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Belarusian Written Language Day in Ivatsevichi

Ivatsevichi hosted the 31st edition of the Belarusian Written Language Day on 31 August-1 September 2024.

Ivatsevichi is thought to derive its name from its founder's name – Ivach. The Lithuanian Metrica mentioned the transfer of the "Ivachevichi estate" to the town's merchants for debts in 1519. Nowadays, the Ivatsevichi land is famous for the suriving unique sights. Among them are the oldest water construction in the country the Oginski Canal (1767-1783), the most beautiful palace of the Puslovskys in Kossovo, the museum-estate of the hero of several countries Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Vygonoschanskoye Lake (the largest lake in Brest Oblast) and Vygonoschanskoye nature reserve, the largest natural reserve on the main European watershed between the river basins of the Baltic and Black Seas the.

Ivatsevichi has been the birthplace of many exceptional individuals: the writer and figure of the national liberation movement of Western Belarus Filipp Pestrak and the famous journalist and master of lyrical prose Yaroslav Parkhuto.

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