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Nyamiha
The Nyamiha or Nemiga (, ; , ) is a river in Minsk. Today it is contained within a fabricated culvert. It discharges into the Svislach. The first mention of the river in historical chronicles is connected with the disastrous Battle on the Nemiga River, which took place on the riverbank in 1067 when the forces of the prince of Kievan Rus' defeated the forces of Polatsk princedom. The medieval epic The Tale of Igor's Campaign refers to the "bloody river banks of Nyamiha," with lines that detail the battle: For a long time, it was the second largest river flowing through Minsk, until it was adapted for its urban location by containment within a network of pipes. One part of the river was put into a pipe in 1926, and the rest in 1955. Today, the river is a minor feature of the city environment, and the name Nyamiha more commonly refers to the street above. Notably, in the Lithuanian language, "Nemiga" is interpreted to mean "the river that does not sleep." Niamiha Street is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemiga (Minsk Metro)
Nyamiha () is a Minsk Metro The Minsk Metro (; ) is a rapid transit system that serves Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Opened 29 June 1984, it presently consists of 3 lines and 33 stations, totaling . In 2013, the system carried 328.3 million passengers, which averages to a ... station. The station opened on December 31, 1990. It is located by the Nyamiha Street, both being named after the Niamiha River. In 1999, it was the site of the Nyamiha stampede, in which 53 people were crushed to death. Gallery Nyam 04.jpg Nyam 02.jpg Nyam 06.jpg, The name of the station on the wall of the platform hall. Nyam 07.jpg Belarus-Minsk-Entrance to Niamiha Metro Station.jpg, Monument dedicated to the victims of the Nyamiha stampede near the exit of the station References Minsk Metro stations Railway stations in Belarus opened in 1990 {{Minsk-metro-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niamiha Street
Niamiha Street (also Nyamiha, Nemiga; ; ) is a street named after the river of the same name in central Minsk, Belarus. From the 1960s to the 2010s, the street was completely reconstructed losing all but one original building on it. History and architecture The street along the river of the same name appeared in the 12th century near the Minsk castle. It is considered to be one of the oldest streets in Minsk.Минск: энциклопедический справочник. Минск, 1983 insk: encyclopedic reference. Minsk, 1983 P. 286–287. In 16th–18th centuries, it was named ''Nemigskaya''. It became the main street of the Lower market district and a major shopping street. From the beginning of the 17th century this narrow street started to be built up with 2 and 3-storey baroque and classicist buildings. Due to geographical features of the terrain the river used to flood often. In the late 19th century the river was deepened and covered with a wooden flooring, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyamiha Stampede
A stampede at the Nyamiha metro station in Minsk, Belarus, on 30 May 1999, killed 53 people, mostly young women. Disaster A group of more than 2000 people, mostly teenagers and schoolchildren, gathered near the Minsk Sports Palace to watch a performance by then-popular Soviet rock band held in celebration of the radio station Mir FM's second anniversary. It was a warm and sunny day, but hail and thunderstorms had been forecast for that evening. The concert started at 8 p.m. The police attempted to control the crowd attending the concert, but there were no barriers. A sudden thunderstorm caused a large crowd from the concert to seek shelter at the metro station. The stampede was funneled into the blocked underpass of the metro station and many people (mostly young women) were killed in the ensuing crowd crush when they started slipping on the wet pavement, falling, and trampling each other. The incident was compounded by the fact that much of the crowd had been drinking during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minsk
Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk region and Minsk district. it has a population of about two million, making Minsk the Largest cities in Europe, 11th-most populous city in Europe. Minsk is one of the administrative capitals of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). First mentioned in 1067, Minsk became the 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 town privileges in 1499. From 1569, it was the capital of Minsk Voivodeship, an administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was part of the territories annexed by the Russian Empire in 1793, as a consequence of the Second Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Niamiha or Nemiga may refer to: *Niamiha River, Minsk, Belarus *Niamiha Street, Minsk, Belarus *Nemiga (Minsk Metro) Nyamiha () is a Minsk Metro The Minsk Metro (; ) is a rapid transit system that serves Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Opened 29 June 1984, it presently consists of 3 lines and 33 stations, totaling . In 2013, the system carried 328.3 million p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culvert
A culvert is a structure that channels water past an obstacle or to a subterranean waterway. Typically embedded so as to be surrounded by soil, a culvert may be made from a pipe (fluid conveyance), pipe, reinforced concrete or other material. In the United Kingdom, the word can also be used for a longer artificially buried watercourse. Culverts are commonly used both as cross-drains to relieve drainage of ditches at the roadside, and to pass water under a road at natural drainage and stream crossings. When they are found beneath roads, they are frequently empty. A culvert may also be a bridge-like structure designed to allow vehicle or pedestrian traffic to cross over the waterway while allowing adequate passage for the water. Dry culverts are used to channel a fire hose beneath a noise barrier for the ease of firefighter, firefighting along a highway without the need or danger of placing hydrants along the roadway itself. Culverts come in many sizes and shapes including ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svislach (Berezina)
The Svislach (, ) or Svisloch () is a river in Belarus. A right-bank tributary of the river Berezina, the Svislach is long, and has a drainage basin of .Свислочь (река, приток р. Березины) Its name is derived from the root -''visl''- 'flowing,' of Indo-European origin (compare ).E.M. Pospelov, ''Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira'' (Moscow, 1998), p. 372. The Svislach flows through |
Battle On The Nemiga River
The Battle on the Nemiga River (; ) was a battle of the Kievan Rus' feudal period that occurred on March 3, 1067 on the Niamiha River. The description of the battle is the first reference to Minsk in the chronicles of Belarusian history. Background At the end of the tenth century, Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich, then ruling over Novgorod the Great, proposed a marriage between himself and the daughter of Rogvolod, the prince of Polotsk, who had rebuffed him, saying she did not want to take off the shoes of a slave's son. In retaliation, Vladimir attacked and pillaged Polotsk, killed Rogvolod, and took his daughter Rogneda by force, adding the city to his territorial possessions. He placed his son, Izyaslav, in Polotsk. Iziaslav's son, Bryachislav of Polotsk, succeeded his father in 1001. By 1021, Bryacheslav set his sights on Novgorod; he attacked and ransacked the city, but on the journey home, he was overtaken by Vladimir's son Yaroslav I the Wise, then ruling in Novgorod, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kievan Rus'
Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus,. * was the first East Slavs, East Slavic state and later an amalgam of principalities in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical Atlas of Russia'' (Penguin, 1995), p.14–16. Encompassing a variety of polities and peoples, including East Slavs, East Slavic, Norsemen, Norse, and Finnic peoples, Finnic, it was ruled by the Rurik dynasty, founded by the Varangians, Varangian prince Rurik.Kievan Rus , Encyclopædia Britannica Online. The name was coined by Russian historians in the 19th century to describe the period when Kiev was preeminent. At its greatest extent in the mid-11th century, Kievan Rus' stretched from the White Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south and from the River source, headwaters of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polatsk
Polotsk () or Polatsk () is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It is situated on the Western Dvina, Dvina River and serves as the administrative center of Polotsk District. Polotsk is served by Polotsk Airport and Borovitsy air base. As of 2025, it has a population of 79,285. Nomenclature The Old East Slavic language, Old East Slavic name, ''Polotesk'', derives from the Polota river, which flows into the neighboring Western Dvina. The Vikings rendered that name as ''Palteskja''. Geography Lakes *Lake Babyna Climate History Polotsk is one of the earliest mentioned cities of the East Slavs, Eastern Slavs. The ''Primary Chronicle'' mentioned Polotsk in the year 862 (as Полотескъ, /poloteskŭ/), together with Murom and Belozersk. However, an archaeological expedition from the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus suggests that Polotsk existed in the first half of the 9th century. The first known prince of Polotsk was Rogvolod (ruled 945� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tale Of Igor's Campaign
''The Tale of Igor's Campaign'' or ''The Tale of Ihor's Campaign'' () is an anonymous epic poem written in the Old East Slavic language. The title is occasionally translated as ''The Tale of the Campaign of Igor'', ''The Song of Igor's Campaign'', ''The Lay of Igor's Campaign'', ''The Lay of the Host of Igor'', and ''The Lay of the Warfare Waged by Igor''. The poem gives an account of a failed raid of Igor Svyatoslavich (d. 1202) against the Polovtsians of the Don River region. While some have disputed the authenticity of the poem, the current scholarly consensus is that the poem is authentic and dates to the Middle Ages (late 12th century). The ''Tale of Igor's Campaign'' was adapted by Alexander Borodin as an opera and became one of the great classics of Russian theatre. Entitled '' Prince Igor'', it was first performed in 1890. Content The story describes a failed raid made in year 1185 by '' Kniaz'' Igor Svyatoslavich, Prince of Novgorod-Seversk, on the Polovtsians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
