Barysaw
Infrastructure
Town’s coordinates
Barysaw town, Barysaw district, Minsk region, 222511.
Latitude – 54.21443, longitude – 28.50844.
Distance to all other locations of our route in kilometers
Zembin – 29 km
Smilavichy – 78 km
Navahrudak – 231 km
Lyubcha – 236 km
Izabielin (Padarosk) – 343 km
Krynki – 401 km
Bialystok – 434 km
Orla – 457 km
Tykocin – 463 km
Local guides and local historians in Barysaw
For a tour, contact the local museums: the Barysaw State United Museum (67 Revalyutsyi Ave., Barysaw, Barysaw district, Minsk region; Phone: +375 177 73-25-23), and the “House-manor of I. Kh. Kaladzeyev” Museum (Address: 30 Gadow ULKSM st., 8, Barysaw, Barysaw district, Minsk region; Phone: +375 17 776-77-80, +375 44 550-02-10).
Museums in Barysaw
Barysaw State United Museum
This museum has an impressive collection of more than 57,000 museum objects. The exposition consists of six halls, in which you can trace the important periods of the history of Barysaw region. Its basis is the theme of the war of 1812. At the same time, the museum has household items related to Barysaw’s Jewish life. Do not hesitate to ask the museum staff about them.
Address: 67 Revalyutsyi Ave., Barysaw, Barysaw district, Minsk region.
Phone: +375 177 73-25-23.
Link: http://borisov.museum.by
“House-manor of I. Kh. Kaladzeyev” Museum
The manor house in which Ivan Khrysanfavich Kaladzeyev, landowner, historian, researcher of Barysaw region during the war of 1812, lived and worked at the beginning of the 20th century. The collection of the Kaladzeyev manor house has about 1,000 exhibits and is divided into several exhibition halls. One of them is dedicated to the Jews of Barysaw region. Documents, religious objects, musical instruments, stories will help you to understand the local history more deeply.
Address: 30 Gadow ULKSM st., 8, Barysaw, Barysaw district, Minsk region.
Phone: +375 17 776-77-80, +375 44 550-02-10.
Link: https://www.instagram.com/usadbai_kolodeeva
Jewish cult buildings and places of power in Barysaw
The Great Synagogue. 49 III Internatsionala st. Built at the beginning of the 20th century from bricks. During the Soviet era, the House of Pioneers and Schoolchildren was located here. In 1962, a reconstruction was carried out, as a result of which the facades were completely changed, including the destruction of the original decorative elements.
Coordinates: 54.243606, 28.505035.
The Hewre Tylim Synagogue. 41 Lapatsina st. Built in 1911 on the site of an old synagogue, and in 1670, a Jewish school existed on approximately the same site. At the new synagogue, there was a Talmud-Torah Jewish school.
In 1994, with the official permission of the Barysaw Town Executive Committee, the “Sviatlo Menory” (“Menorah Light”) Educational Society installed a protective sign on the building with the inscription: “Ministry of Culture of Belarus. Hewre Tylim Synagogue. Built in 1911. Monument of architecture. Protected by the state”; however, as of 2022, the building was not included in the State List of Historical and Cultural Values of the Republic of Belarus. More info here
Coordinates: 54.244542, 28.502594.
The Talmud Torah Jewish school. 39 Lapatsina st. Building of the early 20th century. The architectural ensemble, represented by the Hewre Tylim Synagogue and the Talmud Torah school, may have had a closed courtyard and a fence. It is possible that the synagogue and the school were built at the same time. The facades of the buildings are almost identical: decorated with stucco ornamentation of the Mohammedan pattern mixed with classical Greco-Roman forms. The influence of national local traditions is felt in the architecture.
The school building is approximately three times larger than the synagogue in terms of area, and is T-shaped in plan. The time when Talmud Torah was closed is unknown. All further surrounding buildings were erected, most likely, in the post-war period. In the 70s, there was a city library in the building of the former Jewish school. An excerpt from the reference “Jewish school in Barysaw: Brief historical information” is available at
Coordinates: 54.244303, 28.502618.
Synagogue. 78 Kamsamolskaya st. Built in the end of the 19th or the beginning of the 20th century. Now the former synagogue is used as a shopping and office facility.
Coordinates: 54.244446, 28.505862.
Jewish cemetery. Between Zaslonava, 1 Maya, Novaya and Vitebskaya streets. The cemetery was founded in 1931. To the left of the entrance, in the pre-war years, only women were buried, and to the right, men. In the post-war period, this order was no longer followed. n 1973, the town’s executive committee closed the cemetery for burials. In 2006, the community received a permit for burials in the graves of relatives in agreement with the executive committee. There are more than 700 burials in the cemetery. The famous Jewish poet Hirsh Kamyanetski, who died in 1957 at the age of 62, is buried here. Next to him, within the same fence, lies his wife. There is an inscription in Yiddish on the monument.
Three pogroms were committed at this cemetery in the last twenty years: in 1998, 2004 and 2008. As a result, 66 monuments were toppled and broken. 62 of them have not been restored. Read more about the history and current state of the cemetery here and here.
Coordinates: 54.21038, 28.50901.
Jewish cemetery. On the northern edge of the town, Marozava, Puhachova and Zarechnaya streets. The cemetery was founded in the middle of the 19th century. There are more than 2,500 burials on a total area of 4.5 hectares. At the beginning of the cemetery there is a monument to the victims of Stalin’s repressions, on which the names and surnames of Barysaw Jews are engraved. The monument was erected on the initiative of Alexander Rosenblum, a local historian, one of the organizers of the modern Jewish community of Barysaw, now a resident of Israel.
In 1972, the well-known Minsk rabbi Yeruham Yehuda Leib Perelman (1833-1896), his wife Leia and daughter Feiga together with her husband, Rabbi Eliezer Rabinovich, were reburied at this cemetery. The reburial was caused by the final liquidation of the Jewish cemetery in Minsk near the Dinamo stadium. Read more here and here.
Coordinates: 54.258398, 28.495093.
Memorial at the place of execution of ghetto prisoners. Lapatsina street, on the left side of the Barysaw-Zembin highway. Opposite the 2nd hospital at 170 Lapatsina st. About 10,000 Jews from Barysaw, Barysaw district, as well as other regions of Belarus and European countries, who were shot on October 20-21, 1941 during the liquidation of the ghetto, are buried in the forest. The monument was erected in 1947. More details at.
Coordinates: 54.272967, 28.486437.
Sign in memory of the prisoners of the Jewish ghetto of Barysaw. At the intersection of Lapatsina and Ibarruri streets, near the building at the address: 107 Ibarruri st. The stone was installed in 1996 at the place where the central entrance to the ghetto was located in 1941.
Coordinates: 54.252738, 28.504491.
Architectural units and other interesting places in Barysaw that can be seen on the way
Resurrection Cathedral. 34 Lapatsina st. Before the construction of the modern cathedral, there was a wooden Orthodox Resurrection Church built in 1620-1648, which burned down in 1865 or 1867. The stone cathedral (1874) with a bell tower (1907) was built in the middle of the market square in the retro-Russian style.
Coordinates: 54.245243, 28.504731.
Catholic Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 28 III Internatsionala st. The first wooden building of the church, built in the 17th century, burned down in 1806. Immediately after the fire, the construction of a new stone building began, which was completed in 1823. In 1836-1837, it was partially rebuilt: a tower was made on the front facade instead of columns with a portico. In the 1930s, the church was closed, but during the Second World War, it was active. In the post-war period, the tower was partially dismantled. It was restored in the 1990s, and the temple was returned to the Catholics.
Coordinates: 54.241771, 28.505767.
Shopping row. 38 Lapatsina st. Built in 1908 from brick and consisted of four buildings with 112 shops. Now only one building is preserved, which is used for trade.
Coordinates: 54.246177, 28.504615.
Shukhawskaya tower. At the intersection of Gastela and Engels streets. The water tower was built according to the project of the Russian engineer Vladimir Shukhov (1853-1939) in 1927. Shukhawskaya tower in Barysaw is one of the two preserved in Belarus. Another one is located near the Kohanava railway station in the village of Zvinyachy, Talachyn district, Vitebsk region.
Coordinates: 54.21491, 28.521435.
Transport to Barysaw
Bus or minibus
Regular public and private carriers (buses and minibuses) to Barysaw stop in Minsk near the Dana Mall shopping center at 9 Piatra Mstislawtsa st. (Uskhod metro station). They leave every 15-20 minutes.
You can get on a bus or minibus from Barysaw to Minsk at the Barysaw bus station at 35 Budawnikow st.
Information desk of the bus station in Barysaw:
+375 17 773-02-22.
Train or suburban train
Check the schedule of trains and suburban trains on the website of the Belarusian Railways. You can also buy electronic tickets there.
Food (cafés, shops)
“Irish Pub” beer restaurant
Address: 32А Vatutsina st., Barysaw, Barysaw district, Minsk region.
Phone: +375 44 766-10-89, +375 17 775-57-55.
Coordinates: 54.222716, 28.488452.
Link: https://irish-pub.by
“Margarita” pizzeria
Address: 46 Revalyutsyi Ave., Barysaw, Barysaw district, Minsk region.
Phone: +375 177 76-97-40.
Coordinates: 54.224806, 28.511117.
“Martin” steak and dumplings bar
Address: 47 Chapayeva st., Barysaw, Barysaw district, Minsk region.
Phone: +375 29 345-60-60.
Coordinates: 54.207685, 28.501415.
Link: https://martincafe.by
“Kofeblinka” café
Pancakes, donuts and other desserts.
Address: 32 Revalyutsyi Ave., Barysaw, Barysaw district, Minsk region.
Phone: +375 177 96-26-26.
Coordinates: 54.223395, 28.517522.
“Daikon” sushi bar
Address: 32 Revalyutsyi Ave., Barysaw, Barysaw district, Minsk region.
Phone: +375 29 332-62-68.
Coordinates: 54.223395, 28.517522.
Rest (hostels, hotels, etc.)
“Bivak” hotel
During the expedition, we spent the night in “Bivak”, so we confidently recommend it to you. Comfortable rooms, a hall in historical style with hand paintings. The homestead has delicious home-made food with several options of breakfasts on the menu and vegetarian dishes. You can order food for the whole day according to your taste. A good break from the city: nature and peace around.
Address: 3B Dudzinka village, Barysaw district, Minsk region.
Phone: +375 29 170-18-12.
Coordinates: 54.263939, 28.455790.
Link: http://bivak.by
“Dudzinka City” hotel
Another good option without “Soviet heritage” outside the town in nature.
Address: 8 Sasnovaya st., Dudzinka village, Barysaw district, Minsk region.
Phone: +375 29 390-68-81.
Coordinates: 54.263589, 28.458991.
Link: http://dudinkacity.by
“Berezina” hotel
Traditional district hotel. Of the plus sides – location in the town center and prices.
Address: 4 Revalyutsyi Ave., Barysaw, Barysaw district, Minsk region.
Phone: +375 177 73-13-27.
Coordinates: 54.220900, 28.527870.
(Infrastructural information was prepared by: Victoria Lapanik, Ksenia Tereshkova)
