here he was educated, for example, pyotr vasilyevich zavodovsky favorite of catherine ii , the first minister of public education of russia, as well as the priest frantishek diruzhinsky, a philosopher and teacher who is called one of the founders of the catholic educational system in the united states for some time. lived here the famous french writer stendhal and it is also rumored that during the war of 1812 napoleon bonaparte himself stayed in this monastery complex at the end of the 18th century, when orsha became part of the russian empire colleague. he continued his work, but later, by order of alexander i in 1820 , the activities of the jesuit order was terminated, and colleagues closed its walls. the prison was located where prisoners were kept here until 1989 in the early nineties , a reconstruction plan was developed, which ended in 2008. today, the complex of buildings that belonged to the jesuits is occupied by an art gallery, a children's library, a craft center and a cafe. let's continue to discover interesting places in our native belarus. and there is also an archive