Vitebsk Region or Vitebsk Oblast or Viciebsk Voblasts ( be, Ві́цебская во́бласць, ''Viciebskaja voblasć'', ; rus, Ви́тебская о́бласть, Vitebskaya oblast, ˈvʲitʲɪpskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics ( physical geography), human impact characteristics ( human geography), and the interaction of humanity an ...

(

oblast An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdo ...

) of

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 ...

with its

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

being

Vitebsk Vitebsk or Viciebsk (russian: Витебск, ; be, Ві́цебск, ; , ''Vitebsk'', lt, Vitebskas, pl, Witebsk), is a city in Belarus. The capital of the Vitebsk Region, it has 366,299 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-largest c ...

. It is located near the border with Russia. As of a 2019, the region had a population of 1,135,731. It has the lowest population density in Belarus at 30.6 p/km². Important cities within the region include

, Orsha,

Polotsk Polotsk (russian: По́лоцк; be, По́лацк, translit=Polatsk (BGN/PCGN), Polack (official transliteration); lt, Polockas; pl, Połock) is a historical city in Belarus, situated on the Dvina River. It is the center of the Polotsk Dist ...

, and

Novopolotsk Novopolotsk ( be, Наваполацк (Cyrillic), Navapołack ( Łacinka), translit=Navapolatsk, ; russian: Новополоцк, translit=Novopolotsk, ) is a city in Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus, with a population (2008 estimate) of 107,458. Founde ...

Geography

Vitebsk Region covers an area of 40,000 km², which is about 19.4% of the national total. It is bordered on the north by Pskov Oblast of

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

, by

Smolensk Oblast Smolensk Oblast (russian: Смоле́нская о́бласть, ''Smolenskaya oblast''; informal name — ''Smolenschina'' (russian: Смоле́нщина)) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative centre is the city o ...

of Russia on the east, on the south by

Minsk Region Minsk Region or Minsk Oblast or Minsk Voblasts ( be, Мі́нская во́бласць, ''Minskaja voblasć'' ; russian: Минская о́бласть, ''Minskaya oblast'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Minsk ...

and by

Mogilev Region Mogilev Region or Mogilev Oblast or Mahiliow Voblasts ( be, link=no, Магілёўская вобласць; ''Mahiloŭskaja voblasć''; russian: link=no, Могилёвская область; ''Mogilyovskaya Oblast''), is a region (''oblast'' ...

, on the southwest by

and

Grodno Region Grodno Region ( pl, Grodzieńszczyzna) or Grodno Oblast or Hrodna Voblasts ( be, Гродзенская вобласць, ''Hrodzienskaja vobłasć'', , ''Haradzienščyna''; russian: Гродненская область, ''Grodnenskaya oblast' ...

, and on the west and northwest by

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

and

Utena Utena () is a city in north-east Lithuania. It is the administrative center of Utena district and Utena County. Utena is one of the oldest settlements of Lithuania. The name of the city is most probably derived from a hydronym. The name of the s ...

counties of Lithuania and Augšdaugava,

Krāslava Krāslava (; ltg, Kruoslova, german: Kreslau, be, Краслаўка, pl, Krasław, russian: Краслава, Креславль) is a town and the administrative centre of Krāslava Municipality, in the Latgale region of Latvia. The town lies ...

and

Ludza Ludza (; pl, Lucyn, german: Ludsen, russian: Лудза, ''Ludza'') is a town in the Latgale region of eastern Latvia. Ludza is the oldest town in Latvia and this is commemorated by a key in its coat of arms. Ludza is the administrative centre o ...

municipalities of Latvia. The northern extreme point of Belarus is situated in Verkhnyadzvinsk District of Vitebsk Region, north of Lake Osveya. In 2000 Belarusian scientists Alexey Solomonov and Valery Anoshko published a report in which they stated that the geographic centre of Europe was located near Lake Sho ( be, Шо) in the Vitebsk Region

The region is known for its numerous lakes. The largest lakes of the Vitebsk Region are: Lake Osveya, Osveyskoye (2nd largest in Belarus), Lukomskoye (4th largest), Drivyaty (5th largest in

and the largest of Braslav Lakes), Nescherdo,

Snudy Lake Snudy ( be, Снуды́, lt, Snudai) is a freshwater lake in the Braslaw District of Vitebsk Region, northern Belarus, the second largest in the group of Braslaw Lakes and 9th largest in Belarus. References Snudy Braslaw District< ...

, Lisno, Ezerische, Strusto, Richi, Losvido, Lepelskoye. The region has more national parks, nature reserves, and wildlife preserves of national importance than any other region of Belarus. Braslav Lakes and Naroch National Parks and Berezinski Biosphere Reserve comprise 3,4% of the whole region's territory, and 22 wildlife preserves of national importance make up 4,1% of the region.

Economy

The main industry of the region is petrochemical. " Naftan" (

Navapolatsk Novopolotsk ( be, Наваполацк (Cyrillic), Navapołack (Łacinka), translit=Navapolatsk, ; russian: Новополоцк, translit=Novopolotsk, ) is a city in Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus, with a population (2008 estimate) of 107,458. Founded ...

) is one of the biggest oil refineries in Belarus and a major

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manufacturer, "LLK-Naftan" (Navapolatsk) produces oil additives. Share of the food industry in the regional industrial output is estimated at 14-15%. Share of textile, garment and shoe factories (

light industry Light industry are industries that usually are less capital-intensive than heavy industry and are more consumer-oriented than business-oriented, as they typically produce smaller consumer goods. Most light industry products are produced for ...

) is estimated at 5-6%, the major factories are "Belvest" (shoes), "Marko" (shoes; both in Vitebsk), Orsha flax factory, "Vitebsk carpets", "Znamya industrializacyi" garment factory in Vitebsk, "Bell Bimbo" (baby clothes manufacturer). The biggest electrical and machinery plants (5-6% of the regional industrial output) are "Vityas" in Vitebsk (TV sets and household appliances), "Vistan" machine tool factory, Vitebsk factory of electrical measuring instruments, Vitebsk factory of tractor spare parts, "Red fighter" machine tool factory in Orsha. Lukoml power station is the biggest power plant in Belarus. Vitebsk Region has a number of important transport connections with Russia,

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

, the Baltic countries, and

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

Tourism

The number of travel agencies in Vitebsk Region has been growing from 25 in 2000 to 83 in 2010; most agencies provide both agent and operator services. The numerous lake resorts attract tourists for several-night stays.

and

are the most popular cultural tourism destinations of the region.

Administrative subdivisions

The Vitebsk Region is subdivided into 21

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s, 2 cities of oblast subordinance, 19 additional cities, 249

selsovet Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a cou ...

s, and 26

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

Districts of Vitebsk Region

* Beshankovichy District *

Braslaw District Braslaw District is a district in the Vitebsk Region, Belarus. Its administrative centre is Braslaw. Braslau Raion is famous for its numerous lakes. The National Park and popular tourist region Braslau Lakes is situated here. The largest lakes a ...

* Chashniki District * Dokshytsy District * Dubroŭna District *

Haradok District Haradok District is a district (raion) in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. Its administrative centre is Haradok Haradok ( be, Гарадок, - russian: Городок, Gorodok, pl, Horodek) is a town in the Vitebsk Region of Belarus with the popul ...

* Hlybokaye District *

Lepiel District Lyepyel District is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Belarus in the Vitebsk Region. The 19th Guards Mechanized Brigade is located as of 2012 in Zaslonovo, a few kilometres west of Lyepyel. Today this district is famous for its ...

* Liozna District * Myory District * Orsha District * Pastavy District * Polotsk District * Rasony District * Sharkawshchyna District * Shumilina District * Syanno District * Talachyn District *

Ushachy District Ushachy District is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Belarus in the Vitebsk Region. Notable residents * Ryhor Baradulin (1935, Verasoǔka village – 2014), Belarusian poet, essayist and translator * Vasíl Býkaŭ (1924, By ...

Vitebsk District Vitebsk District ( be, Віцебскі раён, russian: Витебский район, Vitebsk Raion) is a district of Belarus in Vitebsk Region. The administrative center of the district is the city of Vitebsk, administratively separated from ...

* Verkhnyadzvinsk District

Cities and towns

Population of cities and towns in Vitebsk Region Notes: ^u.t.s. - urban-type settlement

Demographics

As of 2008, the birth rate was 9.7 per 1000, while the death rate was 15.5 per 1000. As of 2017, the birth rate was 9.6 and the death rate was 14.4. Rasony District, Shumilina District, Verkhnyadzvinsk District had the highest birth rates (over 11), while the city of Navapolatsk (Novopolotsk), Beshankovichy District,

had the lowests birth rates (less than 9). 16.1% of the population were under working age, 56.6% in working age, 27.3% over working age (averages in Belarus — 17.7%, 57.2%, 25.1%). In 2017, the region had negative

net migration rate Net or net may refer to: Mathematics and physics * Net (mathematics), a filter-like topological generalization of a sequence * Net, a linear system of divisors of dimension 2 * Net (polyhedron), an arrangement of polygons that can be folded up ...

s for both internal and international migrations (-2,102 and -63 respectively). 5,227 of those who departed from the region in 2017 arrived in

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

, 2,021 in the

, 1,630 in the Mahilioŭ (Mogilev) Region, less than 700 — in each of the other regions. 3,858 people arrived in the region from Minsk, 1,731 from the Mahilioŭ (Mogilev) Region, 1,355 from the Minsk Region, less than 750 — from each of the other regions. As of 2018, 53.7% of the region's population were female, 46.3% were male (averages in Belarus — 53.4% and 46.6% respectively). Share of urban population in the region is increasing continuously since 1950 (21.5% in 1950, 77.4% in 2018). Belarusians in Viciebskaja voblasć, Belarus (2009 census).png, Belarusians in the region Russians in Viciebskaja voblasć, Belarus (2009 census).png, Russians in the region Poles in Viciebskaja voblasć, Belarus (2009 census).png, Poles in the region Birth rate in Viciebskaja voblasć, Belarus (2017).png, Birth rate by district (2017)

Notable people

People from Vitebsk Region: * Elvin Mohhubat oglu Aliyev (born 2000), Azerbaijani footballer (Novopolotsk) * Tamara Alpeyeva (born 1949), Belarusian philosopher (Lyepye) *

Andrey Arkhipaw Andrey Arkhipaw ( be, Андрэй Архіпаў; russian: Андрей Архипов; born 6 February 1995) is a Belarusian professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types o ...

(born 1995), Belarusian footballer (Postavy) * Zair Azgur (1908-1995), Soviet and Belarusian sculptor (Mogilev Governorate) *

Mikhail Babichev Mikhail Anatolyevich Babichev ( be, Міхаіл Анатолевіч Бабічаў; russian: Михаил Анатольевич Бабичев; born 2 February 1995) is a Belarusian professional footballer A football player or footballe ...

(born 1995), Belarusian footballer (Postavy) * Jan Barszczewski (1797-1851), Polish and Belarusian poet (possibly?) *

Dzmitry Barysaw Dzmitry Barysaw ( be, Дзмітрый Барысаў; russian: Дмитрий Борисов; born 8 January 1995) is a Belarusian professional footballer who plays for Miory. Honours Dinamo Brest *Belarusian Cup winner: 2016–17, 2017–1 ...

(born 1995), Belarusian footballer (Novopolotsk) * Vladimir Beneshevich (1874-1938), Russian scholar (Druya) * Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858-1922), Belarusian lexicographer of the first Hebrew dictionary (Luzhki) *

Mikhail Borodin Mikhail Markovich Gruzenberg, known by the alias Borodin, zh, 鮑羅廷 (9 July 1884 – 29 May 1951), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Communist International (Comintern) agent. He was an advisor to Sun Yat-sen and the Kuomintang (KMT) i ...

(1884-1951), Belarusian bolshevik revolutionary (Janavičy) * Celine Borzecka (1833-1913), Belarusian Catholic nun (Antowil) * Reuben Brainin (1862-1939), Russian Jewish publicist (Lyady) *

Petrus Brovka Pyotr Ustinovich Brovka ( be, Пётр Усці́навіч Бро́ўка, russian: Пётр Усти́нович Бро́вка; , Putilkovichi24 March 1980, Minsk) was a Soviet Belarusian poet, more commonly recognized by his literary pseudon ...

(1905-1980), Soviet Belarusian poet (Putilkovichi) * Hienadz Buraukin (1936-2014), Belarusian poet and diplomat * Kirill Chernook (born 2003), Belarusian footballer (Verkhnedvinsk) *

Jan Czerski Jan Stanisław Franciszek Czerski (russian: Иван Дементьевич Черский; 3 May 1845, in Swolna – 25 June 1892, nr. Kolyma) was a Polish paleontologist, osteologist, geologist, geographer and explorer of Siberia. He was e ...

(1845-1892), Polish geographer (Swolna) * Klawdziy Duzh-Dushewski (1891-1959), Belarusian civil engineer, architect, diplomat and journalist * Viktar Dashkevich (1945-2020), Belarusian stage actor (Viacicierawka) * Uladzimir Dubouka (1900-1976), Belarusian poet (Vilna Governorate) * Vladislav Glinsky (born 2000), Belarusian footballer (Polotsk) * Dzmitry Girs (born 1997), Belarusian footballer (Chashniki) *

Aleksandr Titovich Golubev Aleksandr Titovich Golubev (russian: Александр Титович Голубев; 9 February 1936 – 8 February 2020) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and later Russian intelligence officer who held a number of posts in the KGB and the Foreign I ...

(1936-2020), Soviet and Russian intelligence officer (Pakhomlevichi) * Lyudmila Gubkina (born 1973), Belarusian hammer thrower (Navapolatsk) *

Yefim Fomin Yefim Moiseyevich Fomin (Russian: Ефим Моисеевич Фомин), (15 January 1909 – 26 June 1941), was a Soviet political commissar. He is known for his part in the 1941 Defense of Brest Fortress, during which the German Army capture ...

(1909-1941), Soviet political commissar (Kałyški) * Shneur Zalman Fradkin (1830-1902), Belarusian rabbi (Liadi) *

Aleksandr Frantsev Aleksandr Frantsev ( be, Аляксандр Францаў; russian: Александр Францев; born 28 June 1997) is a Belarusian professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the differ ...

(born 1997), Belarusian footballer (Novopolotsk) *

Alesia Furs Alesia Furs (, née Umpirovič; 11 January 1925 - 19 August 2017) was a member of the Belarusian independence movement and Anti-Soviet resistance and a Gulag prisoner. Early life Alesia Umpirovič was born into a large peasant family in the v ...

(1925-2017), Belarusian independence movement member and Gulag prisoner (Aziarava) * Yevgeny Ivanovsky (1918-1991), Soviet Army general (Chereya) *

Charles Jaffe Charles Jaffé (Jaffe) (circa 1879, Dubroŭna, Russian Empire – 12 July 1941, Brooklyn, USA) was a Russian Empire born master and chess writer. Early years, moves to U.S. Jaffé was born in a small town, Dubroŭna (now in Vitsebsk Voblast) ...

(c.1879-1941), Belarusian-American chess master (Dubroŭna) * Dzmitry Kamarowski (born 1986), Belarusian footballer (Orsha) *

Bronislav Kaminski Bronislav Vladislavovich Stroganof Kaminski (russian: Бронисла́в Владисла́вович Ками́нский, 16 June 1899 – 28 August 1944) was a Russian Nazi collaborator and the commander of the Kaminski Brigade, an anti-pa ...

(1899-1944), Russian anti-communist collaborationist (Polotsk Region) * Vladislav Kalinin (born 2002), Belarusian footballer (Novalukoml) * Yawhen Kalinin (born 1993), Belarusian footballer (Lepel) *

Uladzislaw Kasmynin Uladzislaw Kasmynin ( be, Уладзіслаў Касмынін; russian: Владислав Космынин; born 17 January 1990) is a Belarusian professional footballer who plays for Maktaaral. Career Club On 31 March 2022, Istiklol confir ...

(born 1990), Belarusian footballer (Novopolotsk) * Dzyanis Kavalewski (born 1992), Belarusian footballer (Orsha) * Viktor Kazantsev (1946-2021), Russian Presidential envoy (Kokhanovo) * Volha Khizhynkova (born 1986), Belarusian beauty pageant contestant * Nastassia Kinnunen (born 1985), Finnish biathlete and cross-country skier (Haradok) * Georgy Kondratyev (born 1960), Belarusian football coach (Lyubanichi) * Roman Krivulkin (born 1996), Belarusian footballer (Lisuny) *

Viktor Kurentsov Viktor Grigoryevich Kurentsov (russian: Виктор Григорьевич Куренцов; 5 April 1941 – 7 April 2021) was a Soviet middleweight weightlifter. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a silver and a gold medal, re ...

(1941-2021), Soviet weightlifter (Tukhinka) *

Yuri Kurilsky Yuri Kurilsky (Belarusian: ''Юры Курыльскі''; 1978/1979 – 2007), known as The Monster with the Black Volga (Belarusian: ''Монстар з чорнай волгай'') was a Belarusian serial killer who killed three women and girls ...

(1979-2007), Belarusian serial killer and rapist (Novopolotsk) * Syarhey Kuzminich (born 1977), Belarusian football coach (Senno) * Yuliy Kuznetsov (born 2003), Belarusian footballer (Novopolotsk) * Nadia Khodasevich Léger (1904-1982), French artist (Asiecišča) * Andrei Lodis (born 1980), Belarusian former footballer (Ushachy) * Pyotr Lysenko (1931-2020), Belarusian archeologist (Zarechany) * Henadzi Makhveyenia (born 1983), Belarusian weightlifter (Dubrowna) * Tatyana Marinenko (1920-1942), Soviet NKVD intelligence officer (Sukhoi Bor) *

Yaakov Ben Zion Mendelson Yaakov Ben Zion Mendelsohn ( he, יעקב בן ציון הכהן מענדעלסאן) (October 12–14, 1875 – August 5, 1941)The AJC Year Book gives a birth date of 12 October 1875. Mendelson's autobiography states that he was born on the first ...

(1875-1941), Latvian Jewish scholar (Jēkabpils) *

Helen Michaluk Helen Michaluk (, Marcinkevich; 15 May 1930 – 16 October 2022) was a prominent figure of the Belarusian diaspora, a long-standing (and the only female) head of the Association of Belarusians in Great Britain. Life and work Michaluk was born ...

(born 1930), only female head of the Association of Belarusians in Great Britain (Lonskija) *

Gennady Mikhasevich Gennady Modestovich Mikhasevich ( be, Генадзь Мадэставіч Міхасевіч; 7 April 1947 – 25 September 1987) was a prolific Soviet serial killer. He murdered 36 women during the period from 1971 to 1985 in Vitebsk, Polotsk and ...

(1947-1987), Soviet serial killer and rapist (Ist) * Anna Missuna (1868-1922), Russian-born Polish geologist * Roman Pasevich (born 1999), Belarusian footballer (Vidzy) * Vladimir Platonov (born 1939), Soviet mathematician (Stayki Village) * Yevgeniy Prokopchik (born 1993), Belarusian footballer (Brawslaw) *

Anton Putsila Anton Kanstantsinavich Putsila ( be, Анто́н Канстанці́навіч Пуці́ла; russian: Анто́н Константи́нович Пути́ло, Anton Konstantinovich Putilo; born 23 June 1987) is a Belarusian professional ...

(born 1987), Belarusian footballer (Orsha) * Andrei Ravkov (born 1967), Lt. General of the Armed Forces of Belarus (Revyaki) *

Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лукашенко, Aleksandr Grigoryevich Luk ...

(born 1954), President of Belarus *

Aleksander Rayevsky Aleksandr Mikhailovich Rayevskiy (russian: Александр Михайлович Раевский, 30 August 1957, Pastavy, Vitsebsk Voblast, Belarus - 30 August 2008) was a test pilot for the Russian military. While flying inside Russia and in ...

(1957-2008), Russian test pilot (Pastavy) * Lavon Rydleŭski (1903-1953), Belarusian independence movement participant (Uljanavičy) * Aliaksandr Shakutsin (born 1959), Belarusian businessman (Orsha District) * Syarhey Shastakow (born 1997), Belarusian footballer (Polotsk) *

Terenty Shtykov Terenty Fomich Shtykov ( Russian: Терентий Фомич Штыков; – 25 October 1964) was a Soviet general who supervised the liberation of North Korea, as the ''de facto'' head of its 1945-1948 military occupation and the first ...

(1907-1964), Soviet general (Liubki) *

Paval Sieviaryniec Paval Sieviaryniec ( be, Павал Севярынец, born December 30, 1976) is a Belarusian journalist and Christian democratic politician and youth leader and one of the founders of the Young Front. Since June 7, 2020 he is under arrest. A ...

(born 1976), Belarusian journalist and Christian democrat (Vorsha) *

Ceslaus Sipovich Ceslaus Sipovich ( be, Чэслаў Сіповіч, Łacinka: Česłaǔ Sipovič) (December 8, 1914 – October 4, 1981) was a bishop of the Belarusian Greek Catholic Church and a notable Belarusian émigré social and religious leader. Earl ...

(1914-1981), bishop of BHKC (near Braslaw) * Yan Skibsky (born 2002), Belarusian footballer (Chashniki) * Uladzimir Syanko (born 1946), Belarusian diplomat (Chashniki Raion) * Zachar Šybieka (born 1948), Belarusian historian and professor (Asinauka) *

Mariya Trubach Mariya Yuryevna Trubach ( be, Марыя Юр'еўна Трубач; russian: Мария Юрьевна Трубач, born November 11, 1999 in Vitebsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2014 Youth Olympic all-aro ...

(born 1999), Belarusian rhythmic gymnast (Vitebsk) * Tamara Tyshkevich (1931-1997), Soviet shot putter (Ikonki) * Dzianis Urad (born 1991), Belarusian former Armed Forces special liaison officer (Rassony) *

Artur Vader Artur Vader (16 February 1920 – 25 May 1978) was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1970 – 1978. He was born in Gorbovo, Liozna District, Vitebsk Region, Byelorussian SSR. He w ...

(1920-1978), Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (Gorbovo) * Dzmitry Varabyow (born 2001), Belarusian footballer (Luzhesno) * Dmitry Vashkel (born 1993), Belarusian footballer (Sharkawshchyna) *

Boris Volin Boris Mikhailovich Volin (born: Josif Yefimovich Fradkin; 13 June 1886 – 15 February 1957) was a Soviet historian, journalist and politician. He was born to a Jewishhttps://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/misc/JewishEncycRussia/v/index.html family in ...

(1886-1957), Soviet historian (Hlybokaye) * Syarhey Volkaw (born 1999), Belarusian footballer (Polotsk) * Roman Volkov (born 1987), Belarusian footballer (Novopolotsk) * Rostislav Vovkushevsky (1917-2000), Soviet realist painter (Polotsk) *

Pavel Yaguzhinsky The Count (from 1731) Pavel Ivanovich Yaguzhinsky (Yagushinsky) (1683, Grand Duchy of Lithuania – April 17, 1736, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian statesman and diplomat, associate of Peter the Great, Chamberlain (1712), Ober-Stallmeister (1727 ...

(1683-1736), Russian statesman (Kublici) * Gleb Zheleznikov (born 1997), Belarusian footballer (Orsha) *

Chaim Zhitlowsky Chaim Zhitlowsky (Yiddish: חײם זשיטלאָװסקי; russian: Хаим Осипович Житловский) (April 19, 1865 – May 6, 1943) was a Jewish socialist, philosopher, social and political thinker, writer and literary critic born i ...

(1865-1943), Belarusian writer and philosopher (Ushachy) *

Solomon Zeitlin Solomon Zeitlin, שְׁניאור זלמן צײטלין, Шломо Цейтлин ''Shlomo Cejtlin'' (''Tseitlin, Tseytlin'') (28 May 1886 or 31 May 1892, in Chashniki, Vitebsk Governorate (now in Vitebsk Region) in Russia – 28 December 1976, i ...

(1886/92-1976), Belarusian historian (Chashniki) * Yefrosinya Zenkova (1923-1984), Soviet secretary of the "Young Avengers" (Ushaly Village)