Russian chapel

This small, white-painted building, located opposite the Old Pozořická Post Office, was allegedly built after the Napoleonic Wars by a Russian noblewoman whose name remains unknown. It is believed that one or even two of her relatives (Russian aristocratic officers) are buried there. The final resting places of other battle casualties are also located near the chapel. At the beginning of this Century, soldiers’ remains were transported here from a mass grave located by the road and near a quarry between Holubice and Blazovice. A Holubice teacher, Synek, wrote about this event in his letter to A. Slovák, founder of the Peace Monument: “…there was no one willing to relocate the displaced to the cemetery…” The noblewoman also purchased the nearby fields for 4,000 roubles, which served as “the foundation.” Their yield was intended to cover the chapel’s maintenance costs, and this task was assigned to the owners of the so-called Kadlec House, situated opposite the Post Office. The Old Post Office owners, on the other hand, were obligated to ring the large chapel bell, although this commitment was broken when the building was owned by Jewish residents. Later, the large bell was lost, and a small bell, bearing the numerals 1885 – 1900, replaced it.