Lahoysk ( be, Лаго́йск, Lahojsk, ; russian: link=no, Лого́йск, pl, Łohojsk) is a city in the

Minsk Region Minsk Region or Minsk Oblast or Minsk Voblasts ( be, Мі́нская во́бласць, ''Minskaja voblasć'' ; russian: Минская о́бласть, ''Minskaya oblast'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Minsk ...

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and the administrative center of Lahoysk District.

History

First chronicled in 1078, Lahoysk was the centre of a small 12th-century principality, later absorbed into the

Principality of Polotsk The Principality of Polotsk ( be, По́лацкае кня́ства, ''Polackaje kniastva''; la, Polocensis Ducatus), also known as the Duchy of Polotsk or Polotskian Rus', was a medieval principality of the Early East Slavs. The origin and ...

. In the 18th and 19th centuries, it was a seat of the

Tyszkiewicz family Tyszkiewicz is the name of the Tyszkiewicz family, a Polish–Lithuanian magnate noble family of Ruthenian origin. The Lithuanian equivalent is Tiškevičius; it is frequently transliterated from Russian and Belarusian as Tyshkevich. Other peopl ...

In the 12th century it became the centre of its own duchy, the Duchy of Logozhsk. Since the 13th century it was part of the

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. Under the name Logosko it was mentioned in the '' List of Ruthenian Cities Far and Near''. In different periods it came into the possession of Jagiello,

Skirgaila Skirgaila ( la, Schirgalo; be, Скіргайла; pl, Skirgiełło, also known as Ivan/Iwan; ca. 1353 or 1354 – 11 January 1397 in Kiev (Kyiv); baptized 1383/1384 as ''Casimir'') was a regent of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania for his broth ...

Vytautas Vytautas (c. 135027 October 1430), also known as Vytautas the Great ( Lithuanian: ', be, Вітаўт, ''Vitaŭt'', pl, Witold Kiejstutowicz, ''Witold Aleksander'' or ''Witold Wielki'' Ruthenian: ''Vitovt'', Latin: ''Alexander Vitoldus'', O ...

and Czartoryski princes as well as of the Tyszkiewicz counts. In 1505, in the war against the

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, the town was captured by the Tatars, plundered and burned. During the

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of 1700–1721 he was captured by Swedish forces. At the same time the Castle of Lahoysk was destroyed. In 1765 a Basilian monastery was built there. As a result of the

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in 1793, the town became part of the

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. In 1814–1819, the

built a palace at Lahoysk, which was destroyed during the

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. According to some data, in 1842 brothers Konstanty and Eustachy Tyszkiewicz established an archaeological museum in Lahoysk. Its collection has served as the basis for the creation in 1855 of the Wilnius Archaeological Museum. In 1897, Lahoysk became the centre of a parish in the Barysau

uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd; rus, уе́зд, p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context ( uk, повіт), or Kreis in Baltic-German context, was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, and the ea ...

. In 1890 the town had 1180 inhabitants, most of them

Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

(685 persons). There was a synagogue, an Orthodox and a Catholic Church in the town. In 1918 Lahoysk became part of the

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and later of the

Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор� ...

that was incorporated into the

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. Since 1924 Lahoysk is the centre of the Lahoysk District. In 1998, it was given the status of a city.

Places of interest

St. Nikolai Orthodox Church

Today more and more tourists come to visit St. Nicholai Church, because this is one of the few remaining churches on the European territory, painted on the Apocalypse style, using the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with waterbased pigments (

fresco painting Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster ...

). St. Nicholai Church – is Orthodox church, located in the central part of the city Logoisk (Belarus) on the right side of the Gaina river . Built in 1862, it can accommodate up to 700 people. In 2017 the abbot is the father of Vladimir Zimnitsky. The Church is built of stone. It has the shape of a rectangle with an open dome and bell tower in the middle of the gable. The first mention of the church was in 1653. Overall, in its history, St. Nicholai Church was restored four times: in 1734, 1795, 1824 and 1866. In 1866, the Church built on the site of the ancient church Prechistenskaya. In 1907 ancient icon of Our Lady, considered los, was returned to the St. Nicholai Church . At the end of 1920 the church was closed, it housed a grain warehouse. In 1941 the church was re-opened. In the 1980s, St. Nicholai Church walls were painted by master painters from Sergiev Posad. St. Nicholas painted the story Apocalypse, its altar – on the theme of the Lord's supper. Among the many well-executed images have all Belarusian saints. The second chapel (located in the north, the left of the main chapel, the side of the church) was consecrated in honor of St. Symeon the New Theologian. File:St. Nikolai Orthodox Church 2.jpg File:St. Nikolai Orthodox Church.jpg File:St. Nikolai Orthodox Church 3.jpg

St. Kazimir Catholic Church

St. Kazimir Catholic Church – Catholic church, located in the city of Logoisk, Belarus. Built in 1999 by architect M. Kalechits. Located in the central part of Logoisk, on the left side of the river Gaina. The building is a light beige color with a modern silhouette, which features Gothic Revival traced. Church built on the site of the destroyed in the mid 20th century St. Kazimir Catholic Church, which was located on the former site of the tomb of the Tyshkevich family. Near the Church is the grave of Count K. Tyshkevich, where installed the monument. St. Kazimir Catholic Church during the four centuries of its history was erected 4 times. The Church was founded in 1604 by Count Alexander Tyshkevich as a sign of his conversion to the Catholic faith. Wooden church burned down in 1655 during the war 1654–1667, between Rzeczpospolita and Russian kingdom. 17 April 1787 Count A. Tyshkevich took up the construction of the stone church, whose construction was completed on 20 October 1793 his son Vikenty. The Church functioned until 1950, then it was closed and dismantled. In the late 1980s, believers have established a cross on the former site of the shrine and began to seek permission to build the church. In 1991, the city authorities decided to transfer these lands of the Roman Catholic Church. The new church was built in less than 10 years ago. Rebuilt Church consecrated on 19 June 1999. File:St. Kaimir Catholic Church 3.jpg File:St. Kaimir Catholic Church .jpg File:St. Kaimir Catholic Church 2.jpg

Holy spring of St. Nicholai (Crinitsa)

Spring of St. Nicholai in Logoisk is one of the city's attractions. It is located near the Church of St. Nicholai, from under which originates and source. Crinitsa declared a hydrological natural monument of local importance. In 2005, the source by Consecrated Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk Filaret. It is believed that the water from this Holy spring healing, heal many ailments. Crinitsa and the surrounding area equipped, built two fonts. Place attracts many pilgrims and travelers to try the spring water, and if possible to find cure of diseases. File:Holy spring of St. Nicholai (Crinitsa) 2.jpg File:Holy spring of St. Nicholai (Crinitsa) .jpg

Tyshkevich palace

Tyshkevich Palace in Logoisk is an architectural monument of late classicism (Empire). Most of the palace, as well as farm buildings almost completely destroyed and the chapel at the end of

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by the retreating Germans. The ruins of the walls of the side wing of the palace and well known Tyshkevich's park. The monumental structure was raised on a high base of rectangular shape (70 × 20 m). In the courtyard of the estate were "the hut" ledovnya (refrigirator-building), congestive, stable box and other outbuildings. All parts of the palace were covered with gable roofs. Ceremonial palace museum apartment resembled a suite. Here in 2 huge oblong halls were presented things from the rich museum collection. The decoration of the interiors has been made in the

Empire style The Empire style (, ''style Empire'') is an early-nineteenth-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts, representing the second phase of Neoclassicism. It flourished between 1800 and 1815 durin ...

. It is assumed that these rooms are on the 1st floor of the side wing of the palace. Its a story, that Tyshkevich's castle and St. Kazimir Catholic Church was connected with underground road. File:Tyshkevich's castle 3.jpg File:Łahojsk, Tyškievič. Лагойск, Тышкевіч (N. Orda, 1864-76) (2).jpg File:Tyshkevich's castle 2.jpg

Sculpture 'The Mother of God in Logoisk'

September 24, 2016 in Logoisk had been installed and blessed Sculpture 'The Mother of God in Logoisk' (the author is Vladimir Slobodchikov, currently lives in Silichy village). According to the bishop, who blessed the monument, it is now possible to come for help and consolation, or in a moments of joy. File:Sculpture 'The Mother of God in Lahoysk' .jpg File:Sculpture 'The Mother of God in Lahoysk' 3.jpg File:Sculpture 'The Mother of God in Lahoysk' 2.jpg

Notable residents

* Eustachy Tyszkiewicz (1814 – 1873), government official, archaeologist and historianІмёны Свабоды: Яўстах Тышкевіч (The Names of Freedom: Eustachy Tyszkiewicz)
(in Belarusian)

References

External links

Lahoysk online

Virtual museum of Lahoysk

The murder of the Jews of Lahoysk
during

, at

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