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Vitebsky may refer to: *Vitebsky Rail Terminal, a terminus in Saint Petersburg, Russia *Vitebsky Central Sport Complex, a sports venue in Vitebsk, Belarus People with the surname *Piers Vitebsky Piers Vitebsky is an anthropologist and is the Head of Social Science at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, England. Education Vitebsky studied his undergraduate degree in Classics with Modern and Medieval Languages at ...

Vitebsky Rail Terminal
St Petersburg-Vitebsky (russian: Ви́тебский вокза́л) is a railway station terminal in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Formerly known as ''St Petersburg-Tsarskoselsky'' station because its first line led to the suburban royal residences town of Tsarskoye Selo, it was the first railway station to be built in Saint Petersburg and the whole of the Russian Empire (while its present-day building is much newer). Later, with considerable extension of its lines, the station was renamed after a much farther destination - Vitebsk, a city in Belarus. Early history The station, located at the crossing of the Zagorodny Avenue and the now-vanished Vvedensky Canal, was inaugurated in the presence of Nicholas I of Russia on 30 October 1837 when the first Russian train, named ''Provorny'', departed from its platform for the imperial residence at Tsarskoe Selo. A replica of this train may be seen as a permanent exhibit at the modern station. The first building of the Petersburg Stat ...
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Vitebsky Central Sport Complex
Vitebsky Central Sport Complex (also known as Vitebsky CSK in short) is a multi-use sports complex in Vitebsk, Belarus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Vitebsk. The stadium holds 8,144 people. History The stadium was built in 1937 and was originally known as Dinamo Stadium. In 1950, it was rebuilt after damages sustained during World War II. It 2002, it was chosen to host a final match of the 2001–02 Belarusian Cup. In 2003, most of the renovation works were completed and the arena was renamed to Vitebsky Central Sport Complex. International use The stadium hosted occasional home games of Belarus national under-21 team. In 2005, it hosted Belarus national team's friendly match against Latvia. It also was used by Naftan Novopolotsk as a home venue in UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the ...
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