Lelchitsy

The urban settlement of Lelchitsy is situated on the Ubort river 215 kilometers away from Gomel. It was fisst mentioned in 1569.

The Church of the Holy Intercession (1797) in the village of Pribolovichi is the monument of wooden architecture. In the villages of Borovoye, Miloshevichi, Zabolotye, Dzerzhinsk, Glushkovichi tourists can find pagan cross-like stone images. In 1995 the Church of the Holy Dormition was built in Miloshevichi. The Stalin Line Mozyr Fortified Zone crosses the territory of Lelchitsy district (70 kilometers long, 45 permanent fire positions).

Nature is extremely beautiful here. There are numerous natural reserves in this area: the Bukchansky Biological Reserve (national status), local hydrological reserves Berin, Zaruchevye, Zasadishche, Lokhnitskoye, Lelchitskoye, Lugovoye, Manchitskoye, Nevitsa, Rechitsa, Topilovskoye; and the part of the Pripyatsky National Park. In the village of Danilevichi you will find the tsar-oak, the natural monument of national status.