Archbishop's Palace
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Archbishop Stanislav Bogush Palace-Sestrentsevicha - an architectural monument of the XVIII century. The palace is a two-storey stone building, built in the classical style.

After the partition of Poland in 1772 in the Russian Empire entered the land on which there were about a million people of the Catholic religion. Empress Catherine II issued a decree on the establishment of Russian Catholic episcopate with residence in the city of Mogilev. His head became Stanislav Bogush-Sestrentsevich - A prominent Catholic religious activist, educator and writer. Rights Bogush-Sestrentsevicha were confirmed Nuncio Giovanni Andrea Archetti, authorized by Pope Pius VI.

Mogilev built for the bishop's residence. Bogush-Sestrentsevich also founded in Mogilev printing house and seminary. This printing press published scientific, official, educational, reference and fiction books. It was first used by Russian civil fonts.

In 1857, the former residence of the Archbishop of fire occurred. As a result, the building burned down completely, there was only charred brick box. At the auction, the ruins of almost 20 thousand rubles bought a wealthy merchant Shmerke Zuckerman. After renovation, the building was handed over to the local Jewish community at the synagogue.

In 1925, despite repeated requests, the government submitted the Jews of Mogilev, the synagogue from the community selected.

In our time, the former residence of the Archbishop and the former synagogue train the Olympic reserve of the Republic of Belarus - here is the sports school.

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