Description of the attraction
The city of Kletsk has a long history. The first mention of it in chronicles dates back to 1127. In those days, it was already the center of the principality, which was owned by Prince Vyacheslav Yaroslavovich. As was often the case in the Middle Ages, the city grew up around a feudal castle. The castle was built on the captured Slavic lands, where the Dregovich tribes settled from time immemorial. A rich trading city built on the high bank of the Lan River at all times was a welcome prey for princes, leaders and hordes, therefore Kletsk was repeatedly destroyed to the ground and rebuilt anew.
The Second World War caused serious damage to the ancient Kletsk, destroying and disfiguring priceless monuments of history and architecture. And yet, now we can see evidence that a city with a difficult fate lives and flourishes, carefully preserving and restoring the ancestral heritage.
The history of the region can be found in the Kletcina History Museum. Here you will be told in detail about how the city lived and developed, what famous victories were won under its walls, how many times the city was burned and plundered. You can see the original art of local craftsmen, ancient life, interesting archaeological finds.
Admire the majestic Resurrection Church, converted from a Baroque Dominican church. The church was built in 1776 and consecrated in honor of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. There is another Orthodox church built in 1876 at the Kletskoye cemetery. It was built in the Russian retrospective style popular at that time.
Once upon a time the majestic Trinity Farny Church stood here, but in the last war it was destroyed - only ruins remained. The modern Catholic community of the city is large and rich, so the Catholics have built a new Trinity Church - a miracle of modern architecture in the neo-Gothic style.
The former barracks and hospital buildings will tell about the times when a military garrison was located in Kletsk. They are built in a military style, strictly and soundly.
Many Jews have always lived in the city, thanks to them trade and crafts flourished. Until 1939, when Kletsk was annexed to the USSR as part of Western Belarus, a yeshiva (higher religious institution) operated here. Now there is a shop in this building. The ancient Jewish cemetery has survived to this day.
The history of the city is closely connected with the Crimean Tatars. There were devastating Tatar invasions, but there were also trade guests. Now a fairly large Muslim community lives in Kletsk with its own prayer house.
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Rubinina Anna 2014-27-10
Did you know that the parents of the greatest Russian poet Vladislav Khodasevich, originally from Kletsk?
