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
Myadzel District ( be, Мядзельскі раён, ''Miadzielski rajon'') is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of the Minsk Region, Belarus. Its capital is the town of Myadzyel. Four of the main lakes of Belarus are situated in ...
. Myadzyel is located on the eastern shore of
lake Miastra
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...
, one of the
Narach lake group in
Narachanski National Park
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Narаchanski (Narochansky) National Park ( be, Нарачанскі, ''Naračanski''; rus, Нарочанский, ''Naročanskij'') is a national park in Belarus that is named after Lake Narach. History
Park was created on July 28, ...
.
History
Within the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Myadzyel was part of
Vilnius Voivodeship. On February 8, 1659, the
Battle of Myadel
Battle of Myadel was a battle of the Russo-Polish War (1654–67) which took place on February 8, 1659 near the Belarusian town of Myadzel. The Tsardom of Russia, Russian army of Novgorod led by Ivan Andreyevich Khovansky (Tararui), Ivan Khovansky ...
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
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
Church of Saint Mary was by Antoniy Koshitz.
From 1921 until 1939, Myadzel (''Miadzioł'') was part of the
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 ...
. In September 1939, the town was
occupied by the Red Army and, on 14 November 1939, incorporated into the
Byelorussian SSR
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор ...
.
From 2 July 1941 until 4 July 1944, Myadzyel was
occupied by Nazi Germany and administered as a part of the ''
Generalbezirk Weißruthenien'' of ''
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 initia ...
''.
References
External links
Photos on Radzima.org
Myadzyel District
Populated places in Minsk Region
Towns in Belarus
Vileysky Uyezd
Vilnius Voivodeship
Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939)
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