Protasovshchina. The chapel is the tomb of the Shestovskys.

     The stone chapel of the Shestovskys is located in Protasovshchina, Pukhovichi district. The village is located south of the large town of Shatsk. And there is a chapel in the local forest to the left of the highway between the village of Zadoschenye and Protasovshchina.

         The village of Protasovshchina in the 18th century, during the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, was part of the Minsk district of the Minsk Voivodeship. The place belonged to the famous Belarusian noble family Askerki. 

           After the second partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1793, the town became part of the Russian Empire. In the 19th century, Protasovshchina had the status of a dungeon in the Shatsk volost of the Igumen district of the Minsk province. In 1897, the village had a total of 10 yards and 59 inhabitants.

       During the First World War in 1918, this territory was under the occupation of the Kaiser's German troops. In early 1919, it became part of Soviet Belarus. In 1919-1920, under the occupation of Polish troops. Since the summer of 1920, it has been part of the BSSR again.

        In 1860, a stone tomb chapel belonging to the Shestovsky family was built near Protasovshchina in the nearby forest. A stone gate was built in front of the chapel. The temple was built of rubble stone. Patterns of small stones are laid out between the large stones in the technique of the so-called raisin laying. The building has a rectangular shape in the plan. The chapel is in a neglected state. The roof collapsed.

     The gate in front of the chapel consists of four four-column pillars, which are made in the same technique as the chapel. The gates have been renovated in recent years.