According to legend, during the Tatar-Mongol campaigns, nomadic troops reached Belovezhskaya Pushcha and established a camp there. It was located on a rise in the middle of a swamp. Impenetrable flooded forests protected the camp from surprise enemy attacks. Local residents still call it “Bagno.” The terrible swamp has now dried up and is overgrown with shrubs and alders, but in the spring, the “Bagno” remains impassable. The rest of the year, tall hummocks and beautiful irises serve as reminders of its existence.