Danyluk Oleg Ivanovich
About me and my experience
My name is Oleg. I am a licensed tour guide, a person who is really in love with Polotsk. I will try to turn your trip into a real adventure. Want to follow the footsteps of princes, soldiers and geniuses? Then join us. As they say, “The past does not die.” It is waiting to be told.”
My services and offers
We'll walk through an amazing city that will talk to you, and I'll just help you hear it. Polotsk is a place where layers of epochs are intertwined so closely that behind each facade there are a thousand stories. Ready to embark on a journey where medieval temples, Jesuit mysteries and the whispers of pagan gods will become your companions?
1. We will see the St. Sophia Cathedral, the first stone church on the territory of Belarus, reveal the secrets of its “plinth”, hear the echo of prayers of the XI century, and also learn where the first temple of Eastern Europe disappeared.
2. Let's take a walk at the Upper Castle. Let’s follow the footsteps of sensational excavations, imagine what it looked like in different periods of history and find out why archaeologists call this place “Belarusian Troy”.
3. Let us plunge into the fate of legendary personalities: Prince Vseslav the Sorcerer, the enlightener of Ephrosyne Polotskaya, the poet Simeon of Polotsk.
4. We explore the earthen rampart of Ivan the Terrible, the fortifications of the XVI century and learn about the events that took place here during the devastating Livonian War.
5. We will examine Borisov stone - a magical artifact of the XII century. Touch the mysterious signs, try to “wake up” ancient spells and make a wish at the boulder, survived the kings, Napoleon and world wars.
6. We will get acquainted with the history of the legendary Jesuit college, the real “Harvard” of Eastern Europe and find out why Polotsk had the most advanced educational system.
7. We will walk along Skorin Avenue and see the monument to the “genius from the shadow of centuries”.
.8 Visit Freedom Square, a mirror of the ages. We will see the Stalin Empire, the column-memorial to the heroes of 1812 and the place where the market with the London and Paris hotels once boiled.
9. We will visit the geographical center of Europe and take photos where parallels of fates converge.
10. We will get to the unique monument to the letter “SH” and learn how this letter became a marker of the Belarusian language.
11. Walk through a real street-museum, where each building is a page of history.
