Republican hydrological reserve "Miranka": unremarkable secrets and beauties

Just seven kilometers from the place of attraction of numerous tourists of the country and abroad – Mir Castle – lies the republican hydrological reserve "Miranka". Unremarkable at first glance, it hides many secrets and beauties. Rare for Grodno region massifs of open marshes of transitional and lowland types are situated here. They are of great interest for studying the processes of how swamp communities are restored after re-bogging of worked-out peat deposits. The core of the reserve is a huge Wolf swamp.

Land that gives peat

Miranka nature reserve got its name from the Miranka River, which flows near it. Half a century ago, peat processing was actively carried out here, huge black fields were seen everywhere, a peat processing