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Postawy
Pastavy ( be, Паставы, lt, Pastovys, russian: Поставы, pl, Postawy) is a city in the Vitebsk Region of Belarus, an administrative center of Pastavy District. Location Pastavy is located on the river Myadelki. Postavy Air Base is located 5 km west of Pastavy. Amenities Pastavy has a station on the railway line between Vitebsk and Vilnius, Lithuania. History Pastavy has several historic buildings including 18th-century houses and 19th-century church. In 2009, Pastavy celebrated its 600th anniversary. Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Pastavy was part of Vilnius Voivodeship. In 1793, Pastavy was acquired by the Russian Empire as a result of the Second Partition of Poland. From 1921 until 1939, Pastavy 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 6 July 1941 until 5 July 1944, Pastavy was occupied by Nazi Germany and administered a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koppel Pinson
Koppel Shub Pinson (1904–1961) was a historian who specialized in the origins of German nationalism. Early life Born in Postawy, Russian Empire (now in Belarus), on February 11, 1904, Pinson immigrated to the United States with his family in 1907. Career After receiving his doctorate in history from Columbia University in 1934, he was a professor at Queens College of the City University of New York City until his death. In 1955, he joined the American Committee for the Study of War Documents, a group of American historians that sought to have captured German records microfilmed before being returned to West Germany. World War Two Even before World War Two, Pinson was active in assisting refugee scholars during the 1930s. At the end of the Second World War, he joined the U.S. Army and actively participated in the efforts to help Jewish survivors of the Holocaust living in Displaced persons camps across Germany, organized by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a special political status (2 states, both in free association with New Zealand). Compiling a list such as this can be a complicated and controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations concerni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of the First World War. The Second Republic ceased to exist in 1939, when Invasion of Poland, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union and the Slovak Republic (1939–1945), Slovak Republic, marking the beginning of the European theatre of World War II, European theatre of the Second World War. In 1938, the Second Republic was the sixth largest country in Europe. According to the Polish census of 1921, 1921 census, the number of inhabitants was 27.2 million. By 1939, just before the outbreak of World War II, this had grown to an estimated 35.1 million. Almost a third of the population came from minority groups: 13.9% Ruthenians; 10% Ashkenazi Jews; 3.1% Belarusians; 2.3% Germans and 3.4% Czechs and Lithuanians. At the same time, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cities In Belarus
This is a list of the largest cities and towns in Belarus, including cities with population of over 5000, as assembled by the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus. Neither Belarusian nor Russian have equivalent words to English "city" and "town". The word ''horad'' ( be, горад) or ''gorod'' (russian: город) is used for both. Overview The Belarusian legislature uses a three-level hierarchy of town classifications. According to the Law under May 5, 1998, the categories of the most developed urban localities in Belarus are as follows: * ''capital'' — Minsk; * ''city of oblast (voblasć) subordinance'' ( be, горад абласнога падпарадкавання, russian: город областного подчинения) — urban locality with the population of not less than 50,000 people; it has its own body of self-government, known as ''Council of Deputies'' ( be, Савет дэпутатаў, russian: совет депутатов) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksander Rayevsky
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Rayevskiy (russian: Александр Михайлович Раевский, 30 August 1957, Pastavy, Vitsebsk Voblast, Belarus - 30 August 2008) was a test pilot for the Russian military. While flying inside Russia and in Belarus, he has achieved 2300 hours of flight time, piloting various aircraft as the Su-27 and the Mig-29, and has over 200 accident-free landings on top of aircraft carriers. Due to his work as a test pilot and of his record, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. He died in a car accident. See also *Timur Apakidze Timur Avtandilovich Apakidze (russian: Тимур Автандилович Апакидзе, ka, თემურ აფაქიძე, also transliterated as ''Temur Apakidze''; 4 March 1954 – 17 July 2001) was a Russian major general of Georg ... References Russian Gazette article 1957 births 2008 deaths People from Pastavy Heroes of the Russian Federation Russian test pilots Burials in T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Pliner
Israel Pliner (russian: Израиль Израилевич Плинер, Izrail Izrailevich Pliner) (22 January 1896 – 14 November 1938) was a Soviet officer and high functionary of the Soviet secret police. Notable posts include deputy chief of the Gulag from 1935 to 1937 and chief administrator of the Gulag from 16 August 1937 to 16 November 1938. Early life Pliner was born in the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire. His parents were Jewish. Career He joined the Red Army in 1919 and the Russian Communist Party (b) in 1922. Pilner was one of the main collaborators of Nikolai Yezhov, head of the NKVD in the years 1936–1938, and collaborator of other organizers of the Great Purge. On August 16, 1937, he became the head of the board of the labor camps GULAG NKVD, five days after the beginning of the Polish Operation of the NKVD. According to NKVD documents, 139,835 Poles who were citizens of the Soviet Union were convicted in 1937. Of this number, 111,091 Poles were d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siarhei Navumchyk
Siarhei Iosifavich Navumchyk ( be, Сярге́й Іосіфавіч Наву́мчык; russian: Серге́й Ио́сифович Нау́мчик, born January 15, 1961) is a Belarusian journalist and politician. Navumchyk was born in Pastavy into a family of a Soviet state serviceman. In 1984 he graduated from the journalism faculty of the Belarusian State University in Minsk. Navumchyk was member of the parliament of Belarus in 1990 - 1995 and one of the key members of the fraction of the Belarusian Popular Front. On April 12, 1995, Navumchyk, along with other members of the parliamentary opposition, held a hunger strike and sitting protest against the controversial referendum initiated by president Alexander Lukashenko. On March 26, 1996, Navumchyk fled from Belarus together with BPF party leader Zianon Pazniak. According to unverified information, the government of Alexander Lukashenko has ordered an arrest of Pazniak and Navumchyk,Свабода, 12 мая 1996 г. wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Brazevich
Aleksandr Brazevich ( be, Аляксандр Бразевіч; russian: Александр Бразевич; born 1 June 1973) is a Belarusian football manager and former player. Career Brazevich retired from playing career at the age of 21 after two years at Ataka-Aura Minsk. He began his coaching career in 2003, working as a youth coach for MTZ-RIPO Minsk. In 2010, he led Torpedo Zhodino to the Belarusian Cup final. Since 2015, he was working at BATE Borisov as scouting and youth development program director. On 24 October 2017, defending Lithuanian champions Žalgiris Vilnius hired Brazevich as an interim head coach to replace Valdas Dambrauskas. He was released by the club on 24 November 2017, after managing for 5 games, due to club's failure to secure A Lyga title. In October 2020, Brazevich was appointed head coach of FC Slutsk SFC Slutsk ( be, ФК Слуцк; russian: СФК Слуцк) is a Belarusian association football club based in Slutsk, Minsk Oblast. Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Babichev
Mikhail Anatolyevich Babichev ( be, Міхаіл Анатолевіч Бабічаў; russian: Михаил Анатольевич Бабичев; born 2 February 1995) is a Belarusian professional Association football, footballer who plays for Nõmme Kalju FC, Nõmme Kalju. References External links * * 1995 births Living people Belarusian footballers Belarusian expatriate footballers Association football midfielders FC Rubin Kazan players FC Orsha players FC Vitebsk players FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino players FC Neman Grodno players FK RFS players Nõmme Kalju FC players Belarusian Premier League players Belarusian First League players Latvian Higher League players Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Estonia Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Latvia Expatriate footballers in Est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrey Arkhipaw
Andrey Arkhipaw ( be, Андрэй Архіпаў; russian: Андрей Архипов; born 6 February 1995) is a Belarusian professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le .... References External links * * * 1995 births Living people Belarusian footballers Association football defenders Belarusian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Poland FC Luch Minsk (2012) players FC Lida players {{Belarus-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reichskommissariat Ostland
The Reichskommissariat Ostland (RKO) was established by Nazi Germany in 1941 during World War II. It became the civilian occupation regime in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the western part of Byelorussian SSR. German planning documents initially referred to an equivalent ''Reichskommissariat Baltenland''. The political organization for this territory – after an initial period of military administration before its establishment – involved a German civilian administration, nominally under the authority of the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories led by Nazi ideologist Alfred Rosenberg, but actually controlled by the Nazi official Hinrich Lohse, its appointed ''Reichskommissar''. Germany's main political objectives for the ''Reichskommissariat'', as laid out by the Ministry within the framework of Nazism's policies for the east established by Adolf Hitler, included the genocide of the Jewish population, as well as the ''Lebensraum'' settlement of ethnic Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Generalbezirk Weissruthenien
Generalbezirk Weissruthenien (General District White Ruthenia) was one of the four administrative subdivisions of '' Reichskommissariat Ostland'', the 1941-1945 civilian occupation regime established by Nazi Germany for the administration of the three Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) and the western part of the Byelorussian SSR. Organization and Structure ''Generalbezirk Weissruthenien'' was formally organized on 1 September 1941 on the territory of German-occupied Byelorussia, (including West Belarus, previously Wilno and Nowogródek regions of the eastern territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union) which had until then been under the military administration of the ''Wehrmacht's'' Army Group Centre. The capital of ''Generalbezirk Weissruthenien'' was Minsk. On 1 April 1944, ''Generalbezirk Weißruthenien'' was detached from ''Reichskommissariat Ostland'' and was subordinated directly to the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories. Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
