Cities of Belarus

Sharkovshchina Township Sharkovshchina Township is located near the river with the title name of Disna in Vitebsk region, the Republic of Belarus. This village has a deep history dating back...

The village with a symbolic name Shumilino is located in the heart of Vitebsk region and occupies the area of 1.7 thousand square kilometers. This village borders on the following districts of Vit...

It is not a coincidence that the name of this city has a hint of novelty. The city is young, it was founded in 1964 after the start of the construction of Lukoml State Regional Power Plant. And thi...

Baran is a small town in Vitebsk region, which is only 8 km away fr om the district centre of Orsha. The town is situated on the river Adrov, on the right tributary of the river Dnieper. A little ...

DISNA. READY MOVIE SCENERY The city is called the smallest in Belarus. A little more than 1500 people live here, at the intersection of the Western Dvina River and Disna. They have their...

In the North-West of Vitebsk region there is the village called Bezdedovichi. When entering these places one can’t but notice an amazing picturesque alley, nestled in a lush canopy of century-old ...

The history of the village Vidzy-Lovchinsky is a small village located in Braslav district, Vitebsk region. This place was first mentioned in 1586, when the village had the name of Lovyshcha...

Gorodets village in Vitebsk region Gorodets is a small village, which is located in Sharkovshchina district, Vitebsk region in Belarus. The main, and we can say, the only attraction of this ...

We are talking about one of the villages called Dedino, which is located in Miory district, the Vitebsk region. In the past, this place was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, but today it is a ...

In Vitebsk region of the Republic of Belarus there is a village with a beautiful name of Kamenpolie. This village is located in the outskirts of the swamp called Moss. Kamenpolie is a quiet land o...

A village with the curious name of Leonpol is located in Miory district of Vitebsk region on the bank of the Western Dvina, just 10 km fr om the border with Latvia. The life of one of the greatest...

History of Mezhevo village Currently Mezhevo could hardly be called a village. Over time this village has grown to agricultural town. However, if you go back to many centuries ago, there is ...

The village named Nacha is located in the North of Belarus, near the Lithuanian border. For the first time this village was mentioned in 1529. Historians claim that first people settled in the ...

The village of Opytnaya is in Verhnedvinsk district, Vitebsk region. In the latest history, it was known as the residence place of workers of the experimental agricultural station that had existed...

Opsa is an agro-town in the Republic of Belarus, the center of the Opsa village council in the Braslav district of the Vitebsk region. It is located on the shore of the lake of the same name on th...

Lyntupy is an urban settlement with a population of approximately 1,600 people. Motorways Р95 and P110 pass through the village. There was a railway line in neighboring Lithuania, but now this con...

These places are not talked about so much, because the territory belongs to the protected area of Belarus. And if many settlements are marked only with the seal of the history of different periods,...

A small village of Domzheritsy is located in the wilderness of Belarusian forest among impassable swamps and heavy wind-fallen trees. It took its name after an ancient Russian proper name Domozhir...

The agro-town with melodious and quite unusual name of Kamai is located in Vitebsk region, within 18 km to the south-west of Postav, 12 km away fr om the nearest railway station called Godutishki,...

A long street of houses and five-storey khrushchyovka (apartment building which was developed in the USSR during the early 1960s) is a typical construction of a small town. Few know that significa...