is now ruled by his sons Yaropolk, Oleg and Vladimir. While en route to Polotsk, part of Yaropolk's retinue led by Lyut go hunting for an aurochs and inadvertently...

lands of modern-day Belarus, including Kievan Rus', the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and...

capital of the Principality of Minsk, an appanage of the Principality of Polotsk, before being annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1242. It received...

12 biggest cities of Kievan Rus' or Ancient Rus' were Novgorod, Kiev, Polotsk, Smolensk, Murom and Rostov. Through trade and cultural contact with Byzantine...

Raion) Slavensk – Slavensk (today Nikopol) Kisikermen – Kisikermen (today Beryslav) Saksagan – Saksagan (today village of Saksahan in Kamianske Raion...

accordance with the Congress of Vienna. In 1820 Jesuits expelled from Polotsk by the Russians established a gymnasium in Tarnopol. In 1843 the last city's...

with Easter. Vilno archeparchy (Metropolitan of Kyiv) → Russia Polotsk archeparchy (Polotsk) → Russia Smolensk archeparchy (Smolensk) → Russia Lutsk-Ostroh...

(legislator) Barysaw – Boris-Rogvolod Vseslavich Braslaw – Bryachislav of Polotsk Budenovka (Minsk) – Semyon Budyonny Davyd-Haradok – Prince David Igorevich...

its Ambassadorial Office. Vouched by Charles Marie François Olier, marquis de Nointel, Yuriy Khmelnytsky was freed from the Ottoman captivity, appointed...

the capital Minsk. It geographically lies in the territory of Smalyavichy Raion but is administratively subordinated to the Kastrychnitski District of Minsk...

minted, with the most likely location being Smolensk, other proposed are Polotsk, Vyazma, Bryansk, Ryazan or Vilnius. Such coins symbolized the Ruthenian...

sritis). The regions were further subdivided into 87 districts (Russian: raion, Lithuanian: rajonas): Kaunas Region with 23 districts, Klaipėda Region...

or fortified region (Russian: Укреплённый район, Укрепрайон, ukreplyonny raion, ukrepraion) in the military terminology of the Soviet Union, is a territory...

Vitebsk, Kalinin, Minsk, Mogilev, Mozyr, Orsha, Polotsk and Slutsk; all of which contained a total of 100 raions and 1,229 selsoviets. Only 25 towns and cities...

Vilnius and in 1699 he was appointed Archimandrite of the monastery of Polotsk. In 1698 he was elected secretary of the Basilian Order, of which he became...

Moldova Yalta, Ukraine Kandalaksha Kemijärvi, Finland Piteå, Sweden Kansk Polotsk, Belarus Kazan Ankara, Turkey Antalya, Turkey Arkadag, Turkmenistan Astana...

городом Канском Красноярского края". polotsk.vitebsk-region.gov.by (in Russian). Polotsk. Retrieved 17 June 2020. "Polotsk signs agreements with Azerbaijani...

Kyprian Zochovskyj was born on about 1635 from a noble family in the Polotsk Voivodeship. When young he entered in the monastery of Byten of the Order...

Returning to Lithuania, in 1640 Kolenda became the deputy of the Archbishop of Polotsk, Antin Sielava, who in 1641 became the Metropolitan of Kiev and head of...

50th Rifle Division — Western Special Military District. Established at Polotsk before 1939, fought at Yelnya, Mozhaisk, Kursk, Targul Frumos, and in the...