The history of the Zavolochysky estate, - says Tamara Georgievna, - began in 1886, when a surveyor, infantry general Joseph Zhilinsky decided to settle here. The fact is that his wife Antonina owned an estate in the Palace (five kilometers from Zavolochy). But the Palace was far from the Moscow-Warsaw highway, which was inconvenient for Zhilinsky's frequent trips. Therefore, it was decided "behind the portages" (on the site of modern Zavolochychi), closer to the highway, to build a new house and a distillery. But, before starting construction, the general decided to carry out land reclamation on this territory, because there was a continuous swamp here. Soon a whole network of various reclamation canals was built, drainages were laid. Today, of course, many channels are no longer working, but there are still existing ones. The largest canal starts from the village of Polyana, reaches the pond in Zavolochychi, flows into it, and then goes to Ptich. By the way, there is a sluice in the pond, which can be opened and all the water can be drained into the river, if, for example, the pond needs to be cleaned. In addition to canals, the drainage system also includes drainage - the entire territory of the village and around it is covered with clay pipes, which were put into clay casings and buried in the ground.

Read more at: glusk.by/2017/06/zavolochicy-istoricheskoe-znachenie-i-turisticheskij-potencial

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