Orsha - Vitebsk: train, bus, train
Two of these Belarusian cities share the distanceeighty-five kilometers. One of them - Vitebsk - is a city of regional importance, the second - Orsha - of regional importance. However, Orsha is not an ordinary regional center, it is one of the ten largest cities in Belarus. Between the cities of Orsha, Vitebsk there is good both railway and bus communication.
On the banks of the Dnieper
Orsha is located in the southeast of the Vitebsk region on the banks of the Dnieper River (the third in Europe by the area of the basin), or rather on the banks of two rivers. Here flows the Dnieper tributary - the river Orsitsa.
The first mention of Orsha was found in the "Tale of Bygone Years" in connection with military events dating from 1067.
Today Orsha is a large industrial center of the republic. Twenty-six enterprises work here. The population of the city is about one hundred forty thousand people.
The convenient location of Orsha enabled her to become aa major railway junction not only of Belarus, but also of Europe. Through the city there are trains to Warsaw, Berlin, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev and many other cities. There is no doubt that not one train passes through a segment of the route of Orsha - Vitebsk.
The city of Dvina
This is how Vitebsk can be called, which was founded in the place where two rivers merge - the Western Dvina and Vitba. This is the northernmost regional center of Belarus.
As the legend says, the city was founded by Princess Olga in 974.
Today it is located on an area of almost 125 hectares. The population is 372 thousand people.
In Vitebsk there are 233 objects included in thestate list of historical and cultural values. However, the city's world fame is connected with the names of avant-garde artists Mark Shagal, Yudel Pan, Kazimir Malevich, and also with the "Slavonic Bazaar."
The railway connection connects Vitebsk with Minsk, Warsaw, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev and other cities. Getting from Vitebsk to Orsha will not be very difficult.
From Vitebsk by train on the train
As they say, at any time of the day and night you cango on this route. Because of the proximity of distance, it is not necessary to choose long distance trains. So, often the "Vitebsk-Orsha" train runs. This electric train makes seven flights a day. The earliest is at 6.40. In the way the train is 1 hour 54 minutes and arrives in Orsha at 8.34.
The fastest train from Vitebsk leaves at 17.05, at 18.28 it arrives at the terminal station.
The latest train is at 20.23, in Orsha it is at 22.10. Still there are flights from Vitebsk at 8.25, 11.40, 14.56 and 17.20. Of course, there may be changes in the train schedule, so the departure time on a particular day should be clarified.
In the opposite direction: Orsha - Vitebsk
Seven flights make an electric train in the direction ofto Vitebsk. The first train departs from Orsha at 5.30 am and arrives at the terminal station at 7.27. The last - at 19.50 (arrival - at 21.43). Intermediate - 9.20, 12.18, 15.00, 17.52 and 19.15.
The electric train "Orsha - Vitebsk" on its way makes an average of eight stops.
You can ride on the train
Here the choice seems even more than on the train. You can choose among commuter and long-distance trains.
Suburban train "Vitebsk - Orsha" (diesel, asit is called in a simple way) walks, too, seven times a day. His first flight departs at 6.40, the last one at 20.23 (arrivals in 8.34 and 22.10, respectively). Being on the road in time is practically the same as for the "Vitebsk-Orsha" train. Diesel, however, some of its flights do not every day, but only on weekends. Therefore, you need to call the help desk before the trip. In the opposite direction from Orsha to Vitebsk the suburban train makes even on some days of the week even eight flights.
From Vitebsk via Orsha
The longest train journey is the "Vitebsk-Saratov" train, which lasts for 2 hours and 5 minutes.
As a rule, on the route Vitebsk - Orsha trainany destination does not more than one intermediate stop, most often it's Bogushevskaya. By the way, Vitebsk, like Orsha, in the routes of most of the trains is an intermediate station.
In the opposite direction, all the trains again passa segment of the route Orsha - Vitebsk, only some of them overcome it faster. For example, for 1 hour 11 minutes it is done by trains going to Murmansk from Brest, Gomel, Minsk and Kaliningrad.
Let's take the bus
If you want, you can get to Vitebsk from Orsha.motor transport. There coaches long distance bus routes: Dubrovno - Vitebsk, Gorki - Vitebsk, Bobruisk - Vitebsk and Orsha - Vitebsk. The bus overcomes the distance of eighty-five kilometers in almost the same time as the train.
If buses on the first three routes goonce or twice a day, then the last can be up to seven flights a day. To clarify the information before the trip, you should use the help of the information bus station.
Finally, the highway Orsha - Vitebsk, the distance between which these cities is calculated at eighty four kilometers, allows you to overcome it in 1 hour 23 minutes by car.
Attractions of Orsha and Vitebsk
Having visited Orsha, one can not help seeing outstandingmonuments of architecture and history. In the first place, tourists are attracted by the Jesuit collegium - an architectural monument of the seventeenth century, which is also located in the central part of the city. On the tower of the collegium there are watches, at a certain time they play beautiful melodies. By and large, Orsha can be called a city of monasteries. In this city there were a lot of them: Bernardine, Basilian, Franciscans, Trinitarian, Dominican ... Among the Orthodox, the most famous was the Holy Epiphany Kutais Monastery (1623). All these architectural monuments are partially preserved. But there is a watermill, a castle, a memorial complex "Katyusha" and others.
If Orsha was called a city of monasteries, then VitebskIs a city of temples. And they are more beautiful than each other, like the neighborhood around them. What is the view from the Kirov bridge across the Dvina to the Assumption Cathedral? There is also the Intercession Cathedral, the Assumption Church, the Euphrosyne's Church of Polotsk, the Church of Jesus the Most Merciful, the Church of the Resurrection and many others.
A trip from Orsha to Vitebsk can be a wonderful tourist trip.
