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M7 Highway (Belarus)
М7 highway connects Minsk with Lithuanian border (it continues in Lithuania as A3). It is a part of European route E28 and Branch B of Pan-European Corridor IX. The highway is around 139 km long. It begins at the intersection of Pritycki street with Minsk Ring Road M9 and runs west, sharing the first 47 km with M6 highway. It then branches off from M6 near Volozhin and goes north-west near Ashmyany Ashmyany ( be, Ашмя́ны; Łacinka: ''Ašmiany''; russian: Ошмя́ны; lt, Ašmena; pl, Oszmiana; yi, אָשמענע, ''Oshmene'') is a town in Grodno Region, Belarus, located at 50 km from Vilnius. The town is Ashmyany District's ... to Kamenny Log border crossing. {{Highways in Belarus Roads in Belarus International road networks ... [...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] |
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania shares land borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest. It has a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west on the Baltic Sea. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.8 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, one of only a few living Baltic languages. For millennia the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, Monarchy of Lithuania, becoming king and founding the Kingdom of Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volozhin
Valozhyn, Vałožyn or Volozhin ( be, Вало́жын, , russian: Воло́жин, lt, Valažinas, pl, Wołożyn, yi, וואָלאָזשין ''Volozhin''; also written as Wolozin and Wolozhin) is a town in the Minsk Region of Belarus. The population is 11,500 (1995). Before World War II about half the town’s population were Jewish but they were murdered during the Holocaust. It is located northwest of Minsk, on the Valozhynka river in the Neman River basin, and the beginning of the Nalibokskaya Forest. Average temperatures are in January and in July with of annual rain. History Overview The town was built on the main road leading from Vilnius to Minsk. It is divided into two sections: the "lower neighborhood" along the river and the "upper neighborhood" toward the hills. Half of the town square is framed by the remains of 12th century buildings, including a bell tower, a palace, and a monastery. Most of the other remaining impressive buildings in the town are from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashmyany
Ashmyany ( be, Ашмя́ны; Łacinka: ''Ašmiany''; russian: Ошмя́ны; lt, Ašmena; pl, Oszmiana; yi, אָשמענע, ''Oshmene'') is a town in Grodno Region, Belarus, located at 50 km from Vilnius. The town is Ashmyany District's capital. It lies in Ashmyanka's river basin. The town was the birthplace of the general Lucjan Żeligowski and Jewish Soviet partisan Abba Kovner. Name Since time immemorial, Ašmena and its surroundings were ethnic Lithuanian territory. However, many of the indigenous inhabitants died out during the wars, famine and plague in the late 17th and the early 18th centuries, and the number of Slavic colonists grew. Lithuanians were slavicized along the Minsk-Ašmena-Vilnius axis, and by the mid-19th century, the numbers of Lithuanian-speakers had severely decreased. Presently, its Lithuanian past is sealed in the towns's name, which is of Lithuanian origin. The town's name is derived from the name of the ''Ašmena'' (modern Ashmyanka Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astraviec
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-вод ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A3 Highway (Lithuania)
The A3 highway is a highway in Lithuania ( Magistralinis kelias). It runs from Vilnius to the Belarus border, reaching Minsk. The length of the road is . A3 highway is part of European route E28 in the European route system. The E28 highway ultimately connects Berlin with 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 admi .... At the Belarusian border, the A3 connects with the road M7 that leads to Minsk. From Vilnius to the junction with the 106 land road, the road has from four to six lanes (two or three lanes in each direction). Roads in Lithuania European route E85 {{Europe-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Route E28
European route E28 is a west-east intermediate road in the international E-road network. Beginning at the Bundesautobahn 10 (''Berliner Ring'') in Germany, it runs west-east for a length of to Minsk, Belarus. The section between Kaliningrad and Minsk is part of the Pan-European Corridor IX. History In the 1975-version of E-roads, the predecessor of this road was the E26 (and current E26 was called E28) going from Berlin to Gdańsk. It changed its name when it still was this short. This was not signposted, as signposting was delayed until the modified version was released, in which the road was called E28. In the 1950-version of E-roads, signposted until after 1980, the road Berlin-Szczecin was the E74, while Szczecin-Minsk was not an E-road. Route ;Germany * : Berlin - Prenzlau - Pomellen border crossing ;Poland * : Kołbaskowo - Szczecin * : Szczecin - Goleniów - Koszalin - Słupsk - Gdańsk * : Gdańsk - Elbląg * : ('' Berlinka'') Elbląg - Grzechotki bord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan-European Corridor IX
The Corridor IX is one of the Pan-European corridors. It runs between Helsinki in Finland and Alexandroupolis in Greece. The corridor follows the route: Helsinki - Vyborg - Saint Petersburg - Moscow - Kyiv - Chișinău - Bucharest - Ruse - Stara Zagora - Dimitrovgrad - Alexandroupolis. Branches Corridor IX has 3 branches: * Branch A - Klaipėda - Vilnius - Minsk - Gomel * Branch B - Kaliningrad - Vilnius - Minsk - Gomel * Branch C - Liubashivka - Rozdilna - Odessa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ... References 09 Roads in Finland Roads in Russia Roads in Belarus Roads in Lithuania Roads in Ukraine Roads in Moldova Roads in Romania Roads in Bulgaria Roads in Greece {{Europe-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M9 Highway (Belarus)
MKAD is the name of the beltway that goes around Minsk, Belarus. The name is an abbreviation that means Minsk Beltway ( be, Мінская кальцавая аўтамабільная дарога, russian: Минская кольцевая автомобильная дорога). The 56.2 km road straddles the Minsk city limits. History Early history The road was built between 1956 and 1963. In the beginning the road had just one lane in each direction and the width of the roadway was 7.5 meters. Reconstruction began in 1980. The result was 26.8 km with four lanes with the remaining section, 29.4 km, having two lanes. Recent developments and current conditions At the end of the 1990s, the road was used by 16,000-18,000 automobiles daily and had level crossings, traffic lights and bus stops. Thus, on August 7, 2001, President Alexander Lukashenko ordered its reconstruction, with the completion due by November 2002. The decision was met with controversy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M6 Highway (Belarus)
M6, M06, M.6, or M-6 may refer to: Military * M6 bayonet, a bayonet for the M14 rifle * M6 Bomb Truck, a truck used to move bombs during World War II * M6 Gun Motor Carriage, a United States wheeled Tank Destroyer of the Second World War * M6 gun, a 3" towed artillery piece * M6 heavy tank, a World War II heavy tank design that never entered full production * M6 Linebacker, an anti-aircraft variant of the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle * M6 mine, a United States metal-cased, circular anti-tank landmine * M6 ''Mosegris'', Danish designation for C15TA Armoured Truck * M6 Tractor * M6-640, a 60 mm mortar used by the British Army * Hirtenberger M6C-210 Commando, a 60 mm mortar used by various armies * LWRC M6, a series of United States military carbines based on the M4 carbine Survival guns * M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon, a .22 Hornet over .410 gauge combination gun * Springfield Armory M6 Scout, a .22 LR over .410 gauge combination gun * Chiappa M6 Survival Gun, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
