564. Museum of Aviation Technique

 Museum of Aviation Technique ( Baravaya village of Minsk region )

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549. Hedgehog

 The southern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus concolor), sometimes referred to as east European hedgehog, white-bellied hedgehog or white-chested hedgehog, is very similar in lifestyle and appearance to the European hedgehog, but the former has a white spot on its chest. For a long time these two species were considered to be one. The northern white-breasted hedgehog was formerly recognized as a subspecies of the Southern white-breasted hedgehog but newer investigations see both as different species. The Southern white-breasted hedgehog and European hedgehog can hybridize. Unlike its European counterpart, the Southern white-breasted hedgehog never digs dens. It prefers building grass nests in secluded places.

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540. Evening Minsk

 

 The main building of the railway station. It was built in 2000

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524. Black Lake

 

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520. Dombai-Ulgen

 

 Dombai-Ulgen or Dombay-Ulgen is a 4,046 m high mountain of the Greater Caucasus and the highest point of Abkhazia, a state with limited international recognition otherwise seen to be part of Georgia. It is located on the border with Karachay–Cherkessia, an autonomous republic of Russia.

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517. Brest Fortess

 Brest Fortress (Belarusian: Брэсцкая крэпасць, Brestskaya krepasts' ; Russian: Брестская крепость, Brestskaya krepost' ; Polish: Twierdza brzeska), formerly known as Brest-Litovsk Fortress (the Polish name of the city was Brześć Litewski), is a 19th century Russian fortress in Brest, Belarus. It is one of the most important Soviet World War II war monuments commemorating the Soviet resistance against the German invasion on June 22, 1941 (Operation Barbarossa). Following the war, in 1965 the title Hero-Fortress was given to the Fortress to commemorate the heroic defence of the frontier stronghold during the very first weeks of the German-Soviet War. It was then part of the Byelorussian SSR. The title Hero-Fortress corresponds to the title Hero City, that was awarded to an eventual total of twelve Soviet cities.

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509. Chapel-tomb of Paskevichs family

 Chapel-tomb of Paskevichs family in Homel

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490. Braslau Lakes

 Braslau Lakes is one of the seven National Parks in Belarus. The National Park was set up in September 1995. It is a unique ecosystem with a number of lakes and a large area of pine forests. It has a total area of about 700 km 2 (270 square miles). This includes 30 lakes. The largest lakes are Dryvyaty (Belarusian: Дрывяты), Snudy (Belarusian: Снуды), and Strusta (Belarusian: Струста).

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Braslau Lakes - Swap

 Braslau Lakes is one of the seven National Parks in Belarus. The National Park was set up in September 1995. It is a unique ecosystem with a number of lakes and a large area of pine forests. It has a total area of about 700 km ². This includes 30 lakes. The largest lakes are Dryvyaty, Snudy and Strusta. Through the latest glacial period, about 18,000-29,000 years ago, the area of Braslav Lakes was covered with vast ice fields, up to several hundred metres thick. As the climate warmed, the ice slowly melted and the limit of the ice moved north. This complex process shaped the characteristic features of the nature of Poozerye with its hilly relief and lakes.

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401. Nesvizh

 Nesvizh is a city in Belarus. It is the administrative center of the Nesvizh District (rajon) of Minsk Province and location of the Nesvizh Castle World Heritage Site.

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St. Francis Xavery Catholic Cathedral - TYC

Probably the most spectacular landmark of Hrodna is the Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier, the former (until 1773) Jesuit church on Batory Square (now: Soviet Square). This confident specimen of high Baroque architecture, exceeding 50 metres in height, was started in 1678. Due to wars that rocked Poland-Lithuania at that time, the cathedral was consecrated only 27 years later, in the presence of Peter the Great and Augustus the Strong. Its late Baroque frescoes were executed in 1752.

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374. Narochansky National Park

Narochansky National Park is a jewel of Belarusian Lakeland that is carefully guarded by the state. Picturesque landscape of forest, blue spread of lakes and river valleys, meadows and marshes attract an endless flow of the tourists.The precious property of the park is Lake Naroch (total about 80 sq km). The good ecology of the place favours the resort infrusrtructure development and encourages different types and forms of tourism.

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365. Upper town of Minsk

 The view on Upper Town of Minsk

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363. Silichi ski resort

Silichy or Silichi is a ski resort situated in Lahojsk, Belarus, located 30 km away from Minsk. Silichy was officially open by the President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko on January 29, 2005. The length of 3 routes for skiing is 2.5 km, its total capacity is 1000 skiers per day and it has a 4-chair elevator. There are a parking lot for 500 cars, hotel accommodations and hire of skiing equipment. The mountain skiing season starts in December and lasts until March (until there is no snow

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332. Portrait of Catherine and Mary Radziwill

 Portrait of Catherine and Mary Radziwill (1646) From the collection of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus

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331. Coffee on the World

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320. Prince Janusz Radziwiłł

 Prince Janusz Radziwiłł of Trąby (also known as Janusz the Second or Janusz the Younger, 1612–1655) was a notable Polish–Lithuanian noble and magnate. Throughout his life he occupied a number of posts in the state administration, including that of Court Chamberlain of Lithuania (from 1633) and Field Hetman of Lithuania (from 1654). He was also a voivode of Vilna Voivodeship, as well as a starost of Samogitia, Kamieniec, Kazimierz and Sejwy. In his times he was one of the most powerful people in the Commonwealth, often described as a de facto ruler of the entire Grand Duchy of Lithuania. During the "Deluge", the Swedish invasion of Poland-Lithuania during the Second Northern War, he sided with the Swedish king signing the Treaty of Kėdainiai and the Union of Kėdainiai. This move however antagonised him with most of other nobles, including members of his own family. His forces were eventually defeated in battle and he himself died in a besieged castle at Tykocin.

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