“Heritage of the Umyastovskys”

Route: Subbotniks-Zhemyslavl
Route length: 54 km
Time of the route: 2 h 30 min.
Type: bus and walking tour
Type: historical
Organizer: Ivye Museum of National Cultures Management Company, the sports and tourism sector of the Ivye Regional Executive Committee.
Contacts: 801595 68035, 801595 69077
From the capital of the Ivye region, roads lead to the most interesting settlements of the Ivye region. The possessions of the Umyastovsky family of counts, an ancient Belarusian gentry family, which was widely known and respected among the gentry of Western Belarus, will not leave anyone indifferent.

Description of the main attractions along the route:
Subbotniks
The main attraction of the ag. Saturday is the church of St. Vladislav. The high three-tiered belfry is expressively drawn against the sky by a spire thinned to the size of a needle. The gate looks the same, built into a fence with chapels following one after another. The church was built by Vladislav and Yanina Umyastovsky. The still unfinished temple was consecrated in 1904. Its founder was buried in it, and then the remains of his relatives were brought into the tomb. This is reported by a memorial plaque installed in 1931 in the crypt of the church, where the family tomb of the Umyastovskys is located. On the tombstone intended for Ioannina (she prudently took care of him herself), there is neither name nor dates: the countess died far from the family nest – in Rome.

Zhemyslavl
The Umyastovskys’ estate is a monument of manor-park architecture of the 18th-19th centuries. The formation of the estate began in the 2nd half of the 18th century. Since 1805 the estate has been the property of the Umyastovsky family. The Umyastovsky Palace (1877) is a copy of the Warsaw palace of the last king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – Lazenok. Service and outbuildings are well preserved: an office, a glacier, a barn, stables, a distillery building. The landscape park is home to many exotic trees. One of them is the ash-tree of Zhemyslavl – a natural monument of national importance. In addition, there are a lot of small architectural forms in Zhemyslavl: drops, sculptures, memorial signs that illustrate pages from the life of the owners of the estate.
In the middle of the 20th century, a dam was built in Zhemyslavl on the Gavya River and a small hydroelectric power station began to operate. In 2010, the hydroelectric power station began operation again after reconstruction, with a total capacity of 120 kV. In the Soviet era, the board of the state farm was located in the Zhemyslavl Palace.