which is why belarus is called the lungs of europe, and i could not help but take the chance to visit one of the most legendary belarusian swamps, yelnya, well, ivan will help me with this, helloing about swamps, well, van, let’s go for a walk, well, not really forward, i see how you’re dressed with shoes, so you can’t go to the to our famous swamp, oh, how i love all kinds of equipment, however, at the entrance to the swamp we were greeted by a quite comfortable path. ivan, i noticed that the swamp has incredible, and most importantly special, nature, i have never seen anything like it anywhere, and what kind of trees are they, why are they in such a state, as if they had recently passed some kind of hurricane or war. well, yes, in fact , it is so, these landscapes with dry pine trees, swamp trees, this is the aftermath of the fire that raged earlier on yelnya. fires happened due to fault, what a surprise, man? due to economic activity , the water level has dropped sharply, ideal conditions for fire. today, the territory of yelnya is a nature reserve, and the disturbed balance is gradually being restored. that is, over time, in 50 years, beautiful trees will appear here, yes,