The Republic of Belarus
Basic information
The climate
Regions
Grodno region
Brest region
Gomel region
Mogilev region
Vitebsk region
Minsk region
This city is very beautiful. Minsk is famous for its National Library
Belarusian landscape
The place of natural beauty
The legend
Many years ago there lived a girl called Nara. She could sing very well and play the psaltery .She loved a young man and wonted to marry him. One day she was sitting near a large beautiful lake when a rich man saw her. He liked Nara so much that he wanted to marry her. As Nara had a groom she didn't to marry the rich man. But the rich man was very stubborn, and his servants killed Nara’s groom and took Nara to the rich man’s palace. The girl was so unhappy that when everybody was sleeping, she set fire to the palace , and ran away. When the rich man learned about it, he send his servants after Nara. As she couldn't run away from them, Nara dove into the lake anddied. From that time the lake was named Lake Naroch.