Dvina River and serves as the administrative center of Polotsk District. Polotsk is served by Polotsk Airport and Borovitsy air base. As of 2024, it has a...
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The Principality of Polotsk (obsolete spelling: Polock; Belarusian: По́лацкае кня́ства, romanized: Polackaje kniastva; Latin: Polocensis Ducatus), also...
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Prince of Polotsk and Vitebsk, and was thus the great-grandson of Vladimir I of Kiev and Rogneda of Polotsk. He was born in c. 1029–1030 in Polotsk (with...
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having been a princess of Polotsk, the daughter of Rogvolod (Ragnvald), who came from Scandinavia and established himself at Polotsk in the mid-10th century...
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FC Polotsk was a Belarusian professional football club based in Polotsk, Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus. The club was founded in 2004 and joined Belarusian Second...
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(978–1001) was the son of Vladimir I of Kiev and Rogneda of Polotsk. He was the progenitor of the Polotsk branch of Rurikid princes known as the Iziaslavichi...
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Saint Euphrosyne Polotsk State University (Belarusian: Полацкі дзяржаўны ўніверсітэт імя Ефрасінні Полацкай; Russian: Полоцкий государственный университет...
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of Polotsk, 17–19 October 1812 Siege of Polotsk (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Battle of Polotsk. If...
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siege of Polotsk might refer to several sieges of the city: Siege of Polotsk (1381) by forces of Skirgaila against Andrei of Polotsk Siege of Polotsk (1513)...
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Euphrosyne of Polotsk (Belarusian: Еўфрасіння Полацкая; 1104–1167) was the granddaughter of Vseslav, the prince of Polotsk, and daughter of the prince...
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Polotsk Airport (also Polotsk South) is a civilian airfield in Belarus, located 9 km south of Polotsk. There are no regularly-scheduled services at the...
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Polotsk Region (Belarusian: Полацкая вобласць; Russian: Полоцкая область) was an administrative division in the Byelorussian SSR. It was created on 20...
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French invasion of Russia 500km 300miles Polotsk Pultusk 15 Gorodeczno 14 Drohiczyn 13 Tauroggen 12 Riga 11 Tilsit 10 Warsaw 9 Berezina 8 Maloyaro- slavets...
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Ізяславіч, Russian: Брячислав Изяславич) (c. 997 – 1044) was the prince of Polotsk between 1001 and 1044. His name, possibly, may have been of something in...
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Andrei of Polotsk (Lithuanian: Andrius Algirdaitis; Belarusian: Андрэй Альгердавіч; Polish: Andrzej Olgierdowic; c. 1325 – 12 August 1399) was the eldest...
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The Polotsk offensive (Russian: Полоцкая наступательная операция) was part of the second phase of the Belorussian strategic offensive of the Red Army...
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lands of modern-day Belarus, including Kievan Rus', the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and...
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The Polotsk Four was a group of Belarusian criminals and robbers, active from 2001 to 2002, led by serial killers Sergey Pugachev and Alexander Burdenko...
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Symeon (Simeon) of Polotsk or Symeon Polotsky (Russian: Симео́н По́лоцкий; born as Samuel Piotrowski-Sitnianowicz, Russian: Самуи́л Петро́вский-Ситнянович;...
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Сафійскі сабор, romanized: Polacki Safijski sabor) was a cathedral in Polotsk that was built by Prince Vseslav Briacheslavich (1044–1101) between 1044...
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The Prince of Polotsk ruled the Principality of Polotsk within the realm of Kievan Rus' or within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the mid-9th century...
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monastery in Polotsk, one of the oldest and largest centers of Orthodoxy in Belarus. The monastery was founded by the holy princess Euphrosyne of Polotsk in 1128...
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Polotsk District or Polatsk District (Belarusian: Полацкі раён, romanized: Polacki rajon; Russian: Полоцкий район, romanized: Polotsky rayon) is a district...
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Rogvolod (redirect from Ragvalod of Polotsk)
romanized: Rahvalod; c. 920 – 978) was the first chronicled prince of Polotsk. He reigned until 978, when he and his two sons were killed by Vladimir...
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The siege of Polotsk was the siege of the Lithuanian fortress of Polotsk that took place in the winter of 1562 and 1563. The siege is considered one of...
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moving from Kiev towards present-day Suzdal and Murom and another from Polotsk towards Novgorod and Rostov. Prior to Slavic migration, that territory...
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French invasion of Russia 500km 300miles Polotsk Pultusk 15 Gorodeczno 14 Drohiczyn 13 Tauroggen 12 Riga 11 Tilsit 10 Warsaw 9 Berezina 8 Maloyaro- slavets...
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Toll's First Army of the West to Drissa and Polotsk. Cavalry corps of Murat (32,000) advanced to Vilnius and Polotsk in the vanguard. I Corps of Davout (72...
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The Synod of Polotsk was a local synod held on February 12, 1839, by the clergy of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church in the city of Polotsk for reunification...
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Sophia of Minsk (redirect from Sophia of Polotsk)
Sophia of Minsk or Sophia of Polotsk (died 5 May 1198) was a Danish queen consort by marriage to King Valdemar I of Denmark, and a landgravine of Thuringia...
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