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Vileyka Oblast
Vileyka Region (; ) was a territorial entity in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic created on 4 December 1939 out of the eastern powiats of the Wilno Voivodeship (1923–1939), Wilno Voivodeship after the Soviet annexation of Western Belorussia of (then part of the Kresy Zachodnie region in Poland) into the Byelorussian SSR on 14 November 1939. The administrative centre of the region was the city of Vileyka. Initially the region consisted of Vileyka District, Vileyka, Ashmyany District, Ashmyany, Braslaw District, Braslaw, Dzisna District, Dzisna, Pastavy District, Pastavy, and Švenčionys, Sventiany districts. In January 1940, it consisted of 22 districts: Astravyets District, Astravyets, Ashmyany, Braslaw, Vidzy District, Vidzy, Adutiškis, Gadutsishki, Hlybokaye District, Hlybokaye, Dzisna, Dokshytsy District, Dokshytsy, Dunilavichy District, Dunilavichy, Ilya District, Ilya, Kryvichy District, Kryvichy, Kuraniets District, Kuraniets, Maladzyechna District, Maladzy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblast
An oblast ( or ) is a type of administrative division in Bulgaria and several post-Soviet states, including Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Historically, it was used in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. The term ''oblast'' is often translated into English language, English as 'region' or 'province'. In some countries, oblasts are also known by cognates of the Russian term. Etymology The term ''oblast'' is Loanword, borrowed from Russian language, Russian область (), where it is inherited from Old East Slavic, in turn borrowed from Church Slavonic область ''oblastĭ'' 'power, empire', formed from the prefix (cognate with Classical Latin ''ob'' 'towards, against' and Ancient Greek ἐπί/ἔπι ''epi'' 'in power, in charge') and the stem ''vlastǐ'' 'power, rule'. In Old East Slavic, it was used alongside ''obolostǐ''—the equivalent of 'against' and 'territory, state, power' (cognate with English 'wield'; see volost). History Russian Empire In the Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adutiškis
Adutiškis (; ; ) is a town in Švenčionys district municipality, in Vilnius County, in northeast Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 689 people. The town is located near Kamaja river, and at the border with Belarus. There are the Church of St. Virgin Mary Scapular, built in 1913, Adutiškis Secondary School, customs office, post office and retirement home in Adutiškis History Early history The first documented mention of Adutiškis is from the 14th century. From 1526 onwards, ownership of the town passed to Jerzy Radziwiłł (Jurgis Radvila). It subsequently became the possession of the Kiszka family (Kiška). In 1526, the town, which developed adjacent to the manor estate, was granted the privilege of holding markets and operating a tavern. In 1608, the town was bestowed upon the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vilnius. A Catholic church was constructed in the 16th century. In 1790, a parish school and an orphanage were established. In 1795, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svir District
The Svir (; ; Karelian and Finnish: ) is a river in Podporozhsky, Lodeynopolsky, and Volkhovsky districts in the north-east of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It flows westwards from Lake Onega to Lake Ladoga, thus connecting the two largest lakes of Europe. It is the largest river flowing into Lake Ladoga. The length of the Svir is , whereas the area of its drainage basin is . The towns of Podporozhye and Lodeynoye Pole, as well as urban-type settlements Voznesenye, Nikolsky, Vazhiny, and Svirstroy are located at the banks of the Svir. After Peter the Great connected the Svir with the Neva by the Ladoga Canal in the 18th century, the river has been part of the Mariinsk Canal System, currently the Volga–Baltic Waterway. The Onega Canal is a bypass of Lake Onega from the south, which connects the Svir with the Vytegra. The Svir is heavily used for navigation, with both cargo traffic and cruise ships. There are two dams with hydroelectric power plants on the river. The Lowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smarhon District
Smarhon district or Smarhoń district (; ) is a districts of Belarus, district (raion) of Grodno region in Belarus. The administrative center is Smarhon. As of 2024, it has a population of 48,464. Historically the district's center Smarhon was part of the Vilnius Voivodeship within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania until 1795. Forty percent of the names of Smarhon district's settlements have remained of Lithuanian origin, while residents of Smarhon once spoke in the Eastern Aukštaitija, Aukštaitian-Vilnius, Vilnian dialect of Lithuanian language. Main sights * Ahinski Manor in Zaliessie Notable residents * Adam Stankievič (1882, Arlianiaty village – 1949), Belarusian Roman Catholic priest, politician and writer, a Gulag prisoner * Jan Stankievič (1891, Arlianiaty village – 1976), Belarusian politician, linguist, historian and philosopher * Antoni Leszczewicz (1890, Abramaǔščyna – 1943), beautified Marian Father and Roman Catholic priest, victim of the Nazis * Andr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radashkovichy District
Radashkovichy is an urban-type settlement in Maladzyechna District, Minsk Region, Belarus. As of 2025, it has a population of 6,149. A watershed of the Vilyeyka-Minsk water system is located nearby. History Radoszkowicze was a royal town, administratively located in the Mińsk County in the Mińsk Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1708, during the Great Northern War, King Charles XII of Sweden stayed in the town for 11 weeks. Following the Second Partition of Poland (1793), it was annexed by the Russian Empire, within which it belonged to the Vileysky Uyezd of the Vilna Governorate. In the interbellum, it was part of reborn Poland, within which it was administratively located in the Wilno District 1919–1920, then the Nowogródek Voivodeship in 1921–1922, Wilno Land in 1922–1926, and Wilno Voivodeship afterwards. Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miadzieł
Myadzyel or Myadel is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative centre of Myadzyel District. Myadzyel is located on the eastern shore of Lake Miastra, part of the Narach lake group in Narachanski National Park. As of 2025, it has a population of 6,887. History The name of the town is of Lithuanian origin and cognates with the words medis (a tree), medė (a forest), having the same etymology like Medininkai. Initially, the fortified wooden settlement of Myadzyel was located on the largest island of Lake Myadzyel, where the remains of the fortifications are still preserved today. Probably in the XI century Myadzyel was a border town of the Polotsk land. In written sources, Myadzyel was first mentioned in 1325 in a Latin-language letter of Grand Duke Gediminas to the Archbishop of Riga, in which he complained about the actions of the brother-knights of the Teutonic Order. For unknown reasons, the settlement was moved to the northeastern coast of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kryvichy District
Kryvichy (; ) may refer to the following places in Belarus: * Kryvichy, Brest Region, a village in Pinsk District Pinsk district (; ) is a districts of Belarus, district (raion) of Brest region in Belarus. Its administrative center is Pinsk, which is administratively separated from the district. As of 2024, it has a population of 40,741. Demographics At the ..., Brest Region * Kryvichy, Iwye District, a village in Iwye District, Grodno Region * Kryvichy, Lida District, a village in Lida District, Grodno Region * Kryvichy, Myadzyel District, an urban-type settlement in Myadzyel District, Minsk Region * Kryvichy, Salihorsk District, an agrotown in Salihorsk District, Minsk Region * Kryvichy, Vitebsk Region, a village in Hlybokaye District, Vitebsk Region * Kryvichy, Zelva District, an agrotown in Zelva District, Grodno Region See also * * Krivichi (other) {{SIA, populated places in Belarus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilya District
Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, Ilija, or Illia ( , or ; ; ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/ Jah." It comes from the Byzantine Greek pronunciation of the vocative (Ilía) of the Greek Elias (Ηλίας, Ilías). It is pronounced with stress on the second syllable. The diminutive form is Iliusha or Iliushen'ka. The Russian patronymic for a son of Ilya is " Ilyich", and a daughter is "Ilyinichna". People with the name Real people *Ilya (Archbishop of Novgorod), 12th-century Russian Orthodox cleric and saint *Ilya Ivanovitch Alekseyev (1772–1830), commander of the Russian Imperial Army *Ilya Borok (born 1993), Russian jiujitsu fighter * Ilya Bryzgalov (born 1980), Russian ice hockey goalie * Ilya Dzhirkvelov (1927–2006), author and KGB defector *Ilya Ehrenburg (1891–1967), Russian writer and Soviet cultural ambassador *Ilya Frank (1908–1990), Russian physicist *Ilya Glazunov (1930–2017), Russian painter *Ilya Gringol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
