the foreign exchange reserves of our country. i want to see it, i considered it a symbol of purity, perhaps that's why flax is considered a symbol of our country is depicted on the coat of arms, and here is how fabric appears from a white flower. now we recognize the flax plant in orsha appeared in the thirties of the xx century and

was constantly expanding. only the war stopped its construction for a while. today orsha flax mill. consists of five factories occupies 47 hectares, processes 25,000 tons of new windows and supplies products to more than 40 countries of the plant. linen consists of three parts. this is a stalk of a box with seeds and a fiber that has undergone primary processing. the fiber enters the factory , this is where the production of fabrics begins. from time immemorial, flax has been grown in our country; scientists believe that the fabric from it is one of the oldest in the world; it is also called northern silk, and the production of linen fabrics. one of the most complex processes, which includes more than 110 technological operations will turn out fabric in my hands tenth number they make tablecloths from it and simply don’t. next, the machine

binds the fibers in knots, which we see on coarse fabrics, then smoothes under the influence of temperature and combs a long ribbon. and this is a roving machine. she continues combing and stretching the linen, and in order to achieve a uniform color, linen from different batches is mixed ; the combed handful of linen is automatically formed into a ribbon 500 m long. this is already the basis for future threads. work with natural lion requires a special good attitude, therefore plastic is not used in production. pay attention rollers are made of heavy-duty and very expensive canadian maple. by the way, flax fibers do not accumulate either heavy metals or radioactive elements, and the orsha flax mill has a corresponding certificate for this, which is issued in one of the most stringent environmental examinations in germany. look, this is

an amazing device, in fact, this is grandma's spinning wheel of the 21st century . but in other countries , the spinning of flax was traditionally done by grandfathers, well, in orsha as in all of belarus, quality is still more of a female occupation, although according to statistics , there are two guys for every 10 orsha girls. here, the finished yarn is wound on spools and sent for bleaching, in order to become a linen thread a little later. and before, belarusians bleached flax in the sun, but now chemical solutions can cope with this with the help of water from a special reagent, but. the hair with it is already this one . it takes root and stretches strongly, as a result, a finished thread is obtained. the production of yarn and fabrics always requires a lot of water, so such plants have their own water towers and are built

near rivers. orsha is located on the banks of the dnieper, where the yarn is dried at a temperature of 110 °. also, the production of linen yarn is quite dusty. therefore, a powerful ventilation system is constantly working in the workshops. fabric production is very much like music. see how beautiful the future fabric structure is, and the structure is unique. linen warms the cold cools in the heat linen fabrics do not form a charge in static electricity in orsha, by the way, more than one and a half thousand types of such fabric are produced. the work of a huge conveyor is a harsh fabric. that's what the workers call her. final processing very soon it will turn into a summer dress. at the plant, i was told

that clothes made from natural orsha flax will not shrink, as they are driven through the fabric by a shrink machine that imitates the process of washing and ironing. and it should also wrinkle, if the product retains its shape, then it is not linen, or linen, chemically treated. so you know how to distinguish a fake from the original. after the linen kingdom, i had an appointment with a man who literally knows the animal world from the inside. i remember back in the pioneer camp. i saw a stuffed boar and still i was tormented by the question. how is it done. now i will introduce you to a person who is engaged in a very rare and interesting hobby of taxidermy. taxidermists are not taught , they have no trade unions and holidays. this is the craft of enthusiasts and self-taught, but you still need to look for real masters. i want

to see it. taxidermy from ancient greek the ghost of the skin in order, but in this case it has nothing to do with cosmetology maxima, when this hobby began and the most important thing. where did it start? well, where did it start with the trip. eh, when i was riding a motorcycle with my father and, frankly, i even find it difficult to say how old i was about 6-7 years old, and we saw a big bird killed by electric current on the transmission wires, and it just hung in a daze. and that's it, probably, at that moment that you turned over, because i felt sorry for her that she could live and decided to give her a second life, and i wanted to save her beauty is good. where are the skills from? that is, by trial and error? i think your childhood, there was nowhere to learn the internet, and

since the father and grandfather were engaged in other things. that is, i had to adjust the technique myself. oh well, and so, i bought incisors. well, as always, i'm the first, damn it, there was a big lump here, time passed in vain, again i wanted to, and then, when i, uh, somewhere in the class, maybe the seventh eighth i came across. uh, literature, fuck, these are what they are, they look like some kind of loch ness monster on really. well, this is the basis, this is the basis , you can say, like a skeleton. hmm, it is made of papier-mâché, and as i understand it, a skin will be put on it and it will not work. forgive me, who didn’t admit, the fox will be the fox, and it will be, and earlier the frame told. maxim was made of wire wood, and stuffed with straw and cotton wool with such fillers, the stuffed animal often ate the sea with foam plastic, this does not

happen now. and in a scarecrow, the eyes are very important. they say it is they who revive the sculpture in order to carefully make an eye for this effigy it probably took us about 15 minutes now. well , i can imagine from more. how much time really and how much effort is needed to create a full-fledged layout so that the scarecrow looks natural the taxidermist studies a lot of anatomical ideological literature observes objects in wildlife, if the master makes a mistake, they will notice it immediately, as was the case with the british taxidermist adele morse in general maxim often admits i personally i perceive your hobby in two ways on the one hand. it's scary and cruel on the other hand. uh as material already dead animal is used . that is, you yourself do not take part in a terrible, yes act. you, on the contrary,

give a second life. e to this being and moreover, thus you show yes. e, for example, children. uh, what these birds might look like and how they look in wildlife. you see it is quite difficult, so i want to say that your hobby is very interesting. and i'm sincere. i hope it continues to work. taxidermists, of course, have jewelry, but it’s better to take apart a motorcycle by screws than protein for parts. but how helicopters are dismantled for parts, this is what i'm going to see. very soon. what is the best way to test your erudition and ingenuity with the right tricky questions? name the fabulous genie who was saved by the soviet boy volka's crutches because of turning, old man hottabych, and the full

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. i arrived in the town, bolbasovo, once secret, because it was here that the air base with carriers of nuclear warheads was located. and the tu-16 plane stands in the center of the city, it is not by chance that this is a symbol. after all, it is such aircraft were the first in the soviet union to carry nuclear weapons. in general, the village of balbasy existed in the arshanchina of the 16th century , the turning point for it was 1928, when the settlement was renamed bolbassovo and the whole union built a military airfield there, the great patriotic war into bolbasy. several military aviation colonels were taken out. now bolbassovo is the well-known arshan aircraft repair plant known throughout the commonwealth. and even tourists are not allowed there. i will take the opportunity to show you how combat helicopters are repaired. history of the repair plant. started in 1941

. after the war. there was always enough work and salaries were high, but after the collapse of the union, everything changed at the end of the 20th century. the plant changed owners, accumulated debts. now the enterprise is again taken under the control of the state, the military, the village is being actively built, infrastructure is being developed. in addition to loading the aircraft repair plant with orders , a logistics center is being built, but let's get back to helicopters. hangar. just a huge 12.000 m². the tu-134 plane always enters freely, which, by the way, was being repaired here, but helicopters seem to be just toys at the repair of helicopters. the plant began to specialize precisely in the dashing nineties, such orders, then both private individuals and the countries of the former socialist camp could place, which always counted money and appreciated the quality. aviation equipment, like my motorcycle, also needs maintenance.

this mi-2 helicopter has arrived. yes, in this state, however, in fact, nothing happened to him scheduled repairs. craftsmen from aircraft factories can not only repair a helicopter, but also tune it, flew to balbassovo, mi-2, but the mi-2m will fly away, and here the helicopter is simply dismantled and all removable parts are distributed to different areas of repair, and the details of the helicopter are larger than those of the lego 400 constructor ; the main part of the helicopter is the fuselage. here, the paint is washed off the hull and all parts, and the helicopters are washed. and it is important to clean every rivet. every millimeter, otherwise the defectologist simply may not notice the damage, every detail. each unscrewed bolt is checked three times, working master and control master. after all, it's not a car. the jokes of the master will break on the side of the road in order to lighten the body and avoid corrosion. the aviation

industry is moving away from the use of iron using polymer and composite materials for helicopter repair. not cheap from one to two million dollars , re-equipment, equipping with new devices , hundreds of thousands more, completion of the process in this workshop, installation takes place, then the equipment is sent for flight tests. then it is painted and transferred to the customer. when the helicopter is repaired, the engine starts first on the ground, then the testers arrive and the helicopter makes three flights from the ground , masters look at it, who will lift anyone into the sky. this is what the arshan aircraft repair plant is. these are his people.

you know, honestly, i started my travels around belarus a very long time ago with the participation of the iron brothers clubs in the motorcycle race, and now, after many years , it’s not very pleasant to meet familiar motorcycles in orsha by chance. the iron brothers motorcycle club has always united not just motorcycle enthusiasts, and people with common vital interests, one of them was and remains motorcycle tourism in their native country. and now the routes of travelers crossed such a thing you can’t imagine on purpose, this can only happen in life. meet mikhail , a member of the first motorcycle club in our country, an iron fortress meeting random awesome, what did you meet? here is misha please tell me how many years you have been driving the club with mileage.

this is the fourteenth year, season 14 four times the season of visiting the saints of belarus tell i, please, on the essence of the run, why do you travel, the main task is to visit the saints, belarus is very much. unfortunately, most of our people do not know. yes saints. yes, we know, unfortunately , we know on an amateurish level, no, we know, if we know novak, we know a little bit, there are a lot of minsk and shrines and, unfortunately, a lot of events. we visit the saints, we visit them and we try and not only to illuminate, but with our arrival yes, an assistant to restoration and restoration. tourists should leave with souvenirs. for example, it’s great with such

plant your favorite places in orsha that i advise you to see. i think that orsha is generally underestimated by tourists, especially by strange city tourists who are rich in history , rich in culture, and a must see. sorry that before our eyes, too, the fire was no longer such a deserted square full of people who are interested in culture. good luck on the road. thank you while the iron brothers were deciding what else to see in orsha, i decided to get to know the participants of the motocross from other countries better to find out their impression of belarus and this is michal, he came to belarus from poland

, as i understand it, for the first time. e, i say, but not the first, but before i was only in brest at the rally, then it was 2 days and returned. so here is the first time i see it like that, the real belarus mikhail you are taking part in the race. vedas from padshinu along with the iron brothers club. as far as i understand, i have already traveled a lot, what i liked most about our country people because but they i think the most pleasant slavic uh people that i know, uh, russians and ukrainians, where all the city is all about belarus are kind people. it's just that kindness here is generally very nice. this is to see the order here. yes, they see the order. sometimes it is difficult on the road with the police. as he says, he doesn’t go to an agreement, but at the same time it is clear that she is blooming, but i will be yours to come. often

i now have a visa more than once. and now i 'm looking for a wife, maybe somewhere in belarus who knows for sure well, would you advise your friends to come to belarus yes, i will not advise. i'll just bring them here. good luck michael, see you again. we still we discussed for a long time how it happened that the iron brothers and i met vorsha, shared our impressions, told road stories. and i also thought that we were travelers in the same country. in fact, it's getting bigger. and that right now someone is moving into a new city and seeing new amazing places. hastens to share discoveries with friends. keep it up and see you on the road.