История с Географией / Барколабово, Быховский район, Могилевская область

Barkolabovo is located on a hillfort and settlement dating back to the Kievan Rus' era. In 1564, the royal captain and headman of Disen, Barkulab Korsak, built the Barkolabovo Castle in this area on a cape on a high bank near the confluence of the Struga and Dnieper Rivers. The Ascension Convent in Barkolabovo was founded in 1623. The convent is still active. The cathedral church housed a miraculous icon of the Mother of God, donated to the monastery in 1659 by Prince Pozharsky, who was returning with his troops to Russia from Lithuania. http://vk.com/MogilevTV http://odnoklassniki.ru/MogilevTV   / mogilevtv     / mogilevtv      / trkmogilev