Loshitsa Park

One of the most beautiful legend is devored to the Loshitsa park.

Once, the enemies attacked our land. They burnt villages and made people their slaves. In order to defend his people, the prince together with his squad approached the enemy. He met the enemy on the river, which flew through the park. The prince was wounded in the hard battle, and strengths left him. His troops began to retreat. The white horse carried the prince out of the battlefield and saved his life. 

Some time leter, the price come to himself, gathered his squad and defeated the enemy. Since that time, the river is called Losh or Loshitsa, and the park, which arose here, bears the name Loshitsa.

According to many historians, the events discribed in the legend apply to the famous battle on the river Nemiga, which is narrated in The Lay of Igor's Warfare. The charter of 1582 mentions that in those times Loshitsa court and Old Loshitsa belonged to the Druzky-Gorskys princes, who were the offsprings of Vseslav the Sorcerer. 

In 1701, they sold a part of their estate to the Radzivills princes, who built there a magnificent palace. 

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The river Svisloch. Legend

Once, in Minsk lived a young beauty. One day She met a handsome young man and could not tear herself away from his black curls. She looked into hia eyes and reallized how strongly she loved him. The lady spent a lot of time to charm the young man, however in vain. The young man did not reciprocate her feelings. The beauty realized that there was no place for her in his heart.

Once, early in the morning, the unhappy girl went to the bank of the river Svisloch. A strong wind was blowing, and the storm was coming. There, on the bank of the river, she saw her beloved man. He was sitting over the slough, the branches of the willow bending over him, another woman putting her arms round him and kissing his black curls. The girl came closer. She was horrified by what she had seen. Her own mother was hugging her beloved man. 

The beauty cried out of surprise. The mother saw her daughter and pushed her into the deep slough in a gust of wild jealousy. The young lady drowned and turned into the mermaid. In the evenings, from the bottom of the river, she saw how her beloved and mother lovingly kissed and hugged each other. She heard their passionate love oaths and merry laugh.

Many years have already passed, the persons ressponsible for her death are no longer alive, however, the heart of the beauty afires with unrequited love as before and her sorrowful song can be heard over the river Svisloch.

The small legend about Minsk

The legend about the origin of Minsk is connected with the construction of the giant mill on the banks of the river Svisloch. 

Long time ago, near the Vilensky mail route, settled down a mighty hero-healer Menesk. He built a huge stone mill on seven wheels on the river. The flour in those mill was grinded not from wheat but from stones. Every night Menesk travelled by his mill and gathered in his squad brave and strong young men, ready to progect their native land. Men-at-arms settled down close to Menesk. That's how the town was founded, and named after the legendary hero: Menesk - Mensk - Minsk.

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