Astrašycki Haradok: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Sports and Trails

The Raubichi Republican winter-sports training center has its postal address in Astrashytski Haradok and invites athletes, recreational sports enthusiasts, and holidaymakers to go cross-country skiing. The Raubichi Universal Trail comprises five independent loops measuring 1.5 km, 2 km, 2.5 km, 3 km, and 3.3 km.

The Raubichi Republican winter-sports training center organizes passenger transport by bus for customers, including for tourist and school excursions.

Culture and History

The Belarusian Folk Art Museum offers workshops on straw weaving, weaving, Motanka dolls, and the decoration of Pysanka eggs. It displays traditional folk art from the 16th century to the beginning of the 20th century, as well as works by contemporary craftspeople. The exhibits include traditional peasant clothing, towels, and decorative textiles from various regions of Belarus.

The museum also displays royal gates from the late 18th to the early 20th century as examples of the highly developed art of straw weaving. The Belarusian Folk Art Museum opened on December 12, 1979, is housed in the former Krestogorsky Church dating from 1862, and is a branch of the National Art Museum of Belarus.

A Church of the Transfiguration from the late 19th century, built in the retrospective Russian style, stands in Astrashytski Haradok. Old icons and church furnishings have been preserved inside; immediately next to it is a wooden Chapel of Saint Righteous Anna.

The Belarusian Folk Art Museum is located in the Raubichi Olympic sports complex in Astrashytski Haradok. It can be reached from Minsk by bus or minibus. The virtual local history museum offers live guided tours, which are connected, among other institutions, with the People's Museum of Battle Glory in Astrashytski Haradok. The virtual Museum in a Suitcase enables visitors to explore the history of individual artifacts in an interactive format.

Landscape and Tradition

A lake was excavated at the confluence of two rivers. A local legend from the area around Astrashytski Haradok says that the lake is cursed by a woman in black; for this reason, a man drowns there every year.

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