Minsk. The Adadurov estate "Belaya Dacha".

The Adadurov estate, known as the "Belaya Dacha" (means "White Cottage"), is located in Minsk on a hill and is shrouded in many mysteries and stories. There are several assumptions about its origin. According to one version, it belonged to the landowner Kurasov, who founded the village of Kurasovshchina, which became part of Minsk. However, no written mention of him has been found, which opens up the possibility for alternative versions.

According to another hypothesis, the estate was built by N.E. Adadurov, the then head of the Lyubavo-Romenskaya railway, and it was originally called "Adadurov's Dungeon". There is also a version that its construction is connected with M. Rogov, Candidate of Sciences, and according to the inventory of 1910, this site belonged to Valentina Molodetskaya.

During the Russian-Japanese War, the manor served as a hospital. It was later acquired by M. Rogov, who built a one-story stone building in 1913. The further history of the estate has no clear data. During the Great Patriotic War, high-ranking officials of the BSSR rested here, although some claim that the German headquarters was located at this place.

In 1947, the Belarusian artist V.K. Belynitsky-Birulya lived and worked in the estate, who created a number of sketches that became the basis of his cycle of paintings about Belarus.

In the post—war years, the Belaya Dacha housed a research institute of agrochemistry, and later a kindergarten.

Since 1990, the Center of Belarusian Folklore has been located here.

For a long time, the fate of the estate remained uncertain, but it has always attracted tourists and aroused interest.

It has been renovated in recent years. The building has been greatly transformed and now has a great view after restoration.