Showing posts with label Belarus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Belarus. Show all posts

Friday, September 7, 2012

Belarus part 1 - Attractions in Minsk


Attractions in Minsk - Welcome to Minsk. BY

Minsk - a city with a fairly long history. It was first mentioned in chronicles in 1067. In 1974, Minsk was awarded the title Hero City in commemoration of its citizens in the fight against fascism in the Second World War. Currently located in the Minsk Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Government and Parliament of the Republic of Belarus.

Belarus part 2 - Types of Minsk


Types of Minsk - Minsk / Belarus Motion TimeLapse

Belarus part 3 - Minsk the Capital of Belarus


Minsk the Capital of Belarus - Minsk / Belarus TimeLapse 2004-2009

Minsk is the capital and largest city of Belarus, situated on the Svislach and Niamiha rivers. It is the administrative centre of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). As the national capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region (voblast) and Minsk raion (district). In 2009, it had a population of 1,836,808.

Belarus part 4 - Belarus national dances


Belarus national dances - Belarusian Folk Music Dance. Children's Folk Group from Minsk, Belarus

Bulba (Бульба, [ˈbulʲba]) is a concert dance based on Belarusian folk traditions, choreographed, among several others, by Igor Moiseyev. The word means "potato" in Ukrainian and Belarusian languages.

Moiseyev created the dance after visiting Belarus in late 1930s. He masterfully recreated the Belarusian folklore, so that the dance has become Belarusian national dance, featured by all national folk dance ensembles.

Belarus part 5 - Silichi. The Olympic Village


The Olympic Village - Silichi - Belarusian Olympic Village

Silichy or Silichi (Russian: Силичи, Belarusian: Сілічы) is a ski resort situated in Lahojsk (or Logoysk), Belarus, located 30 km (18.64 mi) away from Minsk.

Belarus part 6 - Travel in Gomel


Travel in Gomel - Homel, Belarus

A video shot in the city of Gomel ', Belarus in April and May 2008

Belarus part 7 - City of Mogilev


City of Mogilev - Mogilev Belarus

Belarus part 8 - Walks in Grodno


Walks in Grodno - The final clip of the plot walks tells of Grodno city streets

The city has one of the largest concentrations of Roman Catholics in Belarus. It is also a center of Polish culture, with the considerable number of Poles living in Belarus, residing in the city and its surroundings. All the while, the Eastern Orthodox population is also widely present here. The city's Catholic and Orthodox churches are important architectural treasures.

Belarus part 9 - Belarus city of Grodno


Belarus city of Grodno - Cities of the World - Hrodna (Belarus)

Grodno or Hrodna is a city in Belarus. It is located on the Neman River, close to the borders of Poland and Lithuania (about 20 km and 30 km away respectively). It has 327,540 inhabitants (2009 census). It is the capital of Grodno Region (voblast) and Grodno raion (district).

Belarus part 10 - Brest Fortress

Brest Fortress in Belarus

Belarus part 11 - Zoo in Mogilev


Zoo in Mogilev - Mogilev Buinitchy Zoo

My first video, do not judge strictly, taken as a basis ready visuals, shot by my brother and his wife in Buinichi (Mogilev, Belarus) in the zoo in the summer of 2005, when it first opened. In the video, part of the zoo, its front and front. For audio, I chose one of the great songs VIA "Pesnyary", "Horse nezatsuglyany", a song I really like!

Mogilev is a city in eastern Belarus, about 76 km from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and 105 km from the border with Russia's Bryansk Oblast. As of 2011, its population was 360,918. It is the administrative centre of Mogilev Region and the third largest city in Belarus.

Belarus part 12 - Brest, Bialowieza Forest


Brest, Bialowieza Forest - journey to the Bialowieza Forest

Białowieża Forest, known as Belovezhskaya Pushcha (Belarusian: Белавежская пушча) in Belarus and  Puszcza Białowieska in Poland, is an ancient woodland that straddles the border between the two countries, located 70 km (43 mi) north of Brest (Belarus) and 62 km (39 mi) southeast of Białystok (Poland). It is one of the last and largest remaining parts of the immense primeval forest that once stretched across the European Plain.

Belarus part 13 - The Mir Castle


The Mir Castle

The Mirsky Castle Complex (Belarusian: Мірскі замак), is a UNESCO World Heritage site in Belarus located in the town of Mir in the Karelichy District of the Hrodna voblast, at 53°27′4.46″N 26°28′22.80″E, 29 km to the north-west from another World Heritage site, Nesvizh Castle.

Belarus part 14 - World attraction. The Mir Castle


World attraction. The Mir Castle. Travel Belarus - Visiting the Mir Castle Complex