The Park-Museum "Grand Duchy of Sula"

At that time, it belonged to the Radziwill family, who often came to Sula for hunting. The last owners of Sula were the noble Lenski family – the estate belonged to the family from the second half of the 18th century until 1939, after which it was seized by Soviet authorities.

Over the following 60 years, the Lenskis’ ancestral home fell into decay, and the buildings were partially destroyed. In the early 2000s, a decision was made not just to restore the noble estate, but to create a cultural and historical park on the site of the former manor complex. In 2012, the history park "The Grand Duchy of Sula" opened its doors to the first visitors.

The park-museum in Sula is a venue where exhibitions from different epochs of Belarusian history are collected. Here you can see the site of ancient human settlement, a pagan temple, stroll through the medieval quarter, visit the Jesuit collegium, peek into the craft workshops, or the hall of noble glory.

All the sites in the park are interactive. Visitors are offered not just to look at the objects, but to take an active part in various historical activities – to shoot a bow, create craft items, or travel on a drakkar.

Most of the objects in the park are not historical structures, but new constructions. However, on the territory there are also reconstructed buildings from the 18th-19th centuries – the manor-museum and the Lenski family mausoleum, the former stable, where the "Royal Assembly" is now located. The interactive history park can be visited both as part of organized tours and individually.

What awaits guests at the historical park in Sula?

The "Grand Duchy of Sula" park is a place that will interest people of all ages. Here, you can spend weekends with family or friends, organize corporate leisure activities with colleagues, or arrange an exciting tour for guests from other countries.

Within the park’s premises, there are 5 hotels in different historical styles. Guests can stay in a wooden house of a Varangian, decorated in the style of medieval Scandinavian dwelling, or a boutique hotel that transports its guests back to the times of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Interesting objects located on the park's territory include:

1. Sula Distillery – where an authentic 19th-century distillation apparatus is housed. Starka – a traditional Slavic alcoholic beverage – is still produced here, and guests of Sula can taste and purchase it for themselves.
2. The Varangians’ Harbor – an installation on the riverbank dedicated to the warrior-traders who formed large settlements on the territory of our country, which later grew into the first principalities.
3. The Megalithic Culture Site – featuring cromlechs, ritual stone structures from the Stone Age.
4. The Primitive Man Site, which tells about the everyday life of our ancient ancestors.
5. The Slavic Cults Site, dedicated to ancient pagan beliefs.
6. The Medieval Quarter, where the Sula Castle, a watchtower, a water mill, pottery, blacksmith, and stone workshops are located.
7. The Collegium – its exposition introduces visitors to the educational activities of the Jesuits.
8. The Belarusian Shtetl Museum – recreating the life of Belarusian, Jewish, and Tatar rural residents of the 19th century, who lived on the territory of our country. On site, there is also a bread and cheese museum, weaving and hat-making workshops.
9. The Hall of Noble Glory, which houses more than two thousand Belarusian noble coats of arms.
10. The Lenskis’ Manor Complex – where guests of the manor will learn about the history of the last owners of Sula.

The Interactive History Park offers guests:

• Guided tour programs dedicated to the history of Belarus;
• Boat trips on a Viking ship along an improvised route "from the Varangians to the Greeks";
• Watching batleika – a performance of traditional Belarusian puppet theater;
• Helicopter flights over the park;
• Horseback riding;
• Bicycle rides;
• Fishing;
• Archery;
• Quad biking;
• Rides on a horse-drawn railroad;
• Rental of gazebos with barbecue facilities.

On the territory of the park, there are cafes and restaurants with Belarusian national cuisine, as well as a SPA complex.

The "Grand Duchy of Sula" park-museum is located 55 kilometers from Minsk towards Dzerzhinsk. You can get to Sula independently by car or by suburban buses, which depart from the "Yugo-Zapadnaya" bus station.