Mogilev. Stanislav Bogush-Sestrantsevich's Palace

After the first partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772, Mogilev became part of the Russian Empire and, by order of Empress Catherine II, an archdiocese was formed, where the city of Mogilev became the main city of Catholics. Stanislav Bogush-Sestrantsevich is appointed head of the archdiocese, for whom 2 Palaces are being built in Mogilev. One in the city center on Dvoryanskaya Street, today's Komsomolskaya Street, and the other outside the city in the suburb of Pechersk. S. Bogush-Sestrentsevich (1731-1826) was a Belarusian and Russian public and religious figure, writer and historian. 

The palace was built at the end of the 18th century in the center of Mogilev, which faced Dvoryanskaya Street with its main facade. It is built in the classical style with Baroque elements. The building is stone, two-storeyed and quadrangular in plan with 2 side wings. After a fire in the second half of the 19th century, only the walls of the palace remained. These ruins were acquired by the Jewish merchant Boruch Zuckerman, who enriched himself by supplying provisions to the Russian army during the war. Zuckerman rebuilt the former palace as a choral synagogue, which was closed in Soviet times and given over to social institutions. Now the building houses a children's sports school. There are outstanding athletes and even Olympic champions among the graduates of the school. For example, Svetlana Baitova, Mogilev gymnast, winner of the Olympic Games in 1988.