Photo-reporting 2: An excursion of a Polish group of tourists to Belovezhskaya Pushcha in the framework of the Project "Pushcha for bicycles", April 21-22, 2007

On April 21-22, 2007 a tourist trip of Polish naturalists and activists for nature protection to visit cities of Brest and Kamenetz, as well as the Belarusian part of Belovezhskaya Pushcha was held within the framework of the Project "Pushcha for bicycles". Polish colleagues have come to see the reserved Belovezhskaya Pushcha and to learn the experience on protection of wild reserved nature. What have they seen? Please, look and read about this in the photo-reporting below.

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A tourist program in Belarus is launched from visiting the city of Brest, from visiting the Rescued Values' Museum. Many value things were confiscated when the crossing the border, however many of them have been managing to be taken out the country…
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These are icons which were illegally taken out from Belarus. These are icons which were illegally taken out from Belarus.
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Ancient church books with the silver and gold cover. Ancient church books with the silver and gold cover.
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There are a lot of beautiful churches in the city of Brest. There are a lot of beautiful churches in the city of Brest.
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There are a lot of beautiful churches in the city of Brest. A Vladimir Lenin's monument like in times of communism still towers in the front of the building of the Regional Executive Committee.
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During the visiting of the Train Museum. During the visiting of the Train Museum.
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During the visiting of the Train Museum. It's interesting to touch control levers in a steam locomotive.
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Attributes of railwaymen of the Soviet times are also kept here. Attributes of railwaymen of the Soviet times are also kept here.
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Memoirs from "happy" childhood. Visiting the Brest Hero-Fortress, a central entrance.
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A defender-soldier monument and a bayonet statue. A Kholmskie gate of the Fortress.
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Ruins of the Fortress after being conserved. A restored church in the Fortress.
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The Berestie Museum represents the most ancient settlement in the area of the today's Brest. The Berestie Museum represents the most ancient settlement in the area of the today's Brest.
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A shape of the first settlement in Berestie. A guide of the Museum tells about expositions.
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Exchange of impressions pending dinner in a city's cafe. Building of the new church in the village of Kamenyuki in Belovezhskaya Pushcha comes to the end.
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Inside of the Museum of Nature of the National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha". The Polish group together with the guide Natalia Rusakova (in red with a pointer) before to begin excursion in the Museum of Nature.
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A bison "Puginal" is the first to meet visitors of the Museum. A Museum's exposition with bison.
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An exposition of the best elk antlers. An exposition of the best red deer antlers.
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The Museum of Nature from the top. The group guided by Lyudmila Grechanik, the director of the Museum who has specially come breaking her weekend day off, is going to a National Park's tourist bus.
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The travel through Belovezhskaya Pushcha. There are a lot of stumps along tourist routes and stacks of wood cut down are sometimes available.
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The largest artificial lake of the Belarusian part of Belovezhskaya Pushcha is called Lyadskoe. Pleasure is to lie on sand. People say that beaches will be here.
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Grazyna Jakimiuk (to the left) has discussion with the director of the Museum of Nature Lyudmila Grechanik (to the right) and the guide Oksana Bogaleisha. Old imperial eagles on the central road going from Belarus to the Polish village of Bialowieza.
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Being like an eagle… Cuttings, cuttings, cuttings… Where if the true Belovezhskaya Pushcha?
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Near a huge giant oak. Near a huge giant oak.
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Near a huge giant pine. Near a residence of Belarusian Grandfather Frost.
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Many sites of the ancient forest are replaced by man-made plantations. Stefan Jakimiuk, the head of the project "Pushcha for Bicycles", thanks Lyudmila Grechanik, the director of the Museum of Nature, for support and "top"-attention during the excursion.
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In the village of Kamenyuki: a House of Culture was here at one time… Coming back from Belovezhskaya Pushcha, Heorhi Kazulka, the former deputy director of the National Park on science, tells about Belovezhskaya Pushcha about what employees of the Park are afraid to say…
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We turn to the town of Kamenetz: a shape of the ancient Kamenetz tower. At the top of the ancient Kamenetz tower.
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A picture which shows a shape of the tower in the ancient times. A cut-model of the Kamenetz tower: the shape from the ancient times.
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An exposition with weapon in the museum of the Kamenetz tower. Armour of a medieval knight.
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The arms of the Gidemin's times (the 14-th century). The Family Sapegy's arms (the 15 to 17 centuries).
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The Family Witowt's arms (the 14 to 15 centuries). The view of the river Lesnaya from the top of the Kamenetz tower.
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The view of the town of Kamenetz from the top of the Kamenetz tower. The Holy Semeon Church.

Photos made by Janusz Antinow (Poland), 21 - 22 April of 2007

To see more about this trip in the photo-reporting by the Belarusian photo-amateur Heorhi Kazulka