Guide-book “Belarus” Published in Russia

Moscow publishing house “Ayaks-Press” has issued a new guide-book “Belarus” as part of the series “Russian Guide – Polyglot”. The guide-book was prepared in cooperation with the Belarusian publishing house “Riftur”; the author of the articles is a columnist for “Turism i Otdykh” (“Tourism and Leisure”) Lyudmila Drik. Belarusian fashion model Veronika Malyavko graces the cover. The 108-page edition containing inter alia a map supplement reviews the sights of Belarusian cities and regions.

Moscow publishing house “Ayaks-Press” has issued a new guide-book “Belarus” as part of the series “Russian Guide – Polyglot”. The guide-book was prepared in cooperation with the Belarusian publishing house “Riftur”; the author of the articles is a columnist for “Turism i Otdykh” (“Tourism and Leisure”) Lyudmila Drik. Belarusian fashion model Veronika Malyavko graces the cover. The 108-page edition containing inter alia a map supplement reviews the sights of Belarusian cities and regions.

All information in the guidebook “Belarus” is divided into sections: “Historical Overview”, “Culture of Yesterday and Today”, “Belarusian cuisine”, “National parks”, “Accommodation”, “Transport”, “Activity Holidays”, “In Search for Health”, “Practical Advice”. The history of cities can be found in the chapters “Minsk and its outskirts – a big heart in Belarus”, “Vitebsk – in search for inspiration”, “Grodno – a walk around the royal city”, “Mogilev – a visit to the Stargazer”, “Polotsk – where Sophia floats over the Dvina”.

The guide-book also offers its readers 13 itineraries. Among them are tours to the places of the 1812-war events, a route through Gomel region, an itinerary “Castle Road” and others. The guide-book costs about 300 Russian rubles.

According to Lyudmila Drik, the work on the guide took a lot of time and was quite challenging. The customer had special requirements which were often revised and amended. “The guide-book describes the routes to the most visited places that are well known to all indifferent to travelling Belarusians. There one can find all well-known cities of Belarus and the most popular routes. The guide-book shows no unfamiliar or undiscovered places for tourists.

A mandatory requirement of the Moscow customer was to specify all transport facilities that can help you get to the place, so this point has received considerable attention. The guide has been considerably abridged though, in particular, some information from the itinerary “following the traces of the “forgotten war” (World War I), and various historical inserts telling about some interesting episodes of Belarusian history have been removed”.