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Rare exhibit to be shown to participants of Congress of International Hockey Federation in Cologne Residents of the villages near Belovezhskaya Pushcha played hockey back in the 17th century. This is evidenced by wooden skates found during an ethnographic expedition. The rare exhibit is more than a hundred years old, now it is stored in the museum of folk life and crafts of the national park. One of the skates was presented to the Belarusian Hockey Federation. The exhibit will be shown to the participants...

4 sites in Belarus included into UNESCO World Heritage List April 18 is the International Day of Monuments and Sites. There are four sites in Belarus that are included into the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage List. These are the Mirsky and Nesvizh castles, the Struve geodetic arc, and the Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park. Five more sites have been put up for inclusion into the list. Among them are the Augustow Canal, the Savior-Transfiguration Church in Polotsk, Kolozhskaya Church...

Khatyn memorial complex to host commemorative events Today, Belarus recalls the tragedy of Khatyn. 74 years ago that village with all the inhabitants was destroyed by Nazi troops. 149 people in total, 76 of them children. In 1969 a memorial ensemble was built here, which became not just a monument to the Khatyn inhabitants, but to all the villages of Belarus destroyed in WWII. Only six people from Khatyn survived, including five children and one adult - Iosif Kaminsky. He became the prototype for...

Unique chasuble from end of 18th century presented at National History Museum A unique chasuble from the end of the 18th century has been presented at the National History Museum in Minsk. The restored element of liturgical vestments of a Catholic priest consists of fragments of sashes which resemble legendary ...

Minsk hosts an exhibition of antiques from the private collection of Igor Surmachevsky The House of Vankovichs in Minsk hosts an exhibition of antiques from the private collection of Igor Surmachevsky. The exhibition boasts clothing and furnishings of the 19th century nobility from all over Europe. The life of the high society of the past is represented by clothes, precious metals and stones. The exhibits were collected in several countries: Russia, France, Czech Republic and America. The exhibition...

Five Belarusian objects may be included in the list of UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Five Belarusian objects may be included in the list of UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage. The documents on the Augustow Canal, Transfiguration Church in Polotsk and Kalozha Church in Grodno are already being prepared. The documents will be presented to the World Heritage Centre until 2020. For now, the UNESCO list includes Mir and Nesvizh Castles, Struve Geodetic Arc and the National Park "Bialowieza...