Orsha
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Orsha is a city in Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus.
Get in
Orsha is an active railroad hub.
See
Churches
Church of the Nativity of the TheotokosThe 17th-century church was destroyed in the Soviet times and rebuilt anew in its original form.
Church of St. JosephA Late Baroque church built in 1808. Altered in the 20th century.
Museums
Uladzimir Karatkevich MuseumA 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.