Population What to see in Postavy (Belarus, Vitebsk region)

After Postavy came into the possession of Anthony Tyzengauz, the area was transformed in a relatively short period of time (starting from the 60s): it is no longer a chaotic building of wooden houses, but an ensemble stone structures in baroque style. Postavskaya Square was an example of the first ensemble building in Belarus, carried out by one architect according to a single plan. Experts are inclined to believe that the construction work here was supervised by the architect Giuseppe de Sacco, invited from Italy.

There is no exact information about the start of construction in Postavy. However, there is reason to believe that before establishing the royal factories in Grodno, Tyzengauz made an experiment on a small scale on his estate in Postavy. Sources report that already in 1765 there was a belt factory in the town. And by 1783 the buildings were already in a very neglected state.

Postavy was a small settlement with only 65 residential buildings. It is very likely that the reorganization of the royal economy, headed by King Stanislav Augustus, put his personal friend and like-minded person, absorbed all the attention of Tyzengauz and led to a halt in construction and the desolation of Postavy enterprises.

But back to the beginning of large-scale construction in the town. A. Tyzengauz began the reconstruction of the settlement with the arrangement of the Market Square. On the sides of the square (which is a parallelogram in plan, although it seems to be rectangular), the architect placed buildings serving visitors, residential houses of artisans, and administrative offices. A third part of the former ensemble of the square has survived to this day - 8 buildings, of which 5 are craft houses, a check-in house, a hospital and a school.

The central place on the square was occupied by the market

The trading rows, low, under a flat roof, were square, with a large courtyard and a through opening. Trade was carried out inside the courtyard, on which the doors of the shops opened.

The inventory of the Postavy county (mid-18th century) reported the following description of the market: “Shops, stone all around, covered with tiles in the middle along the slopes, with four carved figures, around with 18 vases and for entry with two gates. Inside there are 26 shops, 29 doors, 9 basement windows with iron bars, and the yard is paved only under the shops and at the gate. The shops, with the exception of the corner ones, were very small, up to 9 m2. Apparently, a large number of shops are dictated by the fact that they were intended for a diverse range of goods. The inventory says that the shops had various types of metal and paper products, paintings, maps, mirrors, lace, gloves, suede leather.

In general, the Market building had a specific purpose. Deep (2.25 m) cellars for storing goods stretched along the entire contour of the shops under it. There were no permanent stoves in the premises, none of them were inhabited. Blank outer walls may have been necessary to protect goods.

The market yard was paved. The rest of Postavy Square and their streets were unpaved. It should be noted that only on Tue. floor. In the 19th century, widespread paving of streets in the city began (as a duty, a stone was taken from visitors, which was brought in carts, and streets were subsequently paved with this stone). At the beginning of the 20th century, the market was heavily rebuilt, survived during the Great Patriotic War, and in the 50s of the 20th century it was dismantled "as unnecessary".

South side of the square

On this side of the square, where the building of the District Executive Committee is currently located, there used to be three buildings: two hotels and a cafe. Until the end of the 50s of the twentieth century, one could still see the building of the hotel, which housed the "tea house". Later, the building was demolished, and in its place appeared the "brainchild" of the architecture of the mid-twentieth century.

West side of the square

Of greatest interest is the western side of the square: once there was the largest number of Tyzengauz buildings (9 buildings), and to this day, it is in this part that the main buildings of the Tue are located. floor. XVIII century. This side of the square, like the southern one, was built up symmetrically with respect to the center. Unfortunately, the key house on this side, as well as on the other three sides of the square, has been lost.

Due to the typological similarity of individual houses on the western side, they can be divided into groups. The first includes the outer houses: the pharmacy building - “a two-story stone house, in which the doctor’s office is below, and the zemstvo office is upstairs” and the building of the local history museum - “a two-story state-owned stone house for check-in”. Both similar in appearance, the buildings are the same in size.

The first house (pharmacy) retained its original purpose: it always belonged to the doctor, and now it is a pharmacy. The house was located on the corner of Vilenskaya street, it was covered with tiles. On the first floor of the hallway (corridor), entrance to the basement; to the right there were three rooms, to the left - one room and a kitchen with a stove. The stairs led to the second floor, where there were two kitchens with stoves in the corridor, as well as four rooms. In the attic there was a warehouse for utensils. It is difficult to determine whether the first floor of the house was a hospital or only a doctor's residence. Based on the fact that a public institution was located upstairs, and the house itself overlooked a crowded square, it should be concluded that even if a doctor lived here, then, most likely, the reception of patients was also held here. The second house (the building of the local history museum) had a similar layout with the building of the hospital, and although it was rebuilt several times, its facade remained the same. Now it houses the local history museum.

The second group of buildings on this part of the square includes the houses of local artisans. All these houses, covered with Dutch tiles, were one-story, with attics. Their design is interesting in that only the facade wall was brick, the rest were wooden. The combination of brick and wood made it possible to build economically and quickly. It is very difficult to talk about the internal layout of these houses, since documentary data have not been preserved. However, descriptions of these structures have been preserved. local residents: "there were benches in front, and the owner lived behind." According to the buildings that have survived to our time, we can assume the following internal layout. Main entrance located on one of the longitudinal sides

home, led to the front. One of the front walls (transverse) separated the residential part from two large industrial premises overlooking the square. The craftsman's family also occupied the attic, the staircase to which was placed in the same hall. An additional “back” entrance was located at the courtyard end and apparently led directly to the kitchen, since there was a descent to the basement where food was stored nearby.

It should be noted that the artisans lived not only on the square, but occupied all the houses along Postavy streets. It can be assumed that the houses on the market, similar to the Grodno settlement for foreign workers, were also built for foreigners, and by virtue of them they were given a different look, in comparison with the rest of the wooden houses of Postavy. Here, most likely, foreign craftsmen lived in factories.

With each of these masters, as well as workers, an agreement was concluded, as a rule, for an indefinite period (the parties were formally given the right to terminate them at any time, although in fact, this right belonged to one subsector, who could send the masters to all four sides when he they liked it; if they were dissatisfied with something, they could only get rid of the factories by escaping). According to the contract, the master was paid a salary (700 - 900 zlotys per year, which was quite a lot at that time), they provided him and his family with an apartment, firewood, candles and food supplies. Wages were not piecework, but fixed (salary). Both masters and workers (150 - 250 zlotys a year - not so much!), And apprentices (100 zlotys a year!) received a salary every month, while apprentices were given clothes and food. But the most interesting thing is that if the master came out of the number of students, then he did not receive anything!

The contracts listed various working conditions and pay, but none specified the length of the working day. However, according to additional information, it is known that the factories worked from 5 am to 8 pm with an hour and a half break for lunch and dinner, which was timed with free classes for masters with students. Worked 6 days a week, excluding holidays. Since there were people of different faiths among the foreigners, there was a clause in the contract that the masters would celebrate according to the customs of their religion.

In general, a lot of money was spent on the maintenance of foreigners, but only with the promise of golden mountains Anthony Tyzengauz could interest craftsmen from Germany, France and other countries. Western Europe and recruit them to work in the Commonwealth. It is possible that by 1783, due to the collapse of Tyzengauz, foreigners left Postavy just as they had left Grodno. Their houses were occupied by local artisans.

North side of the square

On this side of the square, only one craftsman's house survived from the buildings of the Tyzengauz era. Previously, there were three houses of artisans and an austeria. ABOUT appearance The engraving of the end of the 19th century can give an idea of ​​the first three houses (show a reproduction of the engraving). It was a group of houses, completely analogous to the group of houses on the western side of the square. Almost identical to each other, they emphasized the significance of the austeria. In terms of size, it was second only to the market and was one of the main buildings on the square.

You should pay attention to the residential building, which was formed as a result of the reconstruction of two houses of artisans in the XIX century. The main facade received a complex asymmetric composition with high stepped attics, with a hipped turret above one of the rectangular windows.

East side of the square

According to researcher E.D. Kvitnitskaya, this side of the square had only one Tyzengauz building, completely rebuilt by now. Until the beginning of the 20th century, it served as a gymnasium. At the end of the 18th century, the school “taught the Russian, Latin and Polish languages ​​and other various sciences of the noble nobility of the youth; professors are dependent on the order of public charity, and youth on their own ”- such information is indicated by the Inventory of 1784. The building itself was built of brick, covered with tiles, with four attics in the roof: on the facade of the market, to the church, to the river and to the church; below - military gates. Inside, on the first floor, there were classrooms (four classes), a boarded staircase led to the second floor, climbing which one could get into the school office, as well as into the corridor with the apartments of teachers. Here, in the corridor of the second floor, there was a staircase to the attic, where there were two rooms and two pantries.

One of these industrial facilities, namely a paper mill, was located here, on the Myadelka River. The factory was a wooden one-story building, covered with a high broken profile shingle roof. Factory machines were driven by water: the factory had two posts. The production process took place in two rooms: in the first, the cleaning and pulling of rag raw materials took place, in the second - the actual production of paper.

The rest of the premises, except for the high attic, which served as a warehouse, were intended for service personnel. These were: a servant's room, a kitchen, a bakery and six living rooms. In 1783, the factory employed 5 people; six grades of paper and cardboard were produced, including stamped paper with watermarks. The factory continued to operate in 1800: it still produced different grades of paper, no more than 100 reams for home use, and also partially for sale.

In addition to the paper mill, by the Myadelka River, on its right bank, there was also a mill “on two posts” that has not survived to this day: a wooden bridge led to it from the factory. The water mill in plan was a small rectangular structure stretched along the river, covered with shingles, with a facade turned to Luchaiskaya Street (now Krasnoarmeyskaya Street); in addition to the premises for the mill installation, it had a room and a pantry.

The current stone building of the mill is located on the site where the wooden one used to stand, burned down, as the researchers believe, during the great city fire in 1815. The exact date of construction of the stone mill, unfortunately, is not known; however, it can be assumed that this event took place before 1866, since under this date, the mill is named in the documents as one of the most significant stone buildings in Postavy. At the end of the 19th century, the reconstruction of the water mill began. A surviving written source from 1897 tells: “in the town of Postavy, a stone one-story mill that has existed since ancient times is being repaired with a second floor superstructure above it, and, in addition, turbines and a new bridge with locks are installed at the same mill instead of water wheels.”

The beginning of the 20th century met the mill with a new one: a three-story stone building, where each floor had its own purpose. On the third floor, there were machines for cleaning, peeling and shaping grain; on the second floor, grain was ground, there was a sieve and set-ups, and on the first floor, finished products were received. The turbine mechanism was in the basement. At present, the building, renovated in 1994, houses the Stary Mlyn House of Crafts.

Postavy is a city of regional subordination in the Vitebsk region. The city is located on the Myadelka River (the basin of the Western Dvina), 245 km from Vitebsk and 160 km from Minsk. Highways P27 (Braslav-Myadel), P110 (Deep-Lyntupy) and the railway line Krulevshchizna-Lyntupy pass through the city.

History of development - Postavy

Postavy was first mentioned in 1409 in connection with the endowment Bratoshin Zenovich by order of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vitovt, the right to perpetual use of this territory. In 1522, Postavy was already mentioned as a private place in the possession of the Despot-Zenovichi, under whom a wooden church of the Mother of God was built here (rebuilt in 1760, has not survived to this day). During the Livonian War, Grand Duke Stefan Batory sent rafts with artillery from Postavy to Polotsk. During the campaign of the tsarist troops against Vilna in 1655, the town of Postavy was captured and burned by the corps of Vasily Petrovich Sheremetev.

In 1720 Postavy passed into the possession of the Tizenhausen family. Under the auspices of Anthony Tyzengauz, a tannery, paper and linen factories were organized in the town, production of belts was established, and several mills functioned. In addition, he carried out a large-scale reconstruction of the town. On the southern outskirts of Postavy, on the left bank of the Myadelka River, a palace with park. In 1775, the castle court was transferred from Myadel to Postavy. In 1782-1785. in the village there was a theatrical school of Tyzengauz, transported from Grodno. In 1791, Postavy received the status of a city.

As a result second division of the Commonwealth Postavy were in the composition Russian Empire, where they became the center of the county, in 1796 the new authorities approved the coat of arms of the city. However, the status of the settlement was soon downgraded to a shtetl. In 1814-1853. The posts were in the possession K. Tyzengauz, who founded the ornithological museum and art gallery here, where in 1840 there were more than 60 paintings. In 1880 the estate passed into the possession of the Pshazdetskys. In 1898-1904. built in the town Church of St. Anthony of Padua. In 1897, the eponymous railroad station on the line Karalevshchyna - Pabrodyde.

In the years World War I Postavy were on the front line. In 1921, the city became part of Poland, at that time 2 sawmills, a brick factory, a steam mill, a brewery, and a bakery functioned in Postavy. The last owner of the estate in Postavy was Konstantin Pshezdetsky. On September 18, 1939, the city was occupied by units of the Belarusian Front of the Red Army and Postavy became part of the BSSR. During Great Patriotic War from July 6, 1941 to July 5, 1944 the city was under German occupation.

Tourism potential - Postavy

At present, the historical center of Postavy is a unique object for Belarus, since a complex of buildings of the 18th century has been preserved here, among which the complex of buildings on the former, buildings on the streets of Sovetskaya, Krasnoarmeyskaya and a section of natural landscape around the pond are especially distinguished. In the historical part of the city, on the banks of the Myadelka River, there is also an Orthodox church (erected in 1894), and on the other side there is (1898 - 1904), which is a one-tower basilica with a five-sided apse.

At the end of the XVIII century. near the bridge across the river Myadelka was erected, adapted in the 19th century. for the construction of industrial and economic purposes. Today it is located here House of crafts "Stary Mlyn".

Near the square Antony Tyzengauz in the 18th century. a large stone building in the style of classicism with a U-shaped contour was laid (completed only in the first third of the 19th century by Konstantin Tyzengauz). The facades of the building are decorated with vertical blades, between which there are large windows. In 2006, a full-length monument to the ornithologist Konstantin Tyzengauz was erected in front of the palace. Adjacent to the palace a park 18th century an area of ​​about 10 hectares with canals and the remains of old linden alleys, exotic plants in decorative groups.

Since 1992, Postavy has hosted an international festival of folk music "Ringing cymbals and accordions".

Postavy stands on the banks of two lakes formed by the river Myadelka. This ancient trading city was first mentioned in 1409.

The main glory was brought to Postavy by the Tyzengauz family. Anthony Tizengauz, Grodno headman, educator, reformer, who sought to create an advanced industry, organized his estate on the model of European cities. He built 35 manufactories, which prospered and brought considerable income.

His son Konstantin Tizengauz devoted himself to science. Under him, Postavy turned into a scientific center. He built the Ornithological Museum, a library, and an art gallery in the city. All the celebrities of that time came to his estate, seeking help and support from a wealthy philanthropist.

Today, Postavy is a picturesque small town reflected in the lake surface.

The famous Red Church of St. Anthony of Padua attracts many pilgrims and tourists. The temple, built in the neo-Gothic style at the end of the 19th century, looks out into the calm waters of the lake. A snow-white statue of the Savior blesses the faithful at the entrance to the church.

The church of St. Nicholas the Ugodnik, opposite the church, looks cozy and homely. The white-stone building of the church sets off the blue tent of the bell tower. Nicholas the Wonderworker, to whom the church is dedicated, is loved by the people for his kindness, helping the poor and intercession for the offended. Therefore, St. Nicholas churches are always joyful, bright, cheerful. Retrospective Russian style is very well suited for just such a church.

The Tyzenhaus Palace is a grandiose building built in the style of classicism. Now the building is completely restored. Landscaped yard and park. Concerts, holidays, historical reconstructions are held here today.

In Postavy, the houses of the old city buildings have been preserved. One can easily imagine how the city looked in former times. A rich water mill has been preserved here. It still operates today. You can admire this miracle, listen to the murmur of water and the measured sound of the water wheel.

Cemeteries in Postavy are also clean and well-groomed. Neither Catholics, nor Orthodox, nor Jews are forgotten here. Everything is in perfect order. You can take a walk and honor the ashes of the dead, read the epitaphs on the slabs, admire the majestic tombstones.

November 22nd, 2017

Postavy is a small town (20 thousand inhabitants) in the north of Belarus, the westernmost regional center of the Vitebsk region. A quiet provincial town in the middle of the Belarusian hinterland near the border with Lithuania. It was Postavy that was the first point of our schelkunov a three-day trip around the Western Vitebsk region, and we arrived in this city at dawn, examined it in the early morning, when it was just waking up after the August night.

Clickable map with photos localized by their numbers in this story:

Interestingly, during the Patriotic War of 1812, Konstantin Tizengauz, together with his brother, went over to the side of Napoleon, after the end of the war he remained abroad, but under an amnesty he was able to return and get his estate back.

46. ​​The main facade of the palace with a portico. Nowadays, the street runs in such a way that the palace stands sideways to it, and the main facade faces the courtyard.

47. On the facade on the other side (it’s hard to call it “back” somehow) there is the Tizengauz family coat of arms.

48. Manor (now hospital) park. It seems that the atmosphere of the times of the Tyzengauzes has been recreated here.

49. Pyramids of mirrors - apparently from the same place. Some unusual decorative element. Yes, and the inscription "Mirror" was left by Captain Evidence in my face :)

51. And here again is the pond on Myadelka. And in the distance you can see the church of St. Anthony (the title frame has a similar angle, only the bridge, the mill and the Orthodox church are still visible).

The river Myadelka flows from quite famous lake Myadel, which is not far from here, but already in the Minsk region, where a small town is also named after it. The neighboring lakes Myadel and Naroch are quite popular places for recreation and fishing, primarily among the residents of Minsk.

52. At the right bank of the pond is a small Park of Glory, with an extremely modest monument to the Warriors-Internationalists.

53. Nearby is a small exhibition of armored vehicles:

54. Fighter MiG-23. There is also a Mi-8 helicopter a little to the right of the frame. In Soviet times, a military airfield operated in Postavy, and this is a reminder of those times.

55. We saw a much less trivial reminder of this near the shore of the pond. A boat made from outboard aircraft fuel tanks! Very original.

57. Along the right bank, we close the circle and return to the center along Gagarin Street, which in the future is closed to the church.

58. Interesting Polish Wooden House:

59. And here is also an old brick one, with a half-hip roof, characteristic of Belarus.

60. And the usual, in general, for these places of the hut. Some stand in the shade of mighty ancient trees.

61. And here again is the Church of St. Anthony of Padua (built in 1898-1904). A cobblestone pavement still leads to it.

62. The church was built in the Neo-Gothic style, and is quite elegant. Pictured is the side façade.

A new day was beginning, it was getting warmer, there were more and more people and cars on the streets, and we were returning from the church by the already familiar path from the dawn hour back to the station, picking up backpacks from the bus station along the way. We did not see something in the city, namely, the former military camps: 5th (missile troops) and 6th (aviators); these, in general, are almost the only quarters in the city with a five-story building. Soviet military units have been disbanded in our time, and now border guards live in Postavy: in a straight line from here it is only 11 kilometers to Lithuania.

63. An interesting house on the way to the station. The second floor is unusual.

64. And quite an interesting bus stop at the station. Reminded me of wooden stops in Vologda.

65. And the station we already know. Railway It came to Postavy in 1895, moreover, from Lyntup, where there is a dead end now (in the next post I will tell you more about this), and initially it was narrow-gauge, which was then changed to a wide gauge during the First World War.

We arrived at the station about twenty minutes before the train, having managed to buy tickets and have some rest. The next point of our trip was the city of Glubokoe.

66. And we went there on the suburban train Lyntupy - Krulevshchizna, which is nothing more than a trailer car Vitebsk - Lyntupy, on which we arrived here, going to reverse side as a suburban. Here he comes to the first path. Suburban train from a diesel locomotive and a passenger car (in this case, a reserved seat) is a common thing for Russian Railways (and therefore absolutely familiar to me), but almost unique for the Belarusian Railways.

The center of the Postavy district of the Vitebsk region is located on the Myadelka River, 250 kilometers from Vitebsk. Postavy has a railway station on the Vitebsk-Vilnius line, as well as a highways on Braslav, Deep, resort village Naroch and other settlements.

On the site of modern Postavy between the lake inlets of the Myadelka River in 996 there was a settlement Posadnik, the first owner of which was Danut Zenovich. In 1409, by the privilege of the Grand Duke Vitovt, Posadnik received the status of a town and a new name - Postavy. Postavy belonged to the magnates Zenovichs until the 18th century, then they passed under the hand of the Beganskys, who built the monastery of the Franciscans in the city.

But the city gained special fame after it became the property of the famous Tizengauz family. The heyday of Postavy is primarily associated with the name of the reformer and educator Anthony Tyzengauz. It was under him that the first stone houses, manufactories appeared in Postavy, where stamped paper, carpets, ship sails, fashionable hats and belts, and even stagecoaches were made. In total, 35 enterprises operated in the city.

The center of the city was traditionally the market square, from which the trade routes to Myadel and Druya ​​began. The architectural ensemble of the city was created in the years 1760-1780 by the Italian architect Giuseppe Sacco in the Baroque style. This is the first stone architectural ensemble in Belarus, made according to a single plan at the same time. The building of the square organically included shopping malls, an inn, a tavern, office buildings, a Uniate church of 1713, a wooden church of the 16th-18th centuries. To this day, the building ensemble market square The station has been partially preserved. So, on the western side, the building of the hospital and the houses of a craftsman-merchant, a visiting house that houses a museum of local lore, a pharmacy, which is considered the oldest in the country, and several houses of merchants have been preserved in other parts of the Postavy center, a school building of the end of the 18th - 19th centuries. At the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th centuries, an Orthodox church was built in the style of neo-Russian architecture on the site of a wooden Uniate church.

In 1780, the construction of the palace in the style of classicism began and a landscape park with botanical garden fountains and sculptures. Anthony Tyzenhaus, who was a childhood friend of the last king of the Commonwealth, Stanisław August Poniatowski, and corresponded with Jean-Jacques Rousseau, sought to make Postavy a center of culture and industry. A chamber orchestra and a ballet school began to work in the palace. In the 80s of the 18th century, the choreographer F. G. Le Du staged his "Ballet of the Waters, or Diana's Font" in Postavy.

In the 19th century, Antony's great-nephew Konstantin Tyzengauz continued the work of his enlightener ancestor. A well-known ornithologist, who developed a system for classifying birds, which is also used by modern scientists, the author of several illustrated books on ornithology, founded in the palace one of the most beautiful in Eastern Europe ornithological museum with several thousand exhibits. The museum was the base of the biological faculty of Vilna University. Under Konstantin Tizengauz, an art gallery appeared in the palace, where, according to some sources, there were works by Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Rubens, Dürer and other famous artists. In the palace library, in addition to books on ornithology, there were rare monuments of Polish literature, valuable engravings and a family archive dating back to the 13th century. The family nest of Tyzengauz in Postavy was visited by the Russian Emperor Nicholas II. This monument 18th architecture century is under the protection of the state. Now Postavy Central District Hospital is located here.

The monument to the ornithologist Konstantin Tyzengauz was opened in Postavy in 2006 on the eve of the Belarusian Literature Day. The scientist is depicted in full growth. An owl sits at the right leg of Tyzenhaus - a symbol of wisdom, and two birds perched on the ornithologist's right hand. The monument is made of bronze and installed in front of the Tyzengauz Palace. It is also planned to erect a monument to Anthony Tyzengauz here.

Near the river bank, at the end of the 19th century, a neo-Gothic church of St. Anthony of Padua, which, along with the houses of Tyzenhaus, is considered calling card Postav. Its 43-meter tower-spire is visible from afar. The church was built in 1898-1904 according to the project of architect Arthur Goibel on the foundation of a wooden Franciscan monastery of the 17th century. The church was significantly damaged in the First world war, rebuilt in the 20s. In 1959, the church was closed and adapted for an industrial enterprise. It was returned to believers in 1989.

One of the interesting places in Postavy is a 19th century water mill. The features of late classicism are easily traced in this brick building. The House of Crafts "Stary Mlyn" is located here, where you can see the works of Postavy masters. There are 4 exhibition halls of folk art, vernissages of artists, exhibitions of products of folk craftsmen.

Every year in June Postavy hosts the festival of folk music "Dulcimer and Accordion Ringing". It was first held in 1992 and in 1996 the holiday received international status.

Postavy offers 3 hotels, 6 restaurants, 2 night clubs and 3 billiard clubs. At 3 rental points you can rent tourist equipment and go on a trip to the Postavy region: near Postavy there is a settlement of the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age (end of the 3rd - beginning of the 2nd millennium BC), as well as at least 28 monuments of archeology, history and culture, ready to receive visitors.

In the Postavy district, near the Vilnius-Polotsk highway, there is an agro-ecotourist complex "Nightingale Grove", with a parking lot, a cafe and a souvenir shop. Near the local cheese factory, there is an interesting excursion route: in addition to enclosures with traditional cows, rabbits and horses, young and adult travelers can admire exotic ostriches and deer. Horseback riding is also offered.

And in the Postavy region, you can visit the alternative Santa Claus. Here, 28 kilometers from Postavy, lives the original Belarusian ruler of the winter kingdom, the old sorcerer Zyuzya Priozersky. An ancient pagan deity registered in a picturesque forest on the territory of the Starodvorsky forestry near the village of Prudniki. In addition to the hut of the God of frost and cold, there is the house of Winter, a cafe, an apiary, a hunter's house, a bathhouse.

Guests of Zyuzi can enjoy a tour of the estate, a theatrical performance with the participation of their favorite fairy-tale characters, treats from the owner - fragrant herbal tea with pancakes, as well as horseback riding. As souvenirs, Zyuzya offers handicrafts of his own production, teaches pottery.