Novolukoml (; ; ) is a town in Chashniki District, Vitebsk Region,

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

. It is situated by

Lake Lukomlskoye Lake Lukomlskoye or Lukoml Lake (; ) is a lake in Chashniki District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukrai ...

Lukoml Power Station The Lukoml Power Station (Lukoml GRES, Lukomlskaya GRES, Lukomlskaya DRES, ) is a natural gas-fired thermal power station located in Novolukoml, Vitsebsk Voblast, Belarus. It is operated by Belenergo. Construction of the power station starte ...

is located in the town. As of 2024, it has a population of 11,841.

History

The history of Novolukoml goes back to 1964 when the construction of the

Lukoml power station The Lukoml Power Station (Lukoml GRES, Lukomlskaya GRES, Lukomlskaya DRES, ) is a natural gas-fired thermal power station located in Novolukoml, Vitsebsk Voblast, Belarus. It is operated by Belenergo. Construction of the power station starte ...

began. The settlement by the name of Pionerny () was a temporary place of residence for the builders and the personnel of this natural gas-fired thermal power station. In 1965 the settlement was renamed Novolukoml (lit. "New

Lukoml Lukoml (, ) is an agrotown in Chashniki District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It is situated by Lake Lukoml and serves as the administrative center of Lukoml selsoviet. History Early references to Lukoml in Russian chronicles are dated by 1078, ...

") after the adjacent village of

which was said to be the center of a principality centuries ago. When the station was finished, the settlement grew steadily and was given the status of a city in 1970. In 2006 the city was granted a coat of arms.

Demographics

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Vitebsk region Chashniki district Populated places in Belarus