Viskuli (russian: Вискули́, be, Віскулі, pl, Wiskule) is a hunting estate in
Belavezhskaya Pushcha, in
Pruzhany Raion,
Brest Voblast,
Belarus, named after the former ''
khutor'' Viskuli nearby, about 8 km from the
Poland-Belarus border, 2 km south of
Belarus Route P81
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
.
History
In 1950s, a residential complex was constructed for the state officials of the
USSR and
Byelorussian SSR
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор ...
("state
dacha").
In 1991, Viskuli became known worldwide as the place where the
Belavezha Accords were signed, which declared the
dissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
.
On September 12, 2008, Viskuli was the place of the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Belarus (
Sergei Martynov) and
Poland (
Radosław Sikorski), after several years of cold relations.
"What Sikorski offeres to Lukashenka"
References
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Populated places in Brest Region
Buildings and structures in Brest Region
Białowieża Forest