Lake Naroch - “Belarusian Sea. Lake Naroch in Belarus: recreation, photos and videos, where it is located on the map, the best sanatoriums for recreation Lake Naroch Belarus

Lake Naroch– this is not just another large body of water in Belarus. This " business card"a country whose fame has long crossed the borders of Belarus. And in last years and on the shores of this lake there is a trend: unequipped beaches are “occupied” local residents yes, Belarusian tourists, but the equipped part of the lake is occupied by foreign tourists, mainly, of course, Russians.

Naroch - the most large lake Belarus, its area is 79.6 km2. It is part of the group of Narochan lakes and is the most popular lake in the Myadel region. The depth of the lake is not very outstanding - an average of 8.9 meters, but in the area of ​​​​the Gatovsky pits maximum depth reaches 25 meters.

Lake Naroch occupies one of the first places among the lakes of Belarus in terms of transparency and purity of water. In summer, the transparency of the water allows you to see up to 5-7 meters deep into the water, and in winter – up to 10 meters. The water in Naroch is rich in oxygen and saturated with minerals (at least 200 mg/l). However, the cleanliness of the lake and its transparency (usually clear lakes have low food value) are not an obstacle to fishing. There are 25 species of fish in the waters of the lake. So fishing on Naroch will also leave a lot of pleasant emotions.

17 streams carry their waters into Lake Naroch, as well as the short channel Skema, connecting Naroch with Lake Myastro. The river of the same name flows out of Naroch. Lake Naroch is divided into two reaches (Small and Large) by the Nanosy Peninsula. Not far from the north-eastern part of the coast there is an island with an area of ​​6.2 hectares, declared a natural monument. A fifth of Lake Naroch has been overgrown, about 3% of the area is covered with thickets, but this does not interfere with recreation at all.

On the lake you can find great amount waterfowl. On the one hand, this is an opportunity for tourists to see rare and endangered birds, and on the other hand, it is an alarm signal for those who like to swim. The fact is that birds infect the waters of the lake with cercariasis. Therefore, you can only swim in Naroch from the pier, but getting your feet wet near the shore where birds swim is strictly prohibited.

Lake Naroch is historical place. As part of the First World War, in 1916, the famous Naroch offensive operation took place on the shores of the lake - the first successful attempt to liberate Belarus from the occupiers. And in 1935-1939, Lake Naroch was the subject of a fishing strike against the agricultural and tax policies of the Polish authorities.

As a place to relax in Belarus, Naroch is an excellent place. After all, Naroch - the most popular balneological and climatic resort Belarus, located within National Park"Narochansky". On its banks there are sanatoriums and health resorts (for example, the sanatorium “Naroch”, “Priozerny”, etc.) and estates (“Antonisberg Guest House and Camping”, “Narochansky Kutok”, “Narochansky Corner”, etc.). Everyone will find something to their liking on the shores of the beautiful Lake Naroch! In the hottest weather, a cool and pleasant breeze from the lake cools the air. The clear water of the lake and the greenery on its shores are pleasing to the eye and evoke the idea that a vacation in Belarus cannot be considered complete without visiting Lake Naroch.

Update date: December 16, 2013

Narochansky National Park in the Minsk region of Belarus is a whole kingdom of lakes. About 40 serene, transparent windows can be seen from a bird's eye view. Lake Naroch, nicknamed the Belarusian Sea, stands out separately. This huge natural reservoir is on the short list of popular resorts for Russians.


Researchers suggest that the name Naroch comes from the Lithuanian root nar, which is used in words related to water and diving.

The size of the pearl of Belarus is truly impressive: 41 km of shores with picturesque landscapes and 80 km of total area, so it is not always possible to see the opposite shore. Several thousand years ago, a giant glacier, retreating, collided with the Sventsyanskaya moraine ridge (a landform formed by melt water) and, having melted, remained here forever.

Another origin story Lake Naroch– more romantic, but also tragic at the same time. A long time ago, when there was no sign of Naroch, there was a dense, impenetrable forest on its territory. Only one hut stood on the outskirts. There lived a forester and his daughter Galina, a rare beauty and clever girl. Not a single fellow could pass her by, but she fell in love with Vasilko, a brave man and a jack of all trades. In order to completely conquer the heart of his beloved, the young man built a mirror from spring grains of sand, by peering into the depths of which he could find out his fate. One day, a rich and cruel old gentleman wooed Galina, but she, of course, refused him. Then the old man kidnapped his would-be bride. Cornflower sneaked up to the landowner at night and killed him, but the rich man’s servants rushed in pursuit. Distracting the attention of his pursuers, Vasilyok sent the girl home, and he himself led them deep into the forest. Having galloped on horseback to her hut, Galina saw ashes, only a magic mirror sparkled in the place of the burned house. Peering at it, the beauty saw a grave mound and crows circling above it - it was last refuge Cornflower... The girl screamed wildly and threw the mirror to the ground. Its fragments turned into a huge sad lake, and Galina herself turned into a seagull. To this day, in clear weather, you can see her circling over Naroch and calling for her Cornflower...

IN Lake Naroch flows into a couple of dozen streams and Skema, the most short river Belarus, and only one river originates - the namesake Naroch with abundant springs and steep banks. The waters - both lakes and rivers - are very clean, so there are huge fish stocks here. Pike, bream, perch and salmon more than once saved residents of nearby provinces from starvation during lean years. Terns and mute swans are found here, and moose, wild boar and roe deer live in the forests.

Nature itself, of amazing beauty, ordered Naroch to become a magnificent health resort, healing not only the body, but also the soul. The resort has numerous buildings of sanatoriums, holiday homes, camps and tourist centers. Clean well-maintained beaches crowded in warm weather, and there is no end to picnic lovers. Churches, ancient parks, the only working water mill in Belarus and the famous pilgrimage Budslav are nearby - holidaymakers never get bored.

Kaluga region, Borovsky district, Petrovo village



Located on the territory of the ethnoyard “Ukraine and Belarus” in the ethnographic park-museum “ETNOMIR”, it recreates the Belarusian folk style and welcomes guests with the warmth of log walls, an atmosphere of intimacy and reliability. Here everyone will feel at home and at the same time feel the flavor of the original culture of hospitable Belarus.

Intimate, cozy hotel-terem, only five rooms.

- for its colossal size, it was popularly called the “Belarusian Sea”.

I love you, Narach, flows and tones,
As soon as the thick fogs begin to disperse.
This snowy foam will ring on the praises,
Kissing dawns, quaking month.
Maxim Tank.

There are about 40 lakes concentrated on the territory of the Narochansky National Park. The largest of them - Lake Naroch - gained the glory of the “Belarusian Sea”.

This is not just another large body of water in Belarus. This is the “calling card” of the country, the fame of which has long crossed the borders of Belarus. This beautiful place For recreation, fishing And hunting. And in recent years, there has been a trend on the shores of this lake: unequipped beaches are “occupied” for recreation by local residents and Belarusian tourists, but the equipped part of the lake is occupied and rested there by foreign tourists, mostly, of course, Russians.

This body of water is so huge that in cloudy weather it is impossible to see the opposite shore beyond the horizon. Lake Naroch was formed several thousand years ago, when a retreating glacier, colliding with the Sventsyanskaya moraine ridge, melted and created a huge expanse of water, divided into a number of smaller reservoirs.

The largest lake in Belarus, its area is 79.6 km 2. It is part of the group of Narochan lakes and is the most popular lake in the Myadel region. The depth of the lake is not very outstanding - on average 8.9 meters, but in the area of ​​​​the Gatov pits the maximum depth reaches 25 meters.


Sasha Mitrakhovich 17.06.2015 00:07


On photo shores Lake Naroch .

It occupies one of the first places among the lakes of Belarus in terms of transparency and purity of water. In summer, the transparency of the water allows you to see up to 5-7 meters deep into the water, and in winter - even up to 10 meters. The water in Naroch is rich in oxygen and saturated with minerals (at least 200 mg/l).

However, the cleanliness of the lake and its transparency (usually clear lakes have low food value) are not an obstacle to fishing. There are 25 species of fish in the waters of the lake. So fishing on Naroch will also leave a lot of pleasant emotions.

The water in the lake is very clean, which creates conditions for growing salmon fish. In the distant 19th century, the fish stocks of Lake Naroch saved people from death: during the off-harvest years, residents of the Vilna province went hungry, and the population of coastal villages collected whole carts of bleak.

Today, 25 species of fish can become fisherman’s trophies: eel, tench, pike, bream, Amur carp, perch, etc.

There is no shortage of not only fish, but also birds on the lake. The mute swan, little tern and little grebe, rare for Belarus, nest here.

Amateur hunting and fishing on Lake Naroch is paid; permits are sold in the administration building of the Narochansky National Park. Hunters usually manage to shoot black grouse or wood grouse; the luckier ones take with them the antlers of elk, deer, roe deer, and wild boar.

For tourists vacationing in Naroch sanatoriums, excursions to the reserve are organized " Blue Lakes", to the village of Budslav, famous for its ancient history, and the village of Mosar with a magnificent arboretum and.


Sasha Mitrakhovich 17.06.2015 00:10


Read the legends of Lake Naroch in the Belarusian language: There are many places on earth that are magical and mysterious, but the land of lakes, forests and swamps is inspiration, a fairy tale. Without legends and fairy tales born by the people of the Naroch region, the story about it will not be complete. Several legends have been preserved only about Lake Naroch itself. The sad legend of the origin of Lake Naroch. 1. The legend about the river is connected with the origin of Lake Naroch. . .


Sasha Mitrakhovich 17.06.2015 00:13


On photo sunset over Lake Naroch.

17 streams carry their waters into Lake Naroch, as well as the short Skema channel, which connects Naroch with Lake Myastro. The river of the same name flows out of Naroch. Lake Naroch is divided into two reaches (Small and Large) by the Nanosy Peninsula. Not far from the north-eastern part of the coast there is an island with an area of ​​6.2 hectares, declared a natural monument. A fifth of Lake Naroch has been overgrown, about 3% of the area is covered with thickets, but this does not interfere with recreation at all.

On the lake you can find a huge number waterfowl. On the one hand, this is an opportunity for tourists to see rare and endangered birds, and on the other hand, it is an alarm signal for those who like to swim. The fact is that birds infect the waters of the lake with cercariasis. Therefore, you can only swim in Naroch from the pier, but getting your feet wet near the shore where birds swim is strictly prohibited.


Sasha Mitrakhovich 17.06.2015 00:16


Lake Naroch is also a historical place. As part of the First World War, in 1916, the famous Naroch offensive operation took place on the shores of the lake - the first successful attempt to liberate Belarus from the occupiers. And in 1935-1939, Lake Naroch was the subject of a fishing strike against the agricultural and tax policies of the Polish authorities.


Sasha Mitrakhovich 17.06.2015 00:20


Rest on Lake Narochanskoe.

As a place to relax in Belarus, Naroch is an excellent place. After all, Naroch is the most popular balneological and climatic resort in Belarus, located within the Narochansky National Park.

On its banks there are sanatoriums and health resorts (for example, the sanatorium “Naroch”, “Priozerny”, etc.) and estates (“Antonisberg Guest House and Camping”, “Narochansky Kutok”, “Narochansky Corner”, etc.).

Everyone will find something to their liking on the shores of the beautiful Lake Naroch! In the hottest weather, a cool and pleasant breeze from the lake cools the air.

The clear water of the lake and the greenery on its shores are pleasing to the eye and evoke the idea that a vacation in Belarus cannot be considered complete without visiting Lake Naroch.


Sasha Mitrakhovich 17.06.2015 00:22

The term kulgrynda came to us from ancient times, when our territory was inhabited by Baltic tribes. Kulgrynda is a paved road through a body of water (lake, swamp or river). As a rule, such a road had a winding shape and was laid under water for safety reasons; it could lead to a city or some kind of shrine.

The base of the kulgrynda was built from large stones with a diameter of 50-80 cm, stumps and tree trunks placed in water, or it was a complex structure of pine logs laid across, on which sand was poured on top. Upper layer it was made up of neatly stacked stones with a diameter of 10-20 cm. The sides of the kulgrynda were reinforced with pine or stone wedges, and, with the help of special grooves, they were protected from drifting with silt.

There is such a road on Lake Naroch. People call it Devil's rowing. The Narochanskaya kulgrynda is located at a depth of just over a meter from the surface of the water and rises at a height of about one and a half meters from the bottom of the lake. The length of the Chetrova row is about a kilometer, and its width allowed a cart drawn by four horses to pass.

There are also kulgrinds on Lake Svityaz and perhaps there were on the lake in Myadel.


emily 06.11.2015 14:18

Located in the Myadel region, the Naroch River basin, on the territory of the Naroch National Park. It is part of the Naroch group of lakes and is a resort area.

It is the largest natural reservoir in Belarus. Its area is 79.6 sq. km. At the same time, the depths in Naroch are small - an average of 8.9 m, and only in the southeast in the Gatov pits do they reach almost 25 m.

Length 12.8 km, maximum width 9.8 km, maximum depth 24.8 m, length coastline about 41 km. Water volume 710 million cubic meters. m. Drainage area 279 sq. km - 35% area under lakes, 25% under forest. 17 streams flow into the lake (Pronki, Kupa, Antonizberg, Simony, etc.) and a short river (channel) Skema from lake. Myastro, the river flows out. Naroch.

A basin of dammed type, by the Nanosy peninsula (ending with a spit), Lake Naroch is divided into the Small Reach (depth up to 18 m in the north-west) and the Big Reach in the south-east, with maximum depth in the Gatov pits. The bottom of the lake is relatively flat; there are areas raised almost to the surface. The deep-sea zone is lined with sapropel.

Naroch is located at an altitude of 165 m above sea level. The slopes of the lake in the north and northeast are formed by the rampart of the Sventsyansky ridges with a height of 45-50 m, in the south the lower South Narochansky ridge adjoins the lake. The shores are sandy and sandy-pebbly, steep and abrasive for 1/5 of the length (from 2 to 11 m high), in the southeast they are swampy and peaty in places. There are small coastal ridges. Off the northeastern coast is an island (6.2 hectares), declared a natural monument.

The coastal shallows are sandy, partly silted, with a lot of pebbles and boulders near the steep banks. 21% of the area is overgrown. lakes. The most overgrown is the Small Reach, in the northeastern part of which the width of the overgrowing strip is up to 2 km, in the Big Reach - from 5 to 350 m. Reeds and reeds grow to a depth of 1.5 - 2 m, covering less than 3% of the area. lakes, underwater vegetation, among which Characeae predominate, is distributed to a depth of 7.5 m, occupying 18% of the area. lake bottom.

It’s safe to say that Lake Naroch ranks first in Belarus in terms of water purity and transparency. The bottom, covered with sand and stone, can be seen up to 5-7 m in summer and up to 10 m in winter. The transparency and purity of the water indicate the low feeding qualities of the lake, but despite this, 25 species of fish are found here, including pike perch, eel, bleak, tench, burbot, silver bream, Amur carp and others. The catches are usually dominated by bream, pike, and roach. The lake is also home to eel, as well as Naroch vendace - selyava. High quality water makes it possible to breed whitefish here, the fry of which are hatched from eggs in special fish nurseries - ponds on south coast lakes.

Throughout the year, the water is well saturated with oxygen, mineralization is less than 200 mg/l.
In order to preserve the wealth of the lake, a set of protective measures is provided - a water protection zone with special treatment use of natural resources.

Fluctuations in water level throughout the year are up to 40, sometimes up to 70 cm. During floods, the lake area increases by 2%. Average monthly temperature surface layers of water in June 16.9 °C, July - 18.9, August - 18.7 °C.

The lake is distinguished by a wealth of waterfowl; nesting on it and in its environs, rare for Belarus, is the mute swan, lesser tern, osprey, and lesser grebe. Research and monitoring of the state of the lake is carried out by the Naroch Lake and Biological Stations.

The material was prepared by order of the Ministry of Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Belarus