Monuments of the city of Pruzhany description in Belarusian. Tuteishy guide. Pruzhany. Beginning of the Mukhavets River

Pruzhany is the administrative center of the Pruzhany district of the Brest region. Located on the Mukhavets River, 89 km northeast of the city of Brest, 11 km from the Oranchitsy railway station (on the Baranovichi - Brest line). The P85 highway passes through the city (Slonim - Ruzhany - Pruzhany - Vysokoye).

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History of development - Pruzhany

The first historical mentions of the town of Pruzhany date back to 1433, but it became known later, in 1487. In 1589 the town was granted Magdeburg law together with the city's statute, seal and coat of arms. During its history, the city had several coats of arms, but in 1998 it was recreated ancient coat of arms and is now the main symbol of the city.

During the First World War, Pruzhanshchina found itself in the front-line zone and in the spring of 1915 the povet was occupied by the troops of the Kaiser’s Germany, who took out everything that was of value to them.

During the Great Patriotic War, two partisan brigades from several units in each. Was here underground printing house, which has been operating smoothly since 1942, changing its location several times. Pruzhany was liberated by units of the 28th Army of the 1st Belorussian Front on July 17, 1944.

In 1959, a planning scheme for Pruzhany was developed, which streamlined the irregular grid of streets. As a result, the city has 3 planning areas: southern, western and eastern. In 1974, a master plan for the city was developed at the Minsk branch of the Central Research and Design Institute of Urban Planning.

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Tourist potential - Pruzhany

The city has preserved many unique attractions. For example, a manor built in the mid-19th century. In 1998 it was located here Pruzhany district local history museum , a little later the concept and name of the museum was changed. Now this . Not far from the museum there is a monument of wooden architecture, built in 1828.

In the second half of the 19th century, it was built in the city (1852), a little later, in 1857, construction began, and in 1878 it was built.

Another interesting place in the city - - an architectural monument with elements of baroque and classicism, it is a striking example monumental architecture, there are only a few such monuments left on the territory of Belarus.

After visiting historical attractions, city guests can visit. There are attractions, saunas, jacuzzi. Services are also provided for visitors gym, massage chair, games of billiards, table tennis, badminton.

City, district center. Located on the river. Mukhavets, 89 km northeast of Brest, 13 km from the railway station. Oranchitsy (on the Baranovichi - Brest line). Knot highways to Brest, Vysokoye, Shereshevo, Bereza, Slonim, Kobrin.

The first mention of the Prushan volost dates back to 1433. According to the writer and historian Yu. I. Krashevsky and others, the name arose in connection with the settlement here of Prussians fleeing the crusaders (Pruss, Prusyans, Prushany). Pruzhany has been known since 1487 under the name Dobuchin. Until 1519 in the Kobrin Principality. After the death of the Kobrin prince Ivan Semenovich, Pruzhany came into the possession of his wife Fedora, in 1519, by the privilege of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund I the Old - to Marshal V. Kostevich, they were part of the Kobrin eldership. Since 1520 in the Kobrin povet of the Podlaskie voivodeship, since 1566 in the Brest povet and voivodeship. In the 16th century belonged to Queen Bona of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and her daughter Anna. In 1589 the city, which at that time was quite large shopping center, received Magdeburg law, the name of Pruzhany was assigned to it. 4 fairs a year were held here. According to the inventory of 1563, Pruzhany had 1250 inhabitants, 7 streets, 278 farms. In the 16th century there was a Pruzhany “royal court” ( wooden palace, 2 outbuildings, stables, barn, furnace, bakery, 4 barns, water Mill, garden). During the wars of the mid-17th - 1st half of the 18th century. the city was severely destroyed, the number of buildings decreased by 5 times. In 1776 he was deprived of Magdeburg rights. By the end of the 18th century. restored, in 1791 - 2094 inhabitants. Since 1795 Pruzhany has been part of Russia: a city, the center of the Slonim province, since 1797 of the Lithuanian province, since 1801 of the Grodno province. In 1845, they received a new coat of arms: on a light brown background there is a spruce with a hunting pipe hanging on its branches. In 1866, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was built in the center of Pruzhany, and in 1878, the Transfiguration Church. In 1857 the city had 5,665 inhabitants. During the uprising of 1863-64. detachments of R. Roginsky, S. Songin and B. Rylsky operated in the Pruzhanshchina. On February 13, 1863 they occupied the city.

The abolition of serfdom contributed to economic development cities.

According to the 1897 census, Pruzhany had 7,633 residents (43.4% literate), 14 small enterprises, a district and two-class parish school, and 6 hospitals. In the 19th-1st half of the 20th century. Pruzhany is known as a center of pottery. During the revolution of 1905-07. In Pruzhany there were strikes by workers at a tobacco factory and a distillery. Since August 1915, the city was occupied by German troops, and from January 30, 1919 to July 1920, by Polish troops. From July 27 to September 19, 1920, Soviet power was in the city, and a district military revolutionary committee operated. According to the Riga Peace Treaty in 1921-39. Pruzhany was part of bourgeois Poland: a povet town in Polesie Voivodeship. The workers' struggle for national liberation was led by the organizations KPZB, KSMZB, and the Belarusian Peasant Workers' Community.

Since September 1939, Pruzhany has been part of the BSSR, since January 15, 1940, the center of the district of the Brest region. On June 23, 1941, the city was occupied by the Nazi invaders. Since 1942, the underground anti-fascist committee operated, from November 23, 1943 to July 11, 1944, the underground district committee of the Communist Party of Bolsheviks (Bolsheviks) of Belarus, from September 1, 1943 to July 11, 1944, the underground district committee of the LKSMB. The occupiers killed more than 4 thousand people in the death camp in the city; the housing stock was destroyed by 70%. July 17, 1944 Pruzhany was liberated by units of the 28th Army of the 1st Belorussian Front.

In 1959, in the regional design workshops of the city of Baranovichi, a layout scheme for Pruzhany was developed, which streamlined the irregular grid of streets. In 1974, a master plan for the city was developed at the Minsk branch of the Central Research and Design Institute of Urban Planning.

The city has 3 planning areas: southern, western and eastern. The planning structure is determined by the central axial highway (Sovetskaya, Kobrinskaya, Oktyabrskaya streets), Lenin, R. Shirma, Krasnoarmeyskaya streets perpendicular to it and the curvilinear outline of the river floodplain. Mukhavets. The historical center of the city is Sovetskaya Square, where architectural monuments of the 19th century have been preserved - shopping arcades and the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. The new administrative and public center of Pruzhany was formed on R. Shirmy and Sovetskaya streets. The building includes the House of Soviets, a hotel, and a residential building with shops. The central part of the city and the centers of the eastern and northern regions built up with multi-storey residential buildings. New microdistricts have emerged in the northern part of the city and along the street. Oktyabrskaya. The southern industrial zone was formed.

Main industrial enterprises: fruit canning plant, creamery, cannery, flax plant, building materials plants, utility companies, cooperative industry. There is a regional association "Agricultural Chemistry", a regional consumer services plant, a sewing and knitting factory, 4 construction organizations and 4 motorcades.

In Pruzhany there is a state farm technical school, 4 secondary schools, a music and youth sports school, 7 preschool institutions, 2 Houses of Culture, 2 cinemas, 2 libraries, a hospital, the Brest Regional Agricultural Experimental Station, and a zonal agrochemical laboratory.

Beautiful and cozy town Pruzhany, known for its rich architectural heritage, is located 90 kilometers north of Brest on the banks of the Mukhavets River. The city's population is just over 19 thousand people.

The history of Pruzhany has been counted since 1487 - first mention in written sources. At that time, the city was part of the Kobrin principality, but already in the next century it came into the possession of the Polish queen Bona Sforza. The famous Pruzhany “royal courtyard” was built here, consisting of a wooden palace, stables, outbuildings and other buildings. However, numerous wars of later centuries, which swept through the Belarusian lands like storms, did not spare the palace - it was destroyed. The city became a major trading center and received Magdeburg Law, which gave an even greater impetus to its development. After the third partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795, Pruzhany became part of the Russian Empire, and Tsarina Catherine the Second gave the city to her commander, Count Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky, for the brutal suppression of the uprising of Tadeusz Kosciuszko. Soon the Shvykovsky family became the new owners of Pruzhany, leaving a bright mark on the history of the region.

U Shvykovsky garden and park complex in Pruzhany is business card city ​​that attracts the most attention from tourists. The manor was built in neo-Renaissance style in 1850 and has the features of an Italian villa. In addition to the main building, an ancient park with a linden alley has been preserved, as well as a hydrological system consisting of a pond and canals with islands and bridges. IN Soviet time a dental clinic was located in the estate building. Nowadays it operates here Museum "Pruzhany Palatsyk", offering city guests to get acquainted with the history of Pruzhany and its owners, legends and crafts of the region. The museum houses a unique wooden icon of the 16th century “The Last Supper”. In the courtyard of the estate complex there is an ancient stone idol, transported not so long ago from the village of Butki.

A number of buildings have been preserved in Pruzhany that are of architectural and historical value. Among such objects it is worth highlighting the shopping arcades in Pruzhany, located on the central square and which were once the heart of the city’s business life. It is also necessary to note the Church of the Ascension of the Virgin Mary in Pruzhany, built in 1883, and the Orthodox Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky in Pruzhany. The construction of the temple, which is a monument of classicism, was completed in 1880. It is impossible to ignore the ordinary buildings of the city. One of the oldest buildings is the pharmacy in Pruzhany, built, according to various sources, in 1811 or 1828.

Every year the city hosts two significant events: festival of ultralight aviation and aeronautics " Slavic brotherhood» And republican jazz music festival, attracting music lovers to the city.

And connoisseurs active rest Pruzhany attracts water park and Ice Palace, open to everyone.

It’s impossible to imagine without an excursion to Pruzhany tourist routes in the Brest region. Fans of holidays in Belarus will find unique attractions in the city, bright story and unforgettable experiences.

History of Pruzhany

City, district center. Located on the river. Mukhavets, 89 km northeast of Brest, 13 km from the railway station. Oranchitsy (on the Baranovichi - Brest line). A junction of highways to Brest, Vysokoye, Shereshevo, Bereza, Slonim, Kobrin.

The first mention of the Prushan volost dates back to 1433. According to the writer and historian Yu. I. Krashevsky and others, the name arose in connection with the settlement here of Prussians fleeing the crusaders (Pruss, Prusyans, Prushany). Pruzhany has been known since 1487 under the name Dobuchin. Until 1519 in the Kobrin Principality. After the death of the Kobrin prince Ivan Semenovich, Pruzhany came into the possession of his wife Fedora, in 1519, by the privilege of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund I the Old - to Marshal V. Kostevich, they were part of the Kobrin eldership. Since 1520 in the Kobrin povet of the Podlaskie voivodeship, since 1566 in the Brest povet and voivodeship. In the 16th century belonged to Queen Bona of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and her daughter Anna. In 1589, the city, which at that time was a fairly large trading center, received Magdeburg law, and the name Pruzhany was assigned to it. 4 fairs a year were held here. According to the inventory of 1563, Pruzhany had 1250 inhabitants, 7 streets, 278 farms. In the 16th century there was a Pruzhany “royal courtyard” (a wooden palace, 2 outbuildings, a stable, a barn, a furnace, a bakery, 4 barns, a water mill, a garden).

During the wars of the mid-17th - 1st half of the 18th century. the city was severely destroyed, the number of buildings decreased by 5 times. In 1776 he was deprived of Magdeburg rights. By the end of the 18th century. restored, in 1791 - 2094 inhabitants.

Since 1795 Pruzhany has been part of Russia: a city, the center of the Slonim province, since 1797 of the Lithuanian province, since 1801 of the Grodno province. In 1845, they received a new coat of arms: on a light brown background there is a spruce with a hunting pipe hanging on its branches. In 1866, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was built in the center of Pruzhany, and in 1878, the Transfiguration Church. In 1857 the city had 5,665 inhabitants. During the uprising of 1863-64. detachments of R. Roginsky, S. Songin and B. Rylsky operated in the Pruzhanshchina. On February 13, 1863 they occupied the city.
The abolition of serfdom contributed to the economic development of the city.

According to the 1897 census, Pruzhany had 7,633 residents (43.4% literate), 14 small enterprises, a district and two-class parish school, and 6 hospitals. In the 19th-1st half of the 20th century. Pruzhany is known as a center of pottery. During the revolution of 1905-07. In Pruzhany there were strikes by workers at a tobacco factory and a distillery.

Since August 1915, the city was occupied by German troops, and from January 30, 1919 to July 1920, by Polish troops. From July 27 to September 19, 1920, Soviet power was in the city, and a district military revolutionary committee operated. According to the Riga Peace Treaty in 1921-39. Pruzhany was part of bourgeois Poland: a povet town in Polesie Voivodeship. The workers' struggle for national liberation was led by the organizations KPZB, KSMZB, and the Belarusian Peasant Workers' Community.
Since September 1939, Pruzhany has been part of the BSSR, since January 15, 1940, the center of the district of the Brest region. On June 23, 1941, the city was occupied by the Nazi invaders. Since 1942, the underground anti-fascist committee operated, from November 23, 1943 to July 11, 1944, the underground district committee of the Communist Party of Bolsheviks (Bolsheviks) of Belarus, from September 1, 1943 to July 11, 1944, the underground district committee of the LKSMB. The occupiers killed more than 4 thousand people in the death camp in the city; the housing stock was destroyed by 70%.

July 17, 1944 Pruzhany was liberated by units of the 28th Army of the 1st Belorussian Front. In 1959, in the regional design workshops of the city of Baranovichi, a layout scheme for Pruzhany was developed, which streamlined the irregular grid of streets. In 1974, a master plan for the city was developed at the Minsk branch of the Central Research and Design Institute of Urban Planning. The city has 3 planning areas: southern, western and eastern. The planning structure is determined by the central axial highway (Sovetskaya, Kobrinskaya, Oktyabrskaya streets), Lenin, R. Shirma, Krasnoarmeyskaya streets perpendicular to it and the curvilinear outline of the river floodplain. Mukhavets. The historical center of the city is Sovetskaya Square, where architectural monuments of the 19th century have been preserved - shopping arcades and the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. The new administrative and public center of Pruzhany was formed on R. Shirmy and Sovetskaya streets. The building includes the House of Soviets, a hotel, and a residential building with shops. The central part of the city and the centers of the eastern and northern districts are built up with multi-storey residential buildings. New microdistricts have emerged in the northern part of the city and along the street. Oktyabrskaya. The southern industrial zone was formed.

Main industrial enterprises: fruit canning plant, creamery, cannery, flax plant, building materials plants, utility companies, cooperative industry. There is a regional association "Agricultural Chemistry", a regional consumer services plant, a sewing and knitting factory, 4 construction organizations and 4 motorcades.
In Pruzhany there is a state farm technical school, 4 secondary schools, a music and youth sports school, 7 preschool institutions, 2 Houses of Culture, 2 cinemas, 2 libraries, a hospital, the Brest Regional Agricultural Experimental Station, and a zonal agrochemical laboratory.

About 60 billion Belarusian rubles were spent on preparing the city of Pruzhany and the Pruzhany district for the republican festival-fair “Dazhynki-2003”, which took place on October 3-4.

As a result of the work carried out, the city was greatly transformed.

A Palace of Culture and a new bus station were built in Pruzhany.



In the center of the city, barracks were demolished and a residential building was erected, on the ground floor of which a pharmacy and a branch of Belarusbank were located.
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Story

The first mention of the Prushan volost dates back to 1433. According to the writer and historian Yu. I. Krashevsky and others, the name arose in connection with the settlement here of Prussians fleeing from the crusaders (Pruss, Prussians, Prushans). Pruzhany has been known since 1487 under the name Dobuchin. Until 1519, Pruzhany was part of the Kobrin Principality. After the death of the Kobrin prince Ivan Semenovich, Pruzhany came into the possession of his wife Fedora, in 1519, by the privilege of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund I the Old - to Marshal V. Kostevich, they were part of the Kobrin eldership. Since 1520 in Kobrin Povet, Podlaskie Voivodeship, since 1566 in Brest Povet and Voivodeship. In the 16th century they belonged to Queen Bona of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and her daughter Anna. Four fairs a year were held in Pruzhany. According to the inventory of 1563, Pruzhany had 1,250 inhabitants, 7 streets, 278 farms. In the 16th century there was a Pruzhany “royal courtyard” (a wooden palace, 2 outbuildings, a stable, a barn, a furnace, a bakery, 4 barns, a water mill, a garden).

On May 6, 1589, King Sigismund III, at the request of his aunt Queen Anna, granted the residents of Pruzhany the Magdeburg right “for eternity.”

During the wars of the mid-17th - 1st half of the 18th century. the city was severely destroyed, the number of buildings decreased by 5 times. In 1776 he was deprived of Magdeburg rights. By the end of the 18th century. restored, in 1791 - 2094 inhabitants.

Since 1795 Pruzhany has been part of Russia: a city, the center of the Slonim province, since 1797 of the Lithuanian province, since 1801 of the Grodno province. In 1845, they received a new coat of arms: on a light brown background there is a spruce with a hunting pipe hanging on its branches. In 1866, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was built in the center of Pruzhany, and in 1878, the Transfiguration Church. In 1857 the city had 5,665 inhabitants. During the uprising of 1863-64. detachments of R. Roginsky, S. Songin and B. Rylsky operated in the Pruzhanshchina. On February 13, 1863, they occupied the city.

According to the 1897 census, Pruzhany has 7,633 residents (43.4% literate), including Jews - 5,079, Belarusians - 2,316, Russians - 443, Poles - 225. There were 14 small enterprises, a district and two-year parish school, and 6 hospitals. In the 19th-1st half of the 20th century. Pruzhany is known as a center of pottery. During the revolution of 1905-07. In Pruzhany there were strikes by workers at a tobacco factory and a distillery. Since August 1915, the city was occupied by German troops, and from January 30, 1919 to July 1920, by Polish troops. From July 27 to September 19, 1920, Soviet power was in the city, and a district military revolutionary committee operated.

According to the Riga Peace Treaty in 1921-39. Pruzhany was part of Poland: a povet town in Polesie Voivodeship. The workers' struggle for national liberation was led by the organizations KPZB, KSMZB, and the Belarusian Peasant Workers' Community.

Since September 1939, Pruzhany has been part of the BSSR, since January 15, 1940, the center of the Brest region district. On June 23, 1941, the city was occupied by the Nazi invaders. Since 1942, the underground anti-fascist committee operated, from November 23, 1943 to July 11, 1944 - the underground district committee of the CP(b)B, from September 1, 1943 to July 11, 1944 - the underground district committee of the LKSMB. The occupiers killed more than 4 thousand people in the death camp in the city; the housing stock was destroyed by 70%. July 17, 1944 Pruzhany was liberated by units of the 28th Army of the 1st Belorussian Front.

In 1959, in the regional design workshops of the city of Baranovichi, a layout scheme for Pruzhany was developed, which streamlined the irregular grid of streets. In 1974, a master plan for the city was developed at the Minsk branch of the Central Research and Design Institute of Urban Planning.

The city has 3 planning areas: southern, western and eastern. The planning structure is determined by the central axial highway (Sovetskaya, Kobrinskaya, Oktyabrskaya streets), Lenin, R. Shirma, Krasnoarmeyskaya streets perpendicular to it and the curvilinear outline of the river floodplain. Mukhavets. The historical center of the city is Sovetskaya Square, where architectural monuments of the 19th century have been preserved. - shopping arcades and Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. The new administrative and public center of Pruzhany was formed on R. Shirmy and Sovetskaya streets. The building includes the House of Soviets, a hotel, and a residential building with shops. The central part of the city and the centers of the eastern and northern districts are built up with multi-storey residential buildings. New microdistricts have emerged in the northern part of the city and along the street. Oktyabrskaya. The southern industrial zone was formed.

Main industrial enterprises: fruit canning plant, creamery, cannery, flax plant, building materials plants, utility companies, cooperative industry. There is a regional association "Agricultural Chemistry", a regional consumer services plant, a sewing and knitting factory, 4 construction organizations and 4 motorcades.

In Pruzhany there is an agricultural technical college, 4 secondary schools, a gymnasium, a music and youth sports school, an ice rink and water palaces, 7 preschool institutions, 1 Palace and 1 House of Culture, 1 cinema, 2 libraries, hospital, Brest Regional Agricultural Experimental Station, zonal agrochemical laboratory.

Economy

Pruzhany’s industry is represented by enterprises processing agricultural raw materials (dairy plant, flax plant, fruit canning plant, cooperative industry plant, bakery), the Zagedan metal structures plant, the production of electrical power equipment (Allur company), a radio components plant, a building materials plant, forestry that have their own production base, and other enterprises.

Pilot S. M. Gudimov, Soviet pilots, on the mass graves of Red Army soldiers, Soviet soldiers and partisans. The city is home to the Pruzhany Park, a natural monument of local importance.

Notes

Literature

  • “Cities, towns and castles of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Encyclopedia"/ Salamakha V.P. - Minsk: "Belarusian Encyclopedia", 2009.
  • Acts issued by the Vilna Archaeographic Commission. -T.5. Acts of the Brest and Grodno city courts with the addition of privileges for land ownership in the Brest and Kobrin economies. - Vilnaa, 1871. - P.426-428.

 

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