Shchuchyn: Vacation Apartments and Vacation Homes
The Museum of Education History of Shchuchyn Land is located in a secondary-school building constructed in 1902, which initially housed a teacher-training college and later a Polish secondary school. On display are letters from the first secondary-school students, original photographs, exercise books, and textbooks.
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Culture
The Museum of Education History of Shchuchyn Land offers a guided tour of Shchuchyn's urban history as well as a tour focusing on the educational traditions of Shchuchyn Land. The Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Shchuchyn can be visited by prior appointment.
The People's Museum of Military Glory prepares and conducts general and thematic tours on the history of Shchuchyn Land during the Second World War, the memory of the war, and the war in Afghanistan. The school museum was converted into the People's Museum of Military Glory in July 2009. It preserves medals, orders, letters from the front, Red Army service books, and other evidence related to the liberation of Shchuchyn Land.
The Museum of Shchuchyn History is located in the Drutski-Liubetski Palace and has three permanent exhibitions: “Salon of the Drutski-Liubetski Princes,” “Shchuchyn in the Context of World History,” and “Shchuchyn as a City of Aviators.” The exhibition “Shchuchyn in the Context of World History” covers the history of Shchuchyn Land, prominent figures from the region, architectural monuments from the 16th to the beginning of the 20th century, and significant events in Shchuchyn Land. Shchuchyn's aviation history is presented there in a separate exhibition entitled “Shchuchyn – City of Aviators.”
The Shchuchyn Center for Children and Youth Creativity comprises departments for folk art as well as for crafts and folk art.
History
The Drutski-Liubetski Palace has a symmetrical neoclassical façade whose design is based on the Versailles Trianon Pavilion. Balls were held in its ballroom, and young people prepared for them for several months.
The Church of St Teresa of Avila was built by monks of the Piarist order and financed by a local landowner from the Drutski-Liubetski family. The church and its college form a Classical ensemble with a Doric-order portico and distinctive wooden elements.
The MiG-19 monument in Shchuchyn was erected in 1972 and later moved to the opposite side of the pond.
Nature
The Park of Culture and Recreation in Shchuchyn is located on Sovetskaya Street. There are viewing areas and walking paths at Turovka Pond in the center of Shchuchyn. The watercourse referred to there as an artificial waterfall is designed as a semicircular ledge with openings between the pond and the river.
The historic S.B. Yundzill Botanical Garden in Shchuchyn comprised a total of 500 plant species in 1814. They were divided into native, ornamental, exotic, and medicinal plants.
Sports
The sports complex of the Shchuchyn Children's and Youth Sports School offers fee-based public services, including training with fitness equipment, sports training for adults, and table tennis. The Shchuchyn sports complex runs adult interest groups in football, volleyball, and handball. It is located at 8a Aviators Street.
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