Two Stones Under a Soviet Dump: Archaeologists Hunt for Polotsk's Lost 12th-Century Frescoed Church

For the first time in over 30 years, archaeologists have returned to the site of the unique Belchytsy Monastery in Polotsk to locate the Pyatnitskaya Church — a fresco-adorned 12th-century structure in the former residence of Polotsk princes, lost during the 20th century.