Orsha is a city in Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus.
Understand
[edit]Orsha is one of the oldest cities in Belarus. It dates back to 1060s.
Get in
[edit]Orsha is an active railroad hub.
- 1 Orsha Central railway station (Орша-Центральная).
Get around
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Map of Orsha
See
[edit]Churches
[edit]- 1 Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos. The 17th-century church was destroyed in the Soviet times and rebuilt anew in its original form.
- 2 Church of St. Joseph. A Late Baroque church built in 1808. Altered in the 20th century.
Museums
[edit]- 3 Uladzimir Karatkevich Museum. A small museum dedicated to a native of Orsha, poet and historical novellist Uladzimir Karatkevich (1930-1984). His "King Stakh's Wild Hunt", a sort of a gothic detective story in a 19th-century setting, is widely loved by Belarusian readers, and is translated into English.
Do
[edit]Buy
[edit]- 1 Orsha City (Орша-сити), Sovetskaya Street 2B. M-Sa 07:00-23:00, Su 08:00-20:00. Shopping mall.
Eat
[edit]Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 Hotel Orsha, Mira Street 11, ☏ +375 216 51 13 76, [email protected]. Single 50 rubles, double 65 rubles.