Survey of the patrimony of Astravjets District (Mali, Filipany, Varnjany, Varona, Hjervjaty, Rymdzjuny, Hiry) and Smarhon’ District (Dehisi, Ivashkautsy, Hautsy, Navaspask, Kreva, Milejkava) 2016.
Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Астравецкага (Малі, Філіпаны, Варняны, Варона, Гервяты, Рымдзюны, Гіры) і Смаргоньскага (Дэгісі, Івашкаўцы, Гаўцы, Наваспаск, Крэва, Мілэйкава) раёнаў 2016 г.
Ruins of Kreva castle (site of the 1385 union of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish crown).
Site of one of the turning points in European history, Kreva castle fell into disrepair during the Russian imperial occupation of the Belarusian lands after the partitions of Poland. A Russian artillery barrage during World War I fighting between the imperial Russian and German armies ruined the remains. During the interwar period under the Second Polish Republic, Polish authorities carried out some work to reinforce the remaining walls. The occupying Soviet regime neglected the ruins from 1939 onward, although it did not obstruct archeological expeditions in 1970, 1985 and 1988. Belarusian volunteers carried out some conservation work in 2004 and since 2005 a local volunteer history group has promoted the site. Despite the castle’s historic value not only for Belarus but for Europe as a whole, the current regime in Belarus neglected the site until carrying out some heavy-handed conservation and clueless “restoration” work from 2019-21.
Руіны Крэўскага замка.
