Around Vankovich's

The Vankovich House - the manor of 18 century, nobleman' house of the family of the Vankovich (Wankowicz).

Walenty Wilgelm Wankowicz - is one of the few Belarusian artists, who not only left his mark on the culture of his Motherland, but also won popularity far beyond its borders.He was born on May, 12 (old style) 1800 on the country-estate of Kalyuzhitsy, Igumen Uyezd, Minsk Guberniya into a family of a hereditary Uyezd judge Melkhior Wankowicz and Scholastyka Goretska, sister of the poet Anton Goretsky, who was persecuted after the uprising of 1830. The Wankowiczes were related to many szlachta families of Belarus - the Ordas, the Korsaks, the Malewskis, the Mickiewiczes, the Moniuszkos, the Towianskis.