Description of the attraction
Shklov is a city built on the Dnieper. It was first mentioned in 1520. During the times of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the city belonged to the magnates Chodkiewicz, Sinyavsky, Czartorysky.
After the division of the Commonwealth, Shklov became part of the Russian Empire and began to develop rapidly. For the first time, the city had an orderly layout, a town hall and a shopping arcade were built. General Semyon Zorich, who took over the rule of Shklov after Count Potemkin, actively advocated the development of industry. Under his leadership, the cable, canvas, silk, cloth manufactories were built. Trade also developed.
The first thing worth paying attention to in Shklov is the city hall. This is a unique building, one of the few surviving buildings of this type. A gable-roof clock tower rises above the shopping arcade - a symbol of city government. In 2007, grateful descendants erected a monument to General Semyon Zorich, to whom the city owes a lot.
A large tourist complex "Lysaya Gora" was built in a retrospective Slavic style. It was built under the leadership of the Slavic community according to the canons of Slavic construction.
The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul was built in 1849. In Soviet times, it was a cinema. Restored in 1999.
Very interesting Spaso-Preobrazhensky Church, built in the Russian retrospective style at the beginning of the XX century. Restored in the 1990s. It is a working temple.
In 2007, a monument to the cucumber was erected. Local gardeners are very proud of their cucumbers, consider the Shklov climate ideal for growing green vegetables, and the city has been proud of its barrel salting since the Middle Ages.
