Zavolochitsy. The Zhilinsky Estate.

The Zhilinsky family owned the estate until 1910. The Zhilinsky family did not live here permanently, but only on visits. In the absence of the owners, all the affairs were handled by the estate manager, at one time it was Gediminas Jerzy (Yuri) Bulgak. His wife Aldona (nee Dzerzhinsky) was the sister of the famous revolutionary Felix Dzerzhinsky.

After the estate passed to the Gatovskys: after the death of his wife, Joseph Zhilinsky sold the estate to Alexander Gatovsky, a civil engineer from St. Petersburg. Gatovskys was not popular among the peasants because of the cruelty of Catherine Gatovskaya. In 1912, a fire broke out in the manor house and part of the mansion burned down. Nevertheless, thanks to her efforts, the new manor house was built in just two years, by 1914. It is he who has survived to this day. However, the Gatovskys did not have time to enjoy their new home for long because of the war and the subsequent revolution.

After the revolution, the manor building was used as a club, post office, savings bank and library. In Soviet times, it served for various household needs, and during the war there was a German command post and a Gestapo prison. After the war, the building turned into a butcher shop, bakery, and even an air raid shelter for the supreme military command of the Bobruisk district.

Today, the former estate still belongs to the UKSP "State Farm Zavolochitsy", as indicated by the sign at the entrance.

It is worth noting that the building has not changed in more than a hundred years – no one has redone anything.

Today, this beautiful historical building is abandoned. Local residents are trying to preserve and improve the area on their own.