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Dzyarzhynsk Raion
Dzyarzhynsk District is one of the districts of Belarus, located in Minsk Oblast, Belarus. The capital of the town is Dzyarzhynsk. In Dzyarzhynsk Raion (Dzerzhinsky district) the highest point of Belarus is situated. It is 345 meters above level sea called Dzerzhinskaya mountain or Dzyarzhynskaya Hara. See also Cities *Dzyarzhynsk * Fanipol Urban-type settlements * Negoreloe Notable residents * Emeryk Hutten-Czapski (1828–1896), scholar, ardent historical collector and numismatist * Karol Hutten-Czapski (1860-1904), businessman and philanthropist, Mayor of Minsk between 1890 and 1901 * Mikałaj Ułaščyk (1906, Vickaǔščyna village – 1986), Belarusian historian and archaeologist specialising in medieval history, a Gulag prisoner * Mikola Yermalovich (1921, Malyja Navasiolki – 2000) was a Belarusian writer and historian * Mother of Sergei Glushko Sergei Vitalievich Glushko (russian: Сергей Витальевич Глушко; born 8 March 1970) is a Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital (political)
A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the government's offices and meeting places; the status as capital is often designated by its law or constitution. In some jurisdictions, including several countries, different branches of government are in different settlements. In some cases, a distinction is made between the official (constitutional) capital and the seat of government, which is in another place. English-language news media often use the name of the capital city as an alternative name for the government of the country of which it is the capital, as a form of metonymy. For example, "relations between Washington and London" refer to " relations between the United States and the United Kingdom". Terminology and etymology The word ''capital'' derives from the Latin word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emeryk Hutten-Czapski
Emeryk Hutten-Czapski ( be, Эмерык Гутэн-Чапскі), Leliwa coat of arms (17 October 1828 – 23 July 1896) was a Polish Count, scholar, ardent historical collector and numismatist. Hutten-Czapski was born Emeryk Zachariasz Mikołaj Hutten-Czapski in the town of Stańkava ( pl, Stańków) near Minsk (today Belarus, then in Minsk Governorate of the Russian Empire, formerly the Lithuanian part of the partitioned Poland). His parents were Count Karol Hutten-Czapski (1777-1836) and Fabianna Obuchowicz h. Jasieńczyk (1775-1836). He was the grandson of Franciszek Stanisław Kostka Hutten-Czapski (1725-1802), the last voivode of Chełmno during the First Republic, who inherited parts of the Radziwiłł property in Belarus (including Stańkava) and in Volhynia and moved there from the former Royal Prussia. Career Thanks to his aristocratic background, Emeryk Czapski spoke several languages including Polish, French, German and Russian, and knew Greek and Latin. After st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Glushko
Sergei Vitalievich Glushko (russian: Сергей Витальевич Глушко; born 8 March 1970) is a Russian actor, singer and fitness model, known in the countries of the former USSR as a striptease dancer under the pseudonym of Tarzan and as the husband of Natasha Korolyova. Founder and creator of the first-ever male revue “Tarzan Dance Show” in Russia, who performs in Moscow, and tours all around the world. The show is 60 minutes, interactive performance with choreographed dances, amazing music, and costumes and lights. Their main competitor is Chippendales. Biography Sergei Glushko was born and raised in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union into a mixed Ukrainian-Belarusian family. After completing the A.F. Mozhaysky's Military-Space Academy, Sergei worked as an engineer at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome for a year. Between 1992 and 1995 he was married to servicewoman Elena Perevedentseva. In the mid-1990s, he moved to Moscow and began his modeling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikola Yermalovich
Mikola Yermalovich ( be, Ермало́віч Міко́ла Іва́навіч, Mikoła Jermałovič) (April 29, 1921 in Dzyarzhynsk Raion, Minsk Voblast – March 5, 2000) was a Belarusian writer and historian. Biography Ermalovich was born in the village of Maly Novoselki (modern Dzerzhinsky district). He finished a local school and graduated from Minsk Pedagogical Institute in 1947. On graduation he worked as a teacher, school inspector and headmaster. Ermalovich was visually impaired and had to retire at the age of 35. He devoted decades to studying ancient Belarusian chronicles and other primary sources. Criticism Some commentators believe that Yermalovich presented the pseudo-historic conception of Litvinism, which asserts that the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was Belarusian, not Lithuanian. Other professional historians criticized Ermalovich's books as non-scientific, however it is acknowledged that "it was Ermalovich's books that contributed a great deal to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulag
The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= was the government agency in charge of the Soviet network of forced labour camps which were set up by order of Vladimir Lenin, reaching its peak during Joseph Stalin's rule from the 1930s to the early 1950s. English-language speakers also use the word ''gulag'' in reference to each of the forced-labor camps that existed in the Soviet Union, including the camps that existed in the post-Lenin era. The Gulag is recognized as a major instrument of political repression in the Soviet Union. The camps housed a wide range of convicts, from petty criminals to political prisoners, a large number of whom were convicted by simplified procedures, such as NKVD troikas or other instruments of extrajudicial punishment. In 1918–22, the agency was administered by the Cheka, follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikałaj Ułaščyk
Mikałaj Ułaščyk (Belarusian language: Мікалай Улашчык ''Mikalai Ulashchyk''; Russian: Николай Николаевич Улащик; February 14, 1906 – November 22, 1986) was a Belarusian academic historian and archaeologist known for significant contributions to the research in the medieval history of Belarus. in Belarusian) Biography He was born in the village of Vickaŭščyna close to . His birthplace later became a subject ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region (voblast) and Minsk District (raion). As of January 2021, its population was 2 million, making Minsk the 11th most populous city in Europe. Minsk is one of the administrative capitals of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). First documented in 1067, Minsk became the capital of the Principality of Minsk before being annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1242. It received town privileges in 1499. From 1569, it was the capital of the Minsk Voivodeship, an administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was part of a region annexed by the Russian Empire in 1793, as a consequence of the Second Partition of Poland. From 1919 to 1991, aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karol Hutten-Czapski
Count Karol Jan Alexander Hutten-Czapski, coat of arms Leliwa (b. 15 of August, 1860 in Stankow, Minsk Governorate , d. 30 January 1904 in Frankfurt am Main) was a Polish philanthropist. He was Mayor of Minsk between 1890 and 1901. Family Karol Czapski came from an important aristocratic Polish family. He was the eldest son of Count Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, a well-known collector and numismatist, and Baroness Elizabeth Meyendorff. He was the great-grandson of Franciszek Stanisław Hutten-Czapski, the last governor of Chełmno Chełmno (; older en, Culm; formerly ) is a town in northern Poland near the Vistula river with 18,915 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the seat of the Chełmno County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. Due to its regional importan ... during the First Republic, who inherited parts of the Radziwiłł property in Belarus and in Volhynia and moved there from the former Royal Prussia. Karol's mother was the daughter of Baron Georges Conrad Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Negoreloe
Nyeharelaye or Negoreloe ( be, Негарэлае, Nieharelaje; russian: Негорелое, Negoreloye; pl, Niehorele) is an agrotown in Dzyarzhynsk District, Minsk Region, Belarus. Until 2009, it had the status of urban-type settlement. Location Located on the river Peretut' 10 km southwest of Dzyarzhinsk, 48 km from Minsk. History Known from the 16th century as a post station on the Minsk-Navahrudak route, when it was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The settlement was part of the estates of the powerful Radziwiłł magnate family.''Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich'', Tom VII, Warszawa, 1886, p. 76 (in Polish) In the Second Partition of Poland, in 1793, it was annexed by the Russian Empire. In the early 19th century the village passed to the Abłamowicz family and in 1879 to renown Polish numismatist Emeryk Hutten-Czapski. From 1871 it has a railway station, which in 1921-1939 was a Soviet border station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dzyarzhynsk
Dzyarzhynsk or Dzerzhinsk, formerly Koidanova or Koydanava ( be, Дзяржы́нск, Dziaržynsk, formerly , ; russian: Дзержи́нск, Dzerzhinsk, formerly , ; pl, Kojdanów; yi, קוידאַנאָוו, Koydanov; lt, Kaidanava), in the Dzyarzhynsk District of Belarus, is a city with a history dating to the 11th century. History In the Middle Ages, the village belonged to the Radziwiłłs, a Polish–Lithuanian aristocratic family. Jewish community Jews lived in Koidanova as early as 1620. Koidanova became the site of a new Hasidic Jewish dynasty in 1833 when Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Perlow (1797–1862) became the first Koidanover Rebbe. He was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Boruch Mordechai Perlow (1818–1870), grandson, Rabbi Aharon Perlow (1839–1897), and great-grandson, Rabbi Yosef Perlow of Koidanov-Minsk (1854-1915), who was the last Koidanover Rebbe to live in the town. After World War I, the dynasty was moved to Baranovichi, then in Poland. In 1847, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanipol
Fanipal ( be, Фа́ніпаль, Fanipaĺ; russian: Фа́ниполь, Fanipol; pl, Fanipal; lt, Fanipalis), is a city in the Minsk Region of Belarus. Fanipal is located in Dzyarzhynsk District, southwest of Minsk and southwest of the Minsk Automobile Ring Road. History The community that became Fanipal was first mentioned in 1856. According to documents in the Central State Historical Archive of Belarus, it was the former possession of landowners named Enelpheldt and Bogdashevsky. In 1870 a railway stop opened, and in 1871 the railway stop become the Tokarevskaya railway station, named in honor of the governor of the Minsk Governorate, Vladimir Tokarev, who was also the founder of the Brest-Moscow railway. On August 9, 1876 the railway station was renamed Fanipol. In 1965 the first factory was opened, producing reinforced concrete bridge components, this is the only factory in Belarus which produces these items. Once it was established as an industrial center, it grew rap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblispolkom
A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly. A committee is not itself considered to be a form of assembly. Usually, the assembly sends matters into a committee as a way to explore them more fully than would be possible if the assembly itself were considering them. Committees may have different functions and their types of work differ depending on the type of the organization and its needs. A member of a legislature may be delegated a committee assignment, which gives them the right to serve on a certain committee. Purpose A deliberative assembly may form a committee (or "commission") consisting of one or more persons to assist with the work of the assembly. For larger organizations, much work is done in committees. Committees can be a way to formally draw together people of relevant expertise from different parts of an organization who otherwise would not have a good way to share information and coordinate actions. They may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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