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Lake Yedigei
Lake Yedigei ( be, Возера Ёдзі) is a lake in Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ..., located in 33 km north- east of the borough of Ostrowiec, near the village of Yedigei. The lake is located in the Stracha River basin. The small lake has an area of . The greatest depth of the lake is , with a maximum width of . The volume of water in the lake is . The coastline of the lake measures , and the water catchment area of the lake is . References *О.Ф. Якушко и др. Азёры Беларусі = Озёра Белоруссии. — Мн.: Ураджай, 1988. — 216 з. Yedigei {{Belarus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Covering an area of and with a population of 9.4 million, Belarus is the List of European countries by area, 13th-largest and the List of European countries by population, 20th-most populous country in Europe. The country has a hemiboreal climate and is administratively divided into Regions of Belarus, seven regions. Minsk is the capital and List of cities and largest towns in Belarus, largest city. Until the 20th century, different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus, including Kievan Rus', the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astravyets
Astravyets ( be, Астравец, Astraviec, , rus, Островец, Ostrovets, ɐstrɐˈvʲɛts, lt, Astravas, pl, Ostrowiec) is a city in the Grodno Region of Belarus, an administrative center of the Astravyets District. History Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Astravyets was part of Vilnius Voivodeship. In 1795, Astravyets was acquired by the Russian Empire in the course of the Third Partition of Poland. From 1921 until 1939, Astravyets was part of the Second Polish Republic. In September 1939, the town was occupied by the Red Army and, on 14 November 1939, incorporated into the Byelorussian SSR. From 27 June 1941 until 3 July 1944, Astravyets was occupied by Nazi Germany and administered as a part of the ''Generalbezirk Litauen'' of ''Reichskommissariat Ostland''. On 11 October 2011 an agreement was signed to build Belarus’ first nuclear power plant near the city, using two VVER The water-water energetic reactor (WWER), or VVER (from russian: водо-водя ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stracha River
The Stracha ( be, Страча) is a river of Belarus. It is a right tributary of the Vilija (Neris). The river has a length of 59 km and has a basin area of 1140 km2. The average discharge of water at the mouth is 9.1 m³/s. The average slope of the surface water is 1%. Tributaries of the Stracha include the Lyntupka, Svirytsa and the Tushchanka. The Lake Yedigei lies along the river. On February 2, 1944, the Battle of Stracha A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ... took place between the Polish and the Soviets. References *Ресурсы поверхностных вод СССР. Описание рек и озёр и расчёты основных характеристик их режима. Т. 5. Белоруссия и Верхнее Поднепро ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |