We have a lot of battles ahead, we will fight to the end, until complete victory, until the most the word fascism will not disappear from the memory of mankind forever, the peoples avengers will fight for their homeland. For its unique historical flavor, this city is called belarusian suzdal. It is famous not only for its archaeological sites, but also for its traditions. And in the summer a lot of tourists gather here, since it is in this city hosts a knight festival. Dear friends, i think you have already guessed where we are; today we are building a route to one of the oldest cities in belarus, mstislava. Today in our program you will find out where modern mstislavl gets its history from . What shrines does the Holy Assumption Monastery hide . Why was the museum of folk icons opened in mstislavl and what exhibits are stored in it . We will also drop in on a master class with the National Master of belarus and taste it. The most authentic Italian Pizza in mstislavl style, you can only get directly from minsk to mestislavl by car. You will cover a distance of 300 km in about 4 hours. If you are traveling by public transport, be prepared for transfers. First you need to get to mogilev or krichev by minibus, regular bus or train, and from there a bus will take you to mstislavol. We choose a car. Mestislavol literally from the first minute amazes with its wealth of Historical Places and attractions, and this is not surprising, after all, the city was founded by the smolensk prince rostislav mstislavovich, already in 1135. The first human settlement within the city was the settlement of devichya gora, located on the right bank of the vihra river. And in the southwest of maiden mountain is the original center of ancient mstislavl. Castle hill. Today it is an openair museum that literally attracts tourists. At the foot of the mountain we are greeted by historical monuments, among them is the grave of an unknown knight who died in the battle of 1502 on the vehra river. In 2013 year, doctor of historical sciences, 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 within a fortress. Of course, castle hill itself is an openair museum, many archaeologists worked here, they found a lot of archaeological artifacts here, and unique ones, it was here that two were found birch bark letters, which suggests 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 are building our route further. And we head outside the city. Instead of unshakable peace of concentration. Holy dormition pustynsky 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 not made by hands the face of christ and a healing spring. The holy dormition pustynsky monastery is located 12 km from mstislavl, in a place called pustynki, which was the former name of the village, which now no longer exists. The emergence of the sanctuary is associated with one very interesting legend. The monastery was founded in 1380 by the mstislav prince semyon lugvin, according to legend, this is connected with the insight of a blind prince, who was healed with the help of a healing spring, which is located in the village of pustynki. The monastery has a very, very complicated history, here since 1601 there were 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 massive Stone Construction began, the church of the nativity of the virgin mary was built, and the Pokrovskaya Church itself was built, the Assumption Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary was transformed, and the monastery fence and a multitiered tented bell tower were built, closer to the beginning. The peculiarity of this monastery is the presence of its own the shrine of the icon of the mother of god of the desert, which, according to legend, performed miracles of healing. However, in the 20th century, when the churches were destroyed, and the monastery buildings served as a school and an orphanage, the miraculous icon disappeared under mysterious circumstances. That is, we can see it now, yes, of course, we can see it all with our own eyes, plunge into the spiritual atmosphere, maybe strengthen your faith, and of course see all these shrines that are located here on the territory of the svyatoussky monastery. The appearance of a miraculous image of jesus on the wall is truly a unique divine sign that attracts many pilgrims. Here under the layer. Plaster in 2003, when repair and restoration work began , the saved face of christ not made by hands was discovered , what does this mean, it appeared on its own, no one painted it, no one made it, it appeared on its own, thousands of pilgrims come here to touch it, ask for something, if necessary, and of course, look at how he looks with with my own eyes, i admit honestly, its impressive, looking closely, i really understand. That no human hand touched this image, they say that every year it becomes brighter and more expressive, in some photographs you can even see transparent blue eyes. 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 consecrated in honor of the archangel michael. Yaroslava, is it true that the spring never freezes . No, it never freezes, its constant here the temperature is about 4, which is why you can always come here to drink water by typing. Our source of water has such Healing Properties as helping those who , for example, have problems with maturation, there were some precedents, its interesting when people said that really, i think it all depends on whether a person believes in it or no, because if a person strongly believes in it, then i think its quite possible. In fact, pilgrims create legends about the miraculous power of the spring; they always end happily. Show, where they fight not with the help of physical force. 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And was abandoned for a long time, but in 2016 , after reconstruction, the Holy Trinity Church received a new life, it was illuminated in honor of the saint. 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 paraskeva friday, then the troitsky cathedral was founded on this place, and this was the main cathedral city, but in the 19th century the wooden cathedral was rebuilt. The cathedral had already become 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 the dozhinka took place in the city of mstislavl, a decision was made to restore this temple. It turns out that it was after the reconstruction that the Holy Trinity Church was relit in honor of. St. Silouan of athos on the day of remembrance 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, from sin, drunkenness, they are also freed from sin, gluttony, drunkenness, from sin, whatever pleases, they turn to him with such requests. In the church an icon of the holy venerable silouan of athos with a particle of relics is kept, it. Symbolizes the special prayerful presence of the deceased righteous person, to whom a person who comes to church turns with a request or gratitude. And the icon was painted by one of our parishioners, he studied icon painting, and when we made a request to our bishop saphronius, and he wrote a letter to mount athos, when it was still in 2018, they sent us a piece of the relics from mount athos. Many icons were donated to this temple and the locals decided to open a folk museum at the temple. Residents. There were so many of them that icons were adopted. This was the center of the principality; there were a lot of antiques here. And the city, you saw, has been preserved; it is called belarusian suzdol, steslavl. Therefore , there are a lot of architectural monuments preserved here and. People have a lot of religious objects preserved in their houses, some icons were 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 church, over the almost 4 years of the museums existence , about 100 icons were collected here, most of them were donated by residents of bastenovichi; in the 17th century, this village was famous for its icon painting school. The religious procession was carried by these candles, then someone brought one 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 study history, remember the traditions of their ancestors and preserve their spiritual heritage. Master sergei kudikov preserves the traditions of our ancestors in blacksmithing. The peoples master of belarus lives in mestislavl and is engaged in educating the younger generation, passing on his own to them. It is not surprising that since ancient times people have revered blacksmiths, because everything is in their hands. And the fire became obedient, but not everyone our next hero was able to pacify these elements. Its always hot in sergeis workshop; the forge here almost never goes out. What our forge consists of, this is an obligatory mountain moment, yes, it is a fireplace, say, a blacksmiths fireplace, like the fireplace of a house, a forge where coals are lit, the temperature is raised, the iron is heated. An anvil in the obligatory version, yes, on which all operations, all work are carried out, and 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 is, of course, not a womans job, but its very interesting what will come of it, so i put on an apron for work, you and i will make the guest also a kind of amulet, we take an ordinary metal blank. Put it in the forge and light it. Sergey, where did your journey in blacksmithing begin . Well, initially, the solemn year 2007 was when we held the first historical reconstruction festival in the msislav region. And somehow with the reconstruction, i started making armor, weaving chain mail, then the moment came, i need to forge something, yes, forged swords, some kind of knives, here is the first forge, a hole in the ground, a vacuum cleaner there to blow out the wood. Just , well, quietly drying up, as if a hobby had outgrown, lets say, the meaning of life, maybe the peoples master of belarus is an adherent of the old school, in his workshop you will not find any modern installations for automating forging or tools, this is such a kind of tribute to the past , my city for me is where it sparked such a spark, yes well, in my development, because firstly , it is a very ancient ancient city. Yes, with a great history with its beauty, thats it, on the territory of the mtislav region there were a lot of cousins, these were found during excavations, and even i slightly swung at unesco, i provided materials, so i looked for old blacksmiths, who are very old there , 1800700s, the blacksmith wedding ceremony, when blacksmiths could perform weddings, so i tried to revive it, and it was at unesco that i wanted to promote the revival. Stislavsky region. From words, lets get down to business. Our metal has already heated up, yes, so apprentices, what is the point . Where i hit, you hit once, as soon as i put the hammer down, you already dont hit me, otherwise ill tell you a joke about this case. So lets go hit. We hit, we try to hit. Let the iron be hot, you know the proverb, you see. Is cooling down, thats why the proverb doesnt sound special , thats it, now were heating it up again, yes , i missed twice, so the more i knock with the hammer, the more i am convinced that after all , its not a womans job to tame the fiery element, a woman blacksmith, everyone asks the question, is there any at all, yes, there is, there is, and, well , ive seen more in the Russian Federation on there are more female blacksmiths in belarus, but i honestly dont know them, but there are women. They produce such unique stylish work , just so refined, if a man is a blacksmith, but hes a booboo, he also missed, well , that means its necessary, yes, that is, theres something so brutal there, but women arent, theyre into it they are more, well, scrupulous, lets say , but thats how it is, well, a woman in her everyday life, that s interesting, nevertheless, with our joint efforts we got such a wonderful nail, ill definitely take it for good luck, its a little crooked, but yours, right . So i made the nail myself, well , myself with the help of sergei, sergei made the nail with the help of me, but still a nail, great, thank you very much, sergei, come to us for more master classes, we will make horseshoes with you, here are the flowers, and we move on, changing, so to speak, the blacksmiths apron for a kitchen apron. Faelia, protrolls, Italian Pizza, in order to try the worlds culinary masterpieces from different countries, you dont have to travel abroad, just ask to visit farmers who live in villages with very interesting name box. Meet tatyana, in the village of karapchino, she and her husband settled a few years ago, fell in love with these delightful landscapes, what . You were inspired to move to the village , well, lets say, you really like it a quiet life, you like that there is no crazy traffic, you like that there is a lot of beautiful nature, a lot of sky, in fact, you can do what is dear to you, what you close . And the closest thing to tatyana was gastronomy, the owner of the agroestate at one time i traveled a lot around the world, added the most delicious recipes to my cookbook, 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 medical school behind me . No, okay, 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 whats for what, why, why, but the main goal is still to was there joy and a smile . Looking at tatyana, smiling i want it all the time. How much love she talks about cooking, by the way, she cooks here exclusively from local products, in tatyanas garden there are more than sixty types of peppers growing, and what incredibly delicious aromas are in this gastronomic kingdom . Mm, i just cant wait to sit down at the table to try everything, but first, lets take a master class from the hostess, i suggest starting with pizza, polishing it a little, and then well polish ours. Hot peppers, real Italian Pizza in an ordinary belarusian village, im intrigued, im very, i i got the simplest job decorate the pizza and bake it, all because the signature dish is still ahead, well, what a beauty, oh my god, now we have to taste it, yes, now bake, lets go, while our pizza is being prepared, i suggest. We still have to prepare dessert, but the dessert is unusual, the dessert is absolutely amazing, its made from beets , thats absolutely right, tatyana, ive never eaten a dessert made from beets, to be honest, i cant even imagine this component in a dessert. So, the intrigue is revealed, lets get started to prepare an unusual dessert with beets. Remember the recipe 200 g of flour, 10 grams. 30 g cocoa, a pinch of vanilla, a pinch of nutmeg, i also like to add cardamom, it gives this interesting note, well, in any case, i just put it here, then we have pre boiled or baked beets, i baked them and immediately i prepared it 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 20 minutes to mix all the ingredients. Now the hardest part is waiting for our dessert to bake in the oven. And finally, my favorite moment came, the tasting. God, how delicious it is, mm, it seems to me that even in italy i have not tasted tastier pizza, the main thing is to leave room for a beetroot dessert with delicious herbal tea. Drum roll, friends, beetroot cake. Even i wonder if i can identify this ingredient as beets . So tasty tatyana, in my life i would never have guessed that these were beets. Yes, the most interesting thing is that the camouflaged name of this wonderful dessert is called black velvet, black velvet, on this delicious note we say goodbye to you, until next weekend, this was our route through the beautiful mstislavl, a city with a unique history, fascinating architecture and such hospitable and sincere people, for sure. Well come back here again, but whats for sure . Dear friends, i know this life hack and i will share it with pleasure with you if you see in some city a monument on which some kind of, say, golden place is clearly visible, it means that this place was actively rubbed in order for your wish to come true. So, come over, make a wish, rub your nose, he says