Novaye Pole: Manor House Ruins and Park History

Novaye Pole brings together several strands of local history: the former estate of the Drucki-Lubecki family, a 19th-century college building and a park tradition that is also reflected in the village festival. This offers different ways to plan a trip, with architecture, the park and events each providing their own points of interest.

College, Park and Manor House

The Novopolsky Agricultural-Economic College stands on the grounds of an old park. One of its educational buildings is an architectural monument dating from the 19th century. The combination of its present-day institutional use and the historic parkland gives this part of Novaye Pole a distinctive historical setting.

The ruins of the Drucki-Lubecki family manor house are on Studencheskaya Street. They are designated as an architectural monument and historic parkland, and are being restored. The manor house includes a small tower with tall, semicircular windows. Nearby stands a large barn that served as an icehouse; it is the only surviving old outbuilding beside the manor house. Parts of the historic plantings and fragments of a stone enclosure also remain in the park. Together, these features offer a glimpse of the main residence, its outbuildings and the park’s design.

The history of the former noble estate also includes its use by the Soviet commandant’s office of the 15th Border Troops Detachment. Among other things, defectors were received there, scouts were trained and smugglers were detained. A 2019 description also mentions the Museum of Combat and Labor Glory in the college dormitory. At the time, the display included several glass cases and a stand about the Drucki-Lubecki family.

Park, Flowers and Autumn Festival

The village festival’s origins are also linked to the old park. A 2018 report traces the start of the “Snails and Pumpkins of Novoye Pole” festival to residents working together to clean up the park and plant flowers. The pumpkin and snail are symbols of the autumn festival. One edition included activities such as mazes and races.

A walk-through maze was described in Novoye Pole’s flower park in 2025. Check whether visits are possible at your intended time. At the 2025 autumn festival, guests could see two ash trees and an oak almost 120 years old. This detail refers to the festival; it does not imply that the trees have protected status.

A sign at the park entrance, described in 2021, provided information about the manor house’s history and members of the historic family. It also showed a map of important sites in the village and surrounding area. Information on site may change.

Getting There and More Destinations

A travel option published in 2021 lists minibus route 1203 and buses 298 and 207 from Kamennaya Gorka metro station to the Novoye Pole stop, right by the park entrance. Check the current timetable before travelling.

Novoye Pole is part of a regional sightseeing route that connects the manor house ruins with Troskovshchina, Khmelevka, the “Stalin Line” Historical and Cultural Complex, Zaslavl, the Minsk Sea, Zhdanovichi, Semkovo and Syomkov Gorodok. This makes the village one of the listed highlights on a multi-stop trip.

Discover more destinations: Barauliany, Kalodziščy, Pigasovo, Stayki, Apčak, Halica, Pavelkovo, Osipovichi.

For the main travel overview: Minsk Oblast.