Brailiv is much smaller than Hnivan. The first date when the city was mentioned is 1594. It was founded by Pelahiia Pechykhvostska. Brailiv flourished in the 18th century when the Pototski founded and built here the monastery of the Trinitarian Fathers. It became the dominant feature of the town thanks to the high bell tower. After the anti-Russian November Uprising of 1831, the Trinitarian fathers were expelled from monastery (let us remind that their main duty was to ransom Christians out of Muslim captivity) and an orthodox convent was moved here. The last one was closed twice by the Soviet authorities: in 1932 and 1962, placing a vocational school dormitory here. Right next to the monastery, on the territory of an inactive Sewing factory, there are two synagogues, which, however, can only be seen from behind the fence. Opposite the factory is the Roman Catholic sanctuary of Jesus of Nazarene, and at the other end of the town is an old Catholic Cemetery with a Chapel of 1825 and ancient burials. One of them is the grave of Polish soldiers who died in 1920 in a battle with the Bolsheviks.
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This Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church was built by the city's community after the Trinitarian monastery was taken away from the Catholics. It was built on the old castle by the efforts of priest Severyn Shydlovskyi in 1879 and the miraculous sculpture of Jesus of Nazarene was moved here. It was brought to Brailiv by Trinitarians from Madrid. Unfortunately, it was destroyed by the Bolsheviks. The church, as well as the monastery, was closed twice. In Soviet times, there were a club and a vodka factory. Since the early 1990s, the church has been given to believers. Now it has an exact copy of the sculpture of Jesus of Nazarene. Today it is a sanctuary, which means a sacred place.
In 1867, the land in Brailiv was purchased by a Russian railway builder of German origin, Karl von Meck. At the same time, he began to build a palace. It became famous due to the fact that since 1879 Petro Tchaikovsky, who was taken care of by Karl von Meck's widow Nadiia Filaretivna, regularly came here to live and create. She paid him a monthly scholarship, which allowed him to live independently. In Brailiv, the composer created his first orchestral suite "The maid of Orlean" and other works. In 1881, Claude Debussy, a home pianist who was certainly inspired by Tchaikovsky, worked here. A bigger part of the palace is used for an educational institution, but in the corner tower – there is the Tchaikovsky Museum.
- 4 kg of flour
- 20 eggs
- 1 kg of sugar
- 400 g of butter
- 8 g of pure vanilla
- 600 ml of milk
- 200 g of yeast
- 200 g of oil
- 1 tablespoon of salt
Take eggs, separate the yolks from the whites, beat them separately in a mixer. Boil milk, add butter, sugar with vanilla, and oil. Dilute the yeast with warm milk, add a little sugar and flour, and wait until it rises. Pour everything together. Knead the dough for 30 minutes to 1 hour. Leave it to rise for 3-4 hours. Spread the dough into molds, leave it for 2 hours. Put buns on the edges. Leave it for 1-1,5 hours. Turn on the oven for an hour. While the oven is heating up, put flowers on korovay and brush it with egg. Put it in the oven. Bake for 1.5 hours.
- 600 g of pork (ribs)
- 1 glass of beans
- 300 g of potatoes
- 200 g of onion
- 200 g of carrot
- 200 g of pickles
- 250 g of fresh cabbage
- 80 ml of oil
- 50 g of lard
- 20 g of parsnip root
- 20 g of celery root
Soak and then boil the beans with onions, carrots, celery and parsnips. At the end of boiling, throw away the onion and root vegetables, add a little salt to the broth.
Dice pickled cucumbers, boil them.
Separately cook fresh chopped cabbage. Dice lard, add oil, fry until crusty, add diced onions and grated carrots, fry, add to cabbage. Dice potatoes, add salt, pepper, mix the ingredients and put in the oven for 1.5-2 hours.
Serve in a big bowl.