For its unique historical flavor, this city is called the belarusian suzdal; it is famous not only for its archaeological memories. But traditions, and in the summer a lot of tourists gather here, since it is in this city that the knight festival takes place. Dear friends, i think you already guessed where we are, today we are building a route to one of the oldest cities in belarus, mstislavl. Today in our program you will learn where modern mstislaval gets its history from, what kind of lights it is. Does not hide the holy assumption monastery. Why was the museum of the peoples icon opened in mstislavl and what exhibits are stored in it. We will also take a look at a master class with the peoples master of belarus. And we will taste the most authentic Italian Pizza in mstislav style. You can get directly from minsk to mestislavl only by car; you will cover a distance of 300 km in about 4 hours. If you if you travel by public transport, be prepared for transfers. First you need to get to mogileva. By minibus, regular bus or train, and from there a bus will take you to mstislavol. We choose a car. Mestislavl literally from the first minute amazes with its wealth of Historical Places and attractions, and this is not surprising, because the city was founded by the smolensk prince rostislav. Slavovich as early as 1135. The first human settlement within the city was the settlement of devichya gora, located on the right bank of the vihra river, on southwest of maiden mountain is the original center of ancient mstislavl, castle hill. Today it is an open air museum that literally attracts tourists. At the foot of the mountain we are greeted by historical monuments, among them this is the grave of an unknown knight who died in the battle of 1502 on the vehra river. In 2013, doctor of historical sciences, professor Igor Aleksandrovich morzalyuk, conducted underwater archaeological excavations on the vehra river, together with a diving club, a sea pegasus, and there they found the armor of this knight, well. Were kept until the kolchuga, and the cuirass, our defender of the city of mstislavl himself was buried here as a tribute to the memory of all the historical events that actually took place in the history of our city. Castle hill rises almost 20 m above the water level. On the site, surrounded by pure stone, three towers were built one entrance and two on the sides, and a separate danjon tower. Historians call it the heart of the castle, a fortress in a fortress. Of course, castle hill itself is an open air museum; many archaeologists worked here and found there are a lot of archaeological artifacts here, and unique ones, right here. Two birch bark letters were found, indicating that there was a high level of literacy in the population. Castle hill is the heart of our city, the place from which the history of the city of mstislavl began. Well, we build our route further and go beyond the city limits. Instead of unshakable peace of concentration. Holy dormition monastery. Pilgrims come to the village of pustynki not only from various parts of belarus, but also from neighboring countries. This place is attractive because there is an ancient monastery, the miraculous face of christ and a healing spring. The holy dormitionpustynsky monastery is located 12 km from mstislavl, in a place called pustynki, so before. Mstislavsky prince semyon lugvin the monastery was founded in 1380 , this is due to the epiphany of a blind prince, who was healed with the help of a healing spring, which it is located in the village of pustynki. The monastery has a very, very complicated history; since 1601 there have been uniates, in 1801 the Assumption Church was built, in 1839 the monastery was again returned to the orthodox, thanks to Emperor Nicholas i, here in the 19th century mass Stone Construction began, the church of the nativity was built. The shrine of the icon of the mother of god of the desert, which, according to legend, performed healing miracles. However, in the 20th century, when the churches were destroyed and the monastery buildings served as a school and orphanage, the miraculous icon disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Nevertheless, people here have not stopped believing in miracles. Beginning with in 2003, repair and restoration work began here. And just in one of the buildings , the face of the savior of christ, not made by man, was discovered in the plaster. In 2005 , the First Services began to be held here and the first tonsure was performed. The repair and restoration work itself was completed by 2020. That is, we can see it now. Yes, of course, we can see all this with our own eyes. Immerse yourself in a spiritual atmosphere, perhaps strengthen your faith. And of course, see all these shrines that are located here territory of the holy dormition monastery. The appearance of a miraculous image of jesus on the wall is truly a unique divine sign that attracts many pilgrims. Here, under a layer of plaster in 2003, when repair and restoration work began, a handmade salvation of the face of christ was discovered. What does it mean . He manifested himself, no one drew him, no one made him, he himself. Manifested itself, thousands of pilgrims come here to touch it, ask for something, if necessary, and of course well, look at what it looks like with your own eyes. I admit honestly, its impressive; after looking closely, i really understand that a persons hand did not touch this image. They say every year it becomes brighter and more expressive, in some photographs you can even see transparent blue. For the savior, miraculous properties are attributed to the holy spring, which is located at the foot of the church of the nativity of the virgin mary, it is illuminated in honor of the archangel michael. Yaroslava, is it true that the spring never freezes . No he never freezes, here the constant temperature is about 4, thats why you can always come here to drink water, get some water, our source has such Healing Properties as helping those who, for example, had problems with puberty, had some precedents are interesting when people said that really, i think it all depends. Whether a person believes in it or not, because if a person strongly believes in it, then i think it is quite possible. In fact , pilgrims create legends based on the miraculous power of the source; they end always happy. The world has really come to the point where the entire legacy of the second world war, more precisely the postwar yaltapodzdam system, has already been destroyed to zero, there are no restraining factors left, no treaties, no red lines, we have actually come to a situation where whoever is stronger is and right. If today we have a hot spot on our territory, and this hot spot is precisely our state border. Where special detachments of snipers are already concentrated, what are the baltic countries doing today, having close state border paramilitary units , the war is now going on, including for resources , because the west cannot live at its own expense, they live by robbing the middle east, africa, the postsoviet space, they dont want us. By colleague i can definitely say that i have a team of professionals at intes, specifically at my production, my work for me is a significant part of my life, it is probably a joy for the soul and mind. Watch the quality mark project on our tv channel. About how much faith is important in the life of every person ; they know firsthand in the church of st. Silouan of athos, who is located in mstislavl. During the war, this temple was heavily destroyed and was abandoned for a long time. However, in 2016, after reconstruction, the st. Holy church. Received new life, she was consecrated in honor of the monk seloan of athos. At this place there was a princely court; according to historians , at this place there was a church of the holy martyr paraskeva friday, here is the icon of paroska friday. Then it was founded on this place trinity cathedral, and that was it. The citys cathedral, but in the 19th century the wooden cathedral was rebuilt and it became a stone cathedral, and it was closed by the bolsheviks in 1925, then it stood in disrepair, there were warehouses for a vocational school, then it was just an abandoned building, thats when in 2016 when dazhinki took place in the city of mstislavl, a decision was made to restore this temple. It was after the reconstruction that the Holy Trinity Church was reilluminated in honor of the monk silouan of athos on the day of memory of the saint, since then its doors have always been open to parishioners many say that through his prayers they were freed from the passion of smoking tobacco, so they turn to him with questions about this. From the sin of drunkenness, gluttony, drunkenness, from the sin of Something Else are also freed from the sin, these are the requests he makes to him. Kept in the church. Icon of the holy venerable silouan of athos with a particle of relics. It symbolizes the special prayerful presence of a weeping righteous person, to whom they turn with a request or gratitude. Back in 2018, they sent from mount athos and he wrote a letter to mount athos when it we need a piece of the relics of the venerable seloane of athonite, so we have here an icon with a piece of the relics of the venerable seloane of athonite. Local residents also donated many icons to this temple. There were so many of them that it was decided to open the museum of the peoples icon at the temple. This was the center of the principality; there were a lot of antiques here. And the city, you saw, has been preserved; they call the belarusian suzdol mstislaval. Therefore, there are a lot of preserved monuments and architecture here; people have a lot of religious objects, some icons, on their houses. Passed down from generation to generation, like family icons. Someone died, the icons remained, so people brought them here, because there is safety here, and as if in a church, the icon should be in the church. Over the almost 4 years of the museums existence, about 100 icons have been collected here, most of them were donated by residents of bastenovichi. In the 14th century, this village was famous for its iconpainting school of academic writing. There was a church there, when the church was reconstructed, these icons were found, they were lying under. And what century they date back to, somewhere around the 17th century, a unique icon, doublesided , on one side there is an icon and on the other side an icon, in the museum, by the way, you can see not only icons, various Church Utensils are collected here , ancient books and manuscripts, when the religious procession carried these candles, here someone brought like this, this is all our history, our antiquity. Very old books, for example, this book was published under empress catherine alekseevna, throughout russia, that is, this is a book from 1784, please look at the quality, how clear everything is, how everything is, yes, nothing has turned yellow, everything lies, everything is clean, everything is readable, anyone can add to the museums collection , any gift will be gratefully accepted here, because the museum was created in order to. Educate the younger generation, passing on its skills to them. It is not surprising that since ancient times people. I respected blacksmiths, all because it was in their hands that iron and fire became obedient, but not everyone is able to pacify these elements; our next hero succeeded. Its always hot in sergeis workshop, the forge here almost never goes out, what does our forge consist of . Where the coals are lit, the temperature is raised, the iron is heated , the anvil is obligatory, yes, on which all operations are carried out, all the work is done, and there are a lot of all kinds of hammers, hammers for you, yes, blacksmith, blacksmith, and apprentices, so today i will try my hand at the role of an apprentice, the work, of course, is not for women, but it is very interesting what will come of it, so i put on an apron for the work, we will do it with you, the guest too a kind of amulet, that is, we take an ordinary metal blank, put it in the forge and light it. Sergey, how did your journey in blacksmithing begin . Well, initially the solemn year 2007 was when we had the first festival of historical reconstruction in msislavshchyna and somehow with the reconstruction of armor i began to make chain mail weave, then the moment came to forge something, do forged ones swords, some kind of knives there and. Heres the first forge, a hole in the ground, a vacuum cleaner there to blow into firewood, it just dried out quietly, as if the hobby had outgrown, lets say, its meaning life, maybe a folk artist . Belarus is a follower of the old school; in his workshop you will not find any modern installations for the automation of forging or tools. Is this some kind of tribute to the past . My city for me is where it sparked such a spark, well, in my development, because firstly, it is a very ancient ancient city, with a great history, with its own beauty, and yes, there were a lot of cousins on the territory of the mtislav region. The more i knock with the hammer, the more i am convinced that after all, its not feminine its occupation, taming the fiery element , a woman is a blacksmith, everyone asks the question, is there any, yes, there is, and, well, ive seen more women in the Russian Federation working as blacksmiths , more in belarus, but honestly i dont know them, but they have women it turns out such unique stylish work, just so sophisticated, if a man were a blacksmith, he would also miss. But still a nail, great, thank you very much, sergey, come to us for more master classes, so well make horseshoes with you all, there are flowers here, and well move on, well change, so say, the blacksmiths apron for the kitchen apron, we are going on an expedition through the corners of our country. And now we are frightened to get rid of the same mission, advocating in search of the sacred songs of the people who have not only been captured, but also the current news of our friends, and the meaning of our agul sales. Future. Things are going to happen in the past near brascyny. Lets follow the history and myastsovye abrads. Ill guess, this past year we visited khmelev, in the zhabinka region. In 1725, the people published the salvationist abrazhenskaya tsarka. Adzin z the oldest ones. In the states, when the law on antimonopoly regulation was adopted in 1891, we have represented a special civilization here since ancient times, it is different from western europe in various respects, this is religion, these are legal customs, a different mentality, i am not calling for fencing ourselves off with borders, its just that this europeanness has turned into a real phantom. For whom there is nothing useful, in europe we would be turned into a periphery into a dead end, what the baltics are turning into now, when you say, im from belarus, you must ill say either ive been to belarus and want to come here, or ive heard very good things and i want to go see or try this or that product, and thats right, tell me the project , dont be silent, dont miss new episodes on the belarus 24 tv channel. Poella, profiteroles, Italian Pizza, in order to try the worlds culinary masterpieces from different countries, you dont have to travel abroad, just ask to visit the farmers who live in a village with a very interesting name, korobchina, meet tatyana. The village of korobchino, together with my husband and i settled down a few years ago and fell in love with these amazing landscapes. What prompted you to move to the village . Well, lets say, i really like the, uh, quiet life, i like that there is no crazy traffic, i like that there is a lot of beautiful nature, a lot of sky, in fact, you can do what is dear to you, what is close to you. And the closest thing to tatyana was gastronomy, the mistress of the pear. At one time i traveled a lot around the world, filled my cookbook with the most delicious recipes, and one fine day i decided, why not share them with others . Have you always liked to cook . The funny thing is that i have a medical institute behind me, no, oh well, yes, but this doesnt interfere in any way, in fact, on the contrary, its even better when you understand from a medical point of view what for. Why , but the main goal is still to have joy and a smile. Looking at tatyana, you want to smile all the time, she talks about cooking with such love. By the way, they cook here exclusively from local products. On in tatyanas garden, more than sixty types of peppers grow alone. And what incredibly delicious aromas float in this gastronomic kingdom. I just cant wait to sit down and try everything, but first. Lets take a master class from the hostess, i suggest starting with pizza, polishing it up a little, and well finish it with our hot peppers, real Italian Pizza in an ordinary belarusian village, im intrigued, im very, i got the simplest job decorate the pizza, bake, thats it because the crowning dish is still ahead, well, what a beauty, oh my god, what now we need to. Taste it, now bake, lets go, so, while our pizza is preparing, i suggest we also prepare dessert, but the dessert is unusual, the dessert is absolutely amazing, its beets made from beets, thats absolutely right, tatyana, ive never i havent eaten a dessert made from beets, to be honest, i cant even imagine this component in a dessert, so, the intrigue is revealed, lets start preparing an unusual dessert with beets, remember the recipe 200 g of flour, 10 grams of baking powder, 30 g of cocoa , a pinch of vanilla, a pinch of nutmeg, i also like to add cardamom, it gives such an interesting note, well, in any case, i just put it here, then we have pre boiled or baked beets, i baked them and immediately prepared them for grating. So we have three eggs, we have sugar, we have 100 g of kefir, 300 sugar, three eggs and 100 grams of vegetable oil. To be honest, cooking is not my strong point, but with such a wonderful teacher everything goes like clockwork. It took tatiana about 20 minutes to mix all the ingredients, now most