Bolshaya Berestovitsa

An urban settlement in the Grodno region of Belarus, located on the Berestovichanka River, 50 km southeast of Grodno. The inhabitants of the town took an active part in the uprising of Kastus Kalinouski. There is an assumption that the first issues of the Muzhitskaya Pravda newspaper were printed in the basement of the local church. After the uprising of 1863 was suppressed, many Catholic churches on the territory of modern Belarus were transferred to the Orthodox, and Catholic monasteries were closed. As of January 1, 2016, 5545 people lived in the urban settlement.