A historic brewery from the Svyatski family estate is being sold for one base value. Yanka Kupala also worked on the same estate

According to information from the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange platform, five capital buildings have been put up for auction on October 29. The market value of the complex at the end of 2022 was estimated at 2.9 million rubles. Now the starting price of each lot has been reduced to one base value (40 rubles).

The following objects are offered for acquisition:

• main two-story brick building of the distillery (1890, 1502 sq. m);
• dairy building (1913, 162 sq. m);
• three-story warehouse (1913, 779 sq. m);
• grain warehouse (1913, 1764 sq. m);
• alcohol storage (1900, 75 sq. m).

Standard conditions for architectural monuments are provided for the buyer: it is necessary to develop project-estimate documentation within one year, and to complete repair and restoration work within five years from the date of concluding the agreement. Land plots with a total area of more than 1 hectare are transferred for lease without an additional auction. After restoration, the buildings can be used for entrepreneurial activity or for housing socio-cultural and administrative institutions.

The exhibited buildings are the industrial part of the estate in Stara Belitsa (modern agrotown Polymya). Even before the early XX century, a mill and a farm operated here, producing butter and cheese under the brand "Dobra Bielica, K. Swiackiego". The building, converted into a brewery (distillery), continued to operate as an enterprise of the "Polymya" state farm during Soviet and post-Soviet times until 2002.

The manor complex itself also holds great historical value. Even before the lands passed to the Svyatski family, Anna Bartashevich, wife of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Chancellor Jan Hlebowicz, and Hetman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Jan Sapieha lived here.

The classicist estate experienced its architectural flourishing under Karol Svyatski at the beginning of the XX century. In 1909-1911, an octagonal tower, designed by the Poznań architect Vladislav Michkovsky, was added to the palace. The ground floor housed the owner's son's sculpture workshop. Each brick of the new building was marked with the monogram "KS" (Karol Svyatski). The palace interiors were adorned with valuable paintings, among which was Valentin Vankovich's painting "Napoleon by the Fire", and the library numbered about 3 thousand volumes.

From 1903 to 1904, the future classic of Belarusian literature, Yanka Kupala, worked on the estate, performing duties as a teacher and junior clerk. Later, a memorial plaque in honor of the poet was installed on the manor building.

The estate was taken under state protection in 1976. Attempts to revitalize the historical complex had already been made: in 2009, a letter of intent was signed with a Latvian company that planned to create a cultural and business center and a hotel, but the project remained unrealized.

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