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Vileyka Voblast
russian: Вилейская область , conventional_long_name = Vileyka Voblast , common_name = Vileyka , subdivision = Voblast , nation = the Byelorussian SSR , year_start = 1939 , date_start = December 4 , year_end = 1944 , date_end = September 20 , p1 = Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939) , flag_p1 = Flag of Poland.svg , s1 = Maladzyechna Voblast , flag_s1 = Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1937-1951).svg , image_flag = , image_map = Вілейская вобласць БССР (студзень 1940).svg , image_map_caption = Map of the Byelorussian SSR in 1940,of which Vileyka Voblast was a part. , capital = Vileyka , coordinates = , political_subdiv = 22 raions , stat_year1 = 1941 , stat_area1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voblast
An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Official terms in successor states of the Soviet Union differ, but some still use a cognate of the Russian term, e.g., ''vobłasć'' (''voblasts'', ''voblasts'', official orthography: , Taraškievica: , ) is used for regions of Belarus, ' (plural: ') for regions of Kazakhstan, and ''oblusu'' (') for regions of Kyrgyzstan. The term is often translated as "area", "zone", "province" or "region". The last translation may lead to confusion, because "raion" may be used for other kinds of administrative division, which may be translated as "region", "district" or "county" depending on the context. Unlike "province", translations as "area", "zone", and "region" may lead to confusion because they have very common meanings other t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braslaw
Braslaw or Braslav ( be, Браслаў, Braslaŭ; russian: Браслав, Braslav) is a town in the Vitebsk Region of Belarus, an administrative center of the Braslaw District. History The town was first mentioned in 1065 as a castle in the border of the Polatsk Principality with the Lithuanian tribes. Archaeologists excavated a Viking settlement in the village of Maskachichy not far from the town. They think that Viking mercenaries were used as dependable border guards. In the 14th century, Braslaw was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and, in fact, became an important fortification near the disturbing line with the Livonian Order in the 14th and 15th centuries. In 1500, Alexander Jagiellon privileged the townsfolk with limited self-administration rights and a coat of arms. In 1506, the castle was presented to the widowed queen Yelena Ivanovna, the daughter of Ivan III of Russia and wife of Alexander Jagiellon, who founded an Orthodox Christian nunnery there. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svir
The Svir (, Veps: , Karelian/Finnish: ) is a river in Podporozhsky, Lodeynopolsky, and Volkhovsky districts in the north-east of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It flows westwards from Lake Onega to Lake Ladoga, thus connecting the two largest lakes of Europe. It is the largest river flowing into Lake Ladoga. The length of the Svir is , whereas the area of its drainage basin is . The towns of Podporozhye and Lodeynoye Pole, as well as urban-type settlements Voznesenye, Nikolsky, Vazhiny, and Svirstroy are located at the banks of the Svir. After Peter the Great connected the Svir with the Neva by the Ladoga Canal in the 18th century, the river has been part of the Mariinsk Canal System, currently the Volga–Baltic Waterway. The Onega Canal is a bypass of Lake Onega from the south, which connects the Svir with the Vytegra. The Svir is heavily used for navigation, with both cargo traffic and cruise ships. There are two dams with hydroelectric power plants on the river. The Low ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radashkovichy
Radashkovichy ( be, Радашко́вічы, russian: Радошкóвичи, pl, Radoszkowicze, lt, Radaškonys) - is a town in the Maladzyechna District of Minsk Region, Belarus. A watershed of the Vileyka-Minsk water system is located in the Radashkovichy Raion. History As part of the Russian Empire, Radashkovichy belonged to the Vileysky Uyezd of the Vilna Governorate. Coat of arms On February 23, 1792, the coat of arms was received. The arms was mentioned in confirmation royal privilege of February 23, 1792. On the arms in a silver background it is represented the stoning of Saint Stephen Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; c. 5 – c. 34 AD) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first .... In privilege of 1792 the arms is represented in a round shield, there was a version in a baroque shield later. The arms was registere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miadzieł
Myadzyel ( be, Мядзел, ''Miadzieł'' ; russian: Мядель, ''Mjadelj''; pl, Miadzioł; lt, Medilas) is a city in the Minsk Region of Belarus. It is the centre of Myadzyel District. Myadzyel is located on the eastern shore of lake Miastra, one of the Narach lake group in Narachanski National Park. History Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Myadzyel was part of Vilnius Voivodeship. On February 8, 1659, the Battle of Myadel occurred near Myadzyel. In 1793, Myadzyel was acquired by the Russian Empire in the course of the Second Partition of Poland. In 1754 the Baroque Church of Saint Mary was by Antoniy Koshitz. From 1921 until 1939, Myadzel (''Miadzioł'') 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 2 July 1941 until 4 July 1944, Myadzyel was occupied by Nazi Germany and administered as a part of the ''Generalbezirk Weißruthenien Gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miory
Miory ( be, Мёры; russian: Миоры; lt, Mėrai; pl, Miory) is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus, and the administrative center of Miory District. History The town was first mentioned in 1514. Miory was occupied by Soviet forces in September 1939. Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, Soviet forces withdrew from the town, and local anti-Semites committed a pogrom against the town's Jewish population, killing the rabbi, Dov Bear Pianco, and his wife. German forces occupied the town on 3 July 1941. For the next three years until 4 July 1944, Miory was occupied by Nazi Germany and administered as a part of ''Generalbezirk Weißruthenien'' of ''Reichskommissariat Ostland''. A ghetto was set up in the town, and all Jews were kept imprisoned there. A judenrat was established, led by businessman Zvi Hersch Hellman. The Jews of Miory were later joined by other Jews, who sneaked into the ghetto after fleeing other nearby towns. Prior to the war, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molodechno
Maladzyechna ( be, Маладзе́чна, Maladziečna, ; russian: Молоде́чно, Molodechno; pl, Mołodeczno) is a city in the Minsk Region of Belarus, an administrative centre of the Maladzyechna District (and formerly of the Maladzyechna Voblast). It has 98,514 inhabitants (2006 estimate) and is located 72 km northwest of Minsk. Located on the Usha River, it has been a settlement since 1388 when it was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It was also home to the Cold War facility Maladzyechna air base. History The fortification on the right bank of the Uša was first mentioned in 1388, although it is probable it was erected even before that date. Rectangular earthworks with stone walls 3,5 metres high and 11 metres wide formed the basis of the future castles and military camps formed on that location. The town itself was first mentioned the following year in a document issued by Kaributas, Prince of Severian Novgorod, who on December 16 assured his tributary fid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilya, Belarus
Ilya (Il'ya, or Ilja; be, І́лья, russian: Илья́, pl, Ilia, lt, Ilija) is a village in Belarus, near Minsk, first mentioned in historical records dating from the late 15th century. Between the end of World War I and 1939, it was part of Poland. It was a significant Jewish shtetl until 1942, when nearly all of its Jewish citizens were murdered in the town square. History The first record of Ilya was in 1473, where it is mentioned as belonging to Bogdan Sakovich, governor of Braslaw for the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1564, Ilya is first mentioned as a town. According to the 1650 inventory, the location included a market square and three streets, 93 yards and 10 public houses. There was also a newly built church, as the previous church burned down shortly before the inventory. According to the 1882 ''Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland'', the town began as a manor of a Radziwiłł prince, and as early as 1634, there was both a Christian church and Jewis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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