As part of this tour, you will get acquainted not only with the remarkable architecture of the region, but also with the historical and cultural traditions of the locals. Religious buildings of various faiths; the museum of Yakub Kolas, who not only worked here, but was also inspired; an archaic traditional Polesie village, where you can travel back to the last century like in a time machine; finally, you will meet with a talented sculptor who turned his garden into an open-air museum. PS: the local places are rich in attractions and it is not possible to include them in the program of one day, so they are divided into several excursions that are available on this website.

We start our tour from the small village of Pinkovichi, where Yakub Kolas, a national poet of Belarus, worked as a teacher.
There is a memorial sign next to the entrance to the museum in honor of the American traveler Louise Arner Boyd, who during one of her expeditions explored the way of life and culture of the Belarusian Polesie and discovered Polesie in all its originality to the world.

Pinkovichi. Yakub Kolas Literary and Local History Museum.

The wooden Orthodox church was built in 1830 in the traditions of folk architecture.
In 1926, the famous Belarusian writer, historian and artist Yazep Drozdovich visited Pinkovichi, who made an image of the church. 
The American ethnographer and researcher Louise Arner Boyd also visited Pinkovichi in 1934.

Pinkovichi. Holy Protection Church.

An archaic village lost between three Polesie rivers - Pripyat, Yaselda, Pina - will bring a lot of impressions and emotions from visiting it.
Tourists from America, Sweden, Switzerland, Holland, Germany often come to Kudrichi. There is no limit to the admiration of foreigners for these places!
This is a real open-air museum, where you can feel the spirit of the Polesie village. 
If you are planning to visit Kudrichi, then you should hurry up, because this unique lost "Polesie world" is quietly dying out...

The landmark of Polesie: an authentic village with an island settlement layout. This is a unique lost "Polesie world"

Kudrichi. A traditional Polesie village.

The stone economic building of the monastery, in which the hospital is located, has been preserved to our time, and earlier there was an architectural ensemble of the Benedictine Catholic monastery, founded in 1662.

Gorodishche. The Benedictine Monastery.

The temple was built in the traditions of wooden folk architecture during the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1787.

Vylazy. Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God.

The main attraction of Parokhonsk is the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, built of wood in 1888. 
The Parokhonsk Church is a striking example of wooden architecture of the retrospective Russian style.
There is also a Protestant church in Parokhonsk, built in the 1990s in an eclectic style with elements of Gothic and Art Nouveau.

The main attraction of Parokhonsk is the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, built in 1888, which is a striking example of wooden architecture.

Parokhonsk. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary church.

The Church of St. Nicholas was built in 1867 in the traditions of folk wooden architecture.
The miraculous icon of the Kupyatitskaya Mother of God is kept in the church.

Kupyatichi. Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

In this amazing place you can see more than 100 sculptures made of various materials: granite, aluminum, marble, bronze and wood.
The Sculpture Garden is open to visitors at any time of the year. Anyone can come and get acquainted with the artist's creations for free, having previously agreed on a visit with the author, who creates this art object not for profit, but for inspiration and the exchange of creative energy with the outside world.

Pinsk Region (route 2): Pinkovichi-Kudrichi-Gorodishche-Vylazy-Parokhonsk-Kupyatichi-Boyary.

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