Novy Dvor. Bunge Manor.

     In the Minsk region, in the village of Novy Dvor, the Bunge manor palace has been preserved. The place has been known since the 16th century. It belonged to the famous Belarusian noble family Slushki. At the end of the century, the new owner was Prince Fyodor Grigorievich Drutsky-Gorsky, who bought land on the banks of the Svisloch River.

        In the 1730s, Novy Dvor and neighboring Korolishchevichi acquired ownership of Prushinsky.

       In 1779, Jozef Pruszynski transferred the village to his son Anthony Pruszynski. In 1792, Anthony's brother Stanislav Prushinsky built the stone Catholic church of St. Michael the Archangel in Novy Dvor, of which only ruins have survived to this day. Anthony Prushinsky died in 1796 and his property was divided among his three sons. Novy Dvor passed to Thomas Prushinsky, who worked as a judge in Minsk.

       Thomas died childless and his relatives sold the estate to Benedikt Unikhovsky. His daughter, Eva Unikhovskaya, married Protasevich. It was already during the time of the Russian Empire, and the Church of St. Michael was converted into an Orthodox church at that time.

        In 1872, the estate was acquired by collegiate secretary Ivan Bunge, whose family originates from Prussia. Bunge acquired several other towns nearby, and Novy Dvor became the center of his estate.

      Bunge is building a new stone two-storey palace in the village, which has survived to our time. An orchard and a park were planted near the Palace. At his expense, the Church of St. Michael, which was very close to the estate, was renovated. After the revolution, the palace housed the collective farm board and residential apartments. Now the building has been transferred to the Orthodox Church and the house has been rebuilt as the Church of St. Michael.