Orsha

city in Belarus

Orsha is a city in Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus.

Understand

Orsha is one of the oldest cities in Belarus. It dates back to 1060s.

Get in

Orsha is an active railroad hub.

  • ๐ŸŒ Orsha Central railway station (ะžั€ัˆะฐ-ะฆะตะฝั‚ั€ะฐะปัŒะฝะฐั). (updated Nov 2021)

Get around

See

Churches

  • ๐ŸŒ Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos. The 17th-century church was destroyed in the Soviet times and rebuilt anew in its original form. 
  • ๐ŸŒ Church of St. Joseph. A Late Baroque church built in 1808. Altered in the 20th century. 

Museums

  • ๐ŸŒ 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

Buy

  • ๐ŸŒ Orsha City (ะžั€ัˆะฐ-ัะธั‚ะธ), Sovetskaya Street 2B. M-Sa 07:00-23:00, Su 08:00-20:00. Shopping mall. (updated Aug 2022)

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