Zaslawskaye reservoir ( be, Заслаўскае вадасховішча, russian: Заславское водохранилище) is a water reservoir in the . It is the second largest artificial lake in
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
. It is located only 5 km from the northwestern edge of Minsk, and is often called the Minsk sea.
Description
Zaslawskaye reservoir is the second largest artificial reservoir of Belarus, second in size to the largest Vileyka reservoir. It was created in 1956 by a dam on a
Svislach river
The Svislach or Svislač ( be, Свіслач, ), or Svisloch (russian: Свислочь), is a river in Belarus, a right tributary of the river Berezina. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .Reservoirs in EuropeLakes of Belarus
