this is klesk, welcome.tle hill, the remains of an ancient rampart and a swamp landscape, are really in... the church of saint mikalai, which, unfortunately, was destroyed. like in any other city, in there are several versions of the origin of the name: in chronicles the place was initially mentioned as klechesk or klechsk, in the modern version kletsk. local residents can sometimes even say kletsak, but there is a version, scientifically unconfirmed, that the name comes from klece, a tributary of the lan river. okay, with dumplings it’s more or less clear, but as for the river, why lan? the disgusting thing is that the original owners of these lands were the grand dukes of lithuania. kleck remembers very well king sigismund i and his wife, the milanese princess bonus forza, in whose biography still has many dark spots. some historians believe that the temperamental italian is not a poisoner-in-law; she did not treat the first beauty of the grand duchy of lithuania, barbara rodeville , to a poisoned apple, t

in klesk, many streets have names. famous writers, even the main city square here is named after vladimir, no, not lenin, mayakovsky, and, by the way, the monument to the leader of the world proletariat there was never a change in kletsk, but old-timers remember that there was another monument to stalin in this place. the central square used to be called the market square; special signs, which they generously provided, remind us of this. city, thanks to them you can find out the historical and modern name of the street. for your information, the first city in belarus where such signs appeared was kletsk, then the neighboring city of baranoviche. tourists should take note: one of the largest railway junctions in the country is located 50 km from kletsk. meko tourism. and the capital can be reached by car in 2 hours, from moscow to kletsk a 10-hour drive (850 km). in the meantime, let's go back to this city several centuries ago. let me remind you that he is almost 900 years old, and he grew up on the site of an ancient feudal castle. these places are a continuous map of battles, because th