for this fun, the road from vysokoye to the village of volchin was specially sprinkled with a thick layer of salt. maria pototskaya grew grain seeds and grass root crops, annually up to 35,000 pounds. she supplied them to the russian... empire abroad, in 1896 the countess received the highest award, she was allowed to depict the state emblem on her products. but let’s return to the construction itself: jakub potocki died before the arrival of soviet power and did not see how his luxurious library, how the palace itself has changed over time. first, the headquarters of the 62nd fortified district was located here, then a border detachment. in the post-war years, there was... a boarding school, later it moved to a neighboring building, and the palace stood for a long time. jakub potocki had no children, and therefore the wealthy gentleman bequeathed the property to a foundation for the treatment of tuberculosis. as far as i know, it still exists in poland and bears the name of the count. by order of the pototskys, after the construction of the estate, a park was built here. english style is

belarus... there were five conventions, they were located in novogrudok, rakov, minsk, grodno and vysokoye. monastic doctors found themselves in this city thanks to the great lithuanian chancellor alexander sapega, and the author of the project for the entire monastery complex was the famous court architect of this family, the same jan samuel becker who rebuilt the old ruzhany castle. once upon a time there were cells, an unclassified hospital with about 30 beds and a church. the monastery was built to last forever. lasted less than 60 years. the monks simply disappeared overnight and no one knows where and why. the hospital remained under the supervision of the authorities for some time, then closed. but the mysterious disappearance of the monks still haunts many. according to local legend, the ghost of one of them still haunts the ancient park. periodically, he appears at sunset, walks along the ramparts, gathers at the ruins and watches what is happening near the monastery. probably looking out for his fellows. we never saw the ghost, but as for the two-story residential building, it ’s

vysokoye at one time could be called a jewish city, knowing that before the great patriotic war, outpeople, 80% were of this particular nationality. they owned not only numerous mills, a cloth factory, craft workshops and shopping arcades. by the way, they were located on the site of the current park. is it true. during wartime this part of the high was very severely destroyed, a little later low houses in the same style appeared here, some of them were rebuilt into some kind of new buildings. they are located in the very center of the city, surrounded by a square with a monument to the war liberators and a modern sculpture in the form of a nest of storks. let's continue the promenade. since the city was considered a jewish town, the presence of two synagogues here is quite justified. in this building, which today has become a forge and is privately owned , the features of a religious building can still be discerned. according to local historians, it could have appeared here at the beginning of the 16th century. other researchers of jewish heritage in belarus are of the opinion that

this building in the village of vysokoye, an architectural monument of the 19th century, is part of theof the sheremetyev count's estate. almost 100 years ago, the facility was adapted as an agricultural technical school. once upon a time it thundered throughout the entire area. for many years, it provided agricultural personnel not only for the smolensk region. however, recently. the history of the oldest city in the region, susa, was gradually heading towards decline. the last intake of students took place in 2020. for elena taburchenko, this place truly became a second home. technical teacher disciplines has been working here all his life. i started as a laboratory assistant back in the early nineties and, as they say, became attached to the fact that educational institutions could be closed. i didn’t want to at all, the teacher admits, everyone was upset that our activity was coming to an end, but, despite the fact that at that moment we thought that a countdown had begun for us, it turned out quite the opposite, it turns out that a new one had begun the countdown of our movement in

at one time, vysokoye could be called a jewish city. population. 80% were of this particular nationality, they owned not only numerous mills, and a cloth factory, craft workshops and shopping malls, they, by the way, were located on the site of the current park, however, during the war, this part of the high was very much destroyed, a little later they appeared here low houses in the same style, some of them have been rebuilt into some new buildings. they are located in the very center of the city, surrounded by a square with a monument to the military liberator of modern sculpture in the form of a stork's nest. let's continue the promenade. since the city was considered a jewish town, the presence of two synagogues here is quite justified. this building, which today has become a forge, is located in this building. what remains of the second synagogue in the city, unfortunately, every year the building is more and more destroyed, and many tourists claim that inside you can find the remains of wall paintings, we were not able to do this,