For those of you who have plans to travel to Belarus in the first half of May. The world hockey championship will be held in Minsk on May. More than 20,000 visitors are expected to come to Minsk during that time. Almost all hotels in Minsk are already booked for those dates. But this fact shouldn’t result in cancellation or modification of your travel…
In 1913 Russian empire had reached a pinnacle of it’s economical development. The country was number one in exporting eggs, flux and butter. It was the year when Russia had started exporting grains, coal and steel. A new layer of very reach people had shaped. Belorussian historians found out 50 most wealthy businessmen who were born of current Belorussian territory….
Just recently in Grodno historical archive we have discovered a 23 original foreign passports for residents of Brest uezd (most of them were from shtetl Vysoko-Litovsk). These passports were issued to people who left abroad during the second half of 1906 or first half 1907. At that time passports were issued for 6 months, and if people weren’t going to return home…