The monument to Raman Šacila was installed at the initiative of the poet Iziaslaŭ Katliaroŭ from Svietlahorsk. It was opened on September 16, 2006, during the celebration of the 45th anniversary of the city of Svietlahorsk.

The monument to Raman Šacila was installed at the initiative of the poet Iziaslaŭ Katliaroŭ from Svietlahorsk. It was opened on September 16, 2006, during the celebration of the 45th anniversary of the city of Svietlahorsk. The author of the monument is Minsk sculptor Eduard Astafjeŭ. It is located in the center of Svietlahorsk, at the intersection of Lienina and 50 hadoŭ Kastryčnika streets.

Raman Šacila was the founder of Šacilinski Vostraŭ (Šacilavičy, Šacilki), from which the modern city of Svietlahorsk originated. The first mention of the settlement dates back to the 16th century: in 1560, after the death of Raman Šacila, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland Žyhimont II Aŭhust gave Šacilinski Vostraŭ, located on a mountain on the Horvaĺski tract on the Biarezina River, to Ždan Mankievič. This information was discovered by local historians from Svietlahorsk in 1989, and in 2006, Minsk archaeologist Siarhiej Rassadzin determined the location of Šacila’s estate.

The monument is a sculpture about 3 meters high, made of bronze and marble, and it is installed on a processed boulder. On a low pedestal stands the figure of a middle-aged man in ceremonial military attire of the 16th century, wearing a hat adorned with a feather and boots with spurs. The man's left hand is lowered, and in his right hand, he holds a scroll.

Publication date: 28.06.2023.

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