The city Kletsk has a long history. The first annalistic mention of it dates back to 1127. In those days he was already a centre of the Principality, which was owned by Prince Vyacheslav ya. As often happened in the middle ages, the town grew up around a feudal castle. The castle was built on the captured Slavic lands, where from time immemorial settled tribes dregovichy. A rich trading town, built on the high Bank of the river DOE at all times was a welcome prey to the princes, chiefs and hordes, so repeatedly Kletsk was totally destroyed and was rebuilt.
The second world war caused serious damage to the ancient Dumpling, destroying and Bezobrazov priceless monuments of history and architecture. And yet, now we can see evidence of the city with a difficult fate alive and well, preserving and restoring the ancestral heritage.
The history of the region can be found in the Museum of the history of Klecany. Here will tell you in detail about how he lived and developed city which is famous for the victory gained under its walls, many times the city was burned and looted. You can see original art by local artists, ancient life, the most interesting archaeological finds.
Admire the majestic Church of the resurrection, a converted Dominican Church, built in Baroque style. The Church was built in 1776 and consecrated in honour of the Annunciation of the virgin Mary. At the battle of Kletsk cemetery is another Orthodox Church of the 1876 building. It is built in the popular at that time Russian retrospective style.
Once there stood a majestic Trinity parish Church, but in the last war it was destroyed – there are only ruins left. Modern Catholic community of the city big and rich, so the Catholics built a new Trinity Church – a miracle of modern architecture in the Gothic revival style.
About the times when in Kletsk was used as a military garrison, tells former barracks and hospital. They built military strictly and soundly.
In a city many Jews lived, they thrived in trade and crafts. Until 1939, when Kletsk in the Western part of Belarus was annexed to the USSR, there were yeshiva (the highest religious school). Now this building store. To this day preserved the ancient Jewish cemetery.
The city's history is closely connected with the Crimean Tatars. Here occurred the devastating Tatar invasion, but there were trade visitors. Now in Kletsk there is a rather large Muslim community with a place for a house.
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